Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
SKGEI AT LARGE
1t Doesn't Pay
To Talk in NIL
BY MORRIS sIEeEL

VIOLENT YES voCFERoUs, NO. This Is the ui-
written code Of the pro football jungle Violate the hypo
critical creed and Devils Island for the ransgressor
Bucko Kiroy may find out about IT. Buckos crime:
said out loud what he thought about the man who had
big hand firing him. Nick skorich, coach Of the Phia-
delpha Eagles.
The Eagles didn't like it and told the Redskins who
employ Bucko and now the Redskins acting like they
didn't like what Buckle said either
The Eagles screamed protesting that their former hero
slurred the reputation skorch when Kiroy unsbty
stated Skorich didn't all there to know about his
Job The Redskins are iffed at the most recent addition
to their staff on grounds that his remarks viii nfame the
Eagles for their Sunday joust
AN OFFICIAL OF THE Eagles and q semi-official Of
the Redskins both indicated Klroy guilty Of conduct
detrimental the best interest Of the league and the con-
sequences could be severe.
1t ali seems so terrfngy silly for srownps In more
or less responsible positions to be acting like wounded
Junior high students Nobody has done anything officially
about Koy not yet anyhow but one party is seeing to
that Commissioner Pete Rozee reads Buekos remarks 30
decide If Kihoy should be sent to purgatery.
In racket where gargantuan tackles constantly are
bonecrushine average-sze halfacks with mayhem their
minds it suddenly crime to opinion
Koy who played hard and talked hard Tor the Eagles or
years. said only what most Of the rest Of would say about
had been sacked under circumstances we deem
ed unfair
THE EAGLES PROTESTS are more Understandable
than the Redskins. The result of Sundays game VIII noo
be affected one iota by what Koy said about Skoch
the Eagles come out the field roaring like pack Of hot
footed Sioux It will be because they enraged about their
IA record nothing else.
skorchs popularity apparently hasn't been matter OF
prime concern the Eagles in the past their love and
esteem for the great they evidently did bad
Job Of showing it. especially last Sunday in Dallas when they
creamed by the Cowboys.
you're not supposed to criticize others in this league
the Redskins man commented 'ts big happy family,
remember?"
The Redskins has short memory His own leader,
George Marshall often takes the husgs to deolnce ex-
pery whoever and whatever he thinks rates the Marshall
treatment George has been doing it for almost 30 years IN
the pro football and he's still operating the franchise
r. can't imagine Coach Skorch in the pre-same plea to
his monsters beseeehng them to go out there and annh-
late those Washington and SOS to show that Koy how
wrong he was about me skorch too smart and too pract
cal Hen spend the time frltfuly In las-minlte
suggestions aimed juicng up his teams attack or
slowing down Norman Snead & Co.
60 THERE ARE MANY recorded chapters Of team BUST
ing its britches in behalf Of coach The best incident
happened at yale when the late Herman Hickman was con-
ming the Els with fatback and backeyed peas approach
After an upset over Vanderbilt and the eve Of the
Princeton game the joyful Yales Herans contract
and gave him a new one with 10-year extension.
The Yaes were also not picked to win from Princeton
but at haine the scoreboard showed the Booa Booas
top by IA points Hickman was distraught How could
group of Ivy Leaguers who had pledged their undyng oeVo-
ton to the coach do this to him, he wondered
Boys" the heavy jowled Tennessean implored III you
honestly think much Of me you've said you DO you
gotta do me big favor We just can't win this game The
alumni, will expect us to win em all do Please out
there this half and lose to Princeton Thatn show what
you really think of old HERMAN"
The Yales did, Most cooperative group ever coached"
Herman unused.