Evening star., 1961-01-16
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW 5, FRANCIS s1AnA
Jimmy ConzeImon's Bio Play

AN HOUR BEFORE the Touchdown Clubs awards din
ner the photographers shooting the Golden For
ties backfieldJohnny Luack of Notre Dame Bill Dudley
OF Virginia and Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis of Army
And Jimmy Councilman, looking on, said approvingly
They'll do for openers
IF you coaching this backfield," man asked
the old Rose Bowler of a years ago. who'd
do the blocking?"
Why Doc. Blanchard, suppose" Councilman said "It
wouldn't be Lujack Dudley was little small and Davis
was incredibly fast WELL Blanchard best fits the
blocking back pattern"
But as blocker he'd have been so famous"
the other suggested wouldn't he merely been what
Forrest Evashevsk to Tommy Harmon and what Earl
Britton to Red Granger"
Its possible" conceded the Chicago Bear of 1920
That reminds me Grange had another blocker Just
asgood as Britton on that Illinois team"
Who's that?" - .@ %f IS
Darn if haven't forgotten his name" Jimmy said,
ruefully II remember him but his escapes now"
JORDAN oLIvAR, whose unbeaten Yale team made
him the the year begged to correct Councilman
Davis was fine blocker oliSar said Il know because
had as much to do as anybody with making A-Ameri-
cas- out Of Blanchard and Davis Only I was opposing
them This was when Army was beating my vllanova
teams
Davis could do just about anything and that included
blocking No, Doc wouldn't have had to miss his turn at
carrying the ball AS matter of fact If you had those
four fellows there wouldn't be too much need Of block
ing back Just give any of EN- small hole and they'd
the rest"
Dudley walked up in time to hear the last part of the
conversation.
What's this about blockng?" he asked
We were wondering who'd be the blocking back
among you fellows" Dudley was told.
If really could have played with those guys" Bill
replied I'D have been happy to do all the blocking"
A*&A
yCONZELMAN ONCE BOUGHT the Detroit franchise
In the National League for $50 He the last to
win the pro championship with the Chicago Cardinals
Il remember that fellow WE'LL" Jimmy said, nodding
toward Luack First ran into him in the 1913 College
All Star game The AStars had three pretty good quar-
terbacks-Luack Bobby Layne and Charlie Conerly That
was the year my Cardinals played the Colegians.
ITO make matters Lujack turned up that season
with the Bears who beat for the title OF course he was
only the second-string quarterback Imagine team
having three quarterbacks the Bears did in 49, like
Sid Luckman Lujack and Bobby Layne!"
Councilman, the raconteur beat the Bears twice in
1947, however, to win
"It down to the big game" he recornted "and
thought the Bears little stronger So Councilman
the piano player left the keyboard to plan touchdown
Shall go on?"
BECAUSE THE BEARS defensive fulback was no
speedba, Councilman made Babe Dimancheff his key man
The strategy to spring Dmanchef into the secondary
the first offensive play
once there, it would be footrace" Jimmy said "and
Babe was to outrun this guy and grab atheway pass
from Paul ChriStman, our quarterback.
"Well here's how football goes Dirnancheff's wife
was about to have baby he showed I'D prac
ce all week He'd phone every day from the hospital and
tell US there was delay Babe such nice kid
couldn't be annoyed but would have liked to have him
practice once.
Finally he became father and attended Friday
night blackboard drill and that's ALL So the play was
loOO-to-1 shot but in the took the kickoff on
our own TO- substituted Dmancheff for Elmer Angsmann
our regular haback real quick and enough it was
TO on the first play. Eventually won, 30-21
Later said Anyway, Babe, you had the week to
rest up No wonder you ran so fast You did sleep the
hospital all week. didn't you?
"'Yes COACH Babe said.
"What did you do, get an adjoining room? asked.
oh, no, coach, he said slept in chair"