Evening star., 1962-12-09

Brown, Packers
$4,000 Apart
By MORRIS SIEGEL

OF ALL THINGS In their first salary scrimmage
with Tom Brown the Green Bay Packers offered their
No draft pick in the neighborhood of $4,000. The
Maryland agreed it a nice neighborhood, but
prefers to live closer uptown, in the $4,000 section
The next time Sonny Lston and Floyd Patterson meet
Sonny will collapse Fearful Floyd twice fast he did
last time according to Godie Ahearn How by decking
him at the weigh-in?
Clark Calvin Griffith H. son of the Twins president
completed two-year Navy hitch yesterday, serving in
the last several months at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Slick outfit those Twins sneakng scout into Cuba in
Navy uniform.
The next move for the Trophy Bowl people will be an
effort to switch next years Maryland-Navy from
Annapolis to D. c. Stadium for Armed Forces Benefit
Game. The Trophy BowlerS simply determined
to award somebody the unclaimed trophy they bought
two years ago. What about rattle, fellowsP
ARE THE GIANTS TWICE as good now that they've
wrapped up the Eastern title they before they
clinched it? The NFL must think so, doubling the
ticket price to $2 for the championship game December
80 in Yankee Stadium President Kennedy has been
invited to attend the Gotham Bowl game in New York
between Miami and Nebraska. . =. Like thousands Of
Others he expected to find something interesting
to occupy him that day.
Jimmy Persal obviously saves his charm for off
TV appearances He delightfully."- patroniz
ing the Tonight" show the other evening his Senator
teammates wouldn't have recognized him. For yester-
days Colts game, the Redskins aing in the broad
cast booth we'll in the line and backfied Payby
play Bill McColgan missed the game for
unscheduled temporary stay at George Washington
Hospital.
THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE must make
critical decision at its winter meeting Clemson and
South Carolina both unofficialy declared they will
be to Maryands first ntegrated football team
next year. Negro Halfback Daryl HILL who left Navy to
Maryland is cnch to make the Terp varsity in 1853
presenting plaque to George Marshall for selling
about $4,000 tickets to- service personnel in Washington
for half price, the Military District of Washington thanked
him profusely 1t wasn't necessary the pleasure was
all Marshals who unoaded $4,000 in tickets the Red
skins probably would have been stuck with.
Larry Oxley, who originally became Labor Depart
ment official in President RooSevetS first term, has
apparently inherited FDR desire cling to office Oxley
recently reelected president of the Washington Pig
skin Club for the 10th straight year. The Twins
publicity chief Herb Hef unwilling to antagonze either
Minneapolis ST. Paul, prudenty selected Washington
neutral site for his sons upcoming 18th birthday party
D. c. Stadium will be enlarged soon. About $50 more
seats will be installed above the ghtfeld Scoreboard to
bring the plant to its advertised $4,000 capacityfor
football. The next head coach at Oklahoma State
could be Sammy Baugh who utored the froSh there this
Quick quiz department. Did you know the penalty for
clipping originally rs yards in the NFL? And that
the very first college football player drafted was
Jay Berwanger Chicago 35 plucked by the Philadelphia
Eagles?
THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, featured in the current
New Yorker have been given the works by practically
every magazine except National Geographic. Base
stealing champ Maury Wills the Washington Dodger
shortstop, had to decline invitation to be honored by
the Touchdown Club here next month He'll be strum-
ming guitar in Las Vegas the night of the I'd awards
blast.
Marylands Tom Brown, who originally agreed to play
in Baltimores Crusade Bowl January 6, won't When he
accepted Brown was of a new NCAA regulation
which limits poSt-season participation to periods when
school is not in session. Something I'd pay to see
Y A. Title on TV admoniShng youngsters about that
greasy kid stuff
In choosing Southpaw Quarterback Terry Baker as
their No. choice the Rams buckng tremendous Odds
The only topgh lefty quarterback in modern pro history
was frankie Albert of the 49ers Most teams college as
well as pros per cent of their ground game to the
right because most players "rght-footed." The
Redskins who sold 1900 tickets for 1852 are
confident they'll double the advance orders next year
THE DORAL COUNTRY CLUB at Miami Beach, "un-
surpassabe" by its own mmodest appraisal, claims an
unchaengabe first The first golf club to have telephones
in every bathroom Most of Bobby Johnsons hits for
the Senators last year with nobody on base, a
tendency which got him marked expendabe quickly.
The New York Nets have been promised their new
home in Flushing Meadows will be ready for occupancy
next spring. but they playing 1t safe anyhow and
have ordered two sets of tickets for 1858 They have
also renewed their option the Polo Grounds Just in case
Orioles Manager Billy Hitchcock commenting on his
teams recent trade with the Senator'S said Breeding
Shetrone and Quk will have much better chances at big
league Jobs with Washington than with u.s. At the same
time don't think we hurt ourselves too much"
Steve Van Buren, addressing the Alexandria Grandstand
Managers Club contends the old Philadelphia Eagles line
of his day was so tough the Eagle backs couldn't
through IT,"