Evening star., 1961-01-26
New Club Picks
Boil and Youso
From Giants
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star staff Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-The
Washington Redskins today
lost Guard Red Stephens,
Halfback Dick Haley and Line
backer Bill Roehnelt to the
Minnesota Vikings as the Ma
tional Football Leagues new
team selected three players
from each Of the IL "old"
teams. Dallas. a new club in
1860, was exempt.
From the eight-player list
submitted by the New York
Giants. the Vikings selected
Don Boil, former Redskins
lineman; Frank YouSo, three
year-regular tackle from Min
nesota. and virtually unknown
Bill Kimber, offensive end
from Florida State.
From the Cleveland Browns,
General Manager Bert Rose
and Coach Norm Van Brocklin
picked Rich Mostardo, defen-
sive halfback from Kent State;
Gene SelawSki, offensive
tackle from Purdue, and Fred
Murphy, offensive end from
Georgia Tech.
Stephens Plans to Quit
Stephens, a product Of Joe
kuharich's teams at San Fran
cisco u. spent six seasons with
the Redskins. Haley, former
Pitt star. completed his second
year with Washington, while
'Roehnelt, a three-year pro
from Bradley. was obtained
from the Chicago Bears Just
before the 1860 season.
In Washington, Coach Bill
i McPeak of the Redskins
said: stephens told us he
definitely is retiring. He
wants to get into coaching.
OF course. he could change
!, his mind after a rest" Nc
] Peak added that Haley went
downhill" after pulling a
hamstring muscle last sum-
mer. Roehnelt was handi-
capped by a neck injury0
Emphasis on Youth
The Vikings were expected to
name the rest Of their selec-
tionS later today. For each man
they must pay $4,000. Rose
did say that Of the So players
they have decided on. 13 are
first-year men. eight have
played two years in the league
and only six have played more
than four years. He said this
emphasizes the teams policy of
building for the future with
youngsters.
Rose also said he expects no
difficulty in signing his players,
although Boil spoke Of retiring
before being traded by the
Redskins to the Giants last
fall. However, playing for Min
neSota would put him closer to
his Nebraska homeland.
The Vikings had to make
their selections by noon today.
The delay in making the choices
public is due to the old clubs
desire to notify the players in
volved first. Rose. Van Brocklin
and Scout Joe Thomas worked
all night on the selections.
In addition to the SO players
they are picking up in the
selection system, the Vikings
claimed 20 players in last
months draft and also picked
up Quarterback George Shaw
AAOiA 1NCW 1Olh.
Meanwhile, the leagues
coaches talked OF possible
player deals and of filling
vacancies on their staffs.
Van Brocklin is in the
market for assistants to round
out his staff that. thus far,
includes only Thomas. one
time assistant coach of the
Baltimore Colts.
Redskins to Hire Aide
The Redskins will announce
! an addition to their coaching
: staff Monday. and AL Sherman
, OF the New York Giants and
Nick 'Skorich of the Eagles also
} have vacancies to fill. .Sher-
: man and Skorich succeeded
Jim Lee Howell and Buck
! Shaw. both of whom retired.
The league probably will
settle for a l4-game schedule.
an increase Of two games over
the 1860 chart. However, there
is some sentiment for Is games.
The Eastern Division has the
option to take in either Min
nesota or Dallas as its seventh
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