Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-05

McPeuk'sC
Pays Off EurIy
By MORRIS sIEcEL

THE BENEFITS OF PAYING Pat Richter in the
neghborhood of $4,000 year to catch footballs on IA
selected Sundays next fall are already beginning 10 ac-
crue to the Redskins.
Richter the celebrated No. draft choice took the
Redkin VOWS last Wednesday Two days later the 1rst
day the Redskin box office open following the nup-
tals So customers who apparently were wainng 10
learn whether Richter would would not sign bought
season tickets.
BY the time they have paid the last nstallment on
the avawav plan the Redskins installed years ago. the
discriminating previously unpedged So will have sweet
ened the pot to the tune of 81 1927, tax included
The Redskins naturally can't expect Richter to at
tract that much new business every day Hes already
doing well fer us without even putting on UNIFORM
remarked Bill McPeak the double-ted general manager
coach who converted Richter from the ranks OF amateur
ism. F-
THE SIGNING OF Richter, Wisconsn's All America
end another juicy plus for McPeak AS he begins his
third year field marshal for George Marshall McPeak
can boast no No. pick has gotten away from him yet
He bagged Norman Snead 48 hours before ne became
head coach two DEFENDERS ago. Last year he drafted the
late Ernie Davis No and subsequently traded him TO
Cleveland for Bobby Mitchell and Leroy Jackson
Now he's got Richter to make it S-for-3 McPeak is
UNDERSTANDABLE proud Of his accomplishments in the con-
tract field and Marshall grousng about the way his
coach is spending money the Redskn sachem is keeping
it to himself.
BEFORE RICHTER PLEDGED his all, McPeak was
contender" next fall He based his optimism juiced
up defense particularly in the secondary where Johnny
Sample from the Steelers and Rookie Lon Sanders OF
Michigan State expected to cut down scoring bombs
Last year McPeak lost three of his first four draft
choices Halfback Joe Hernandez, the No. 2 man from
Arizona, wentNto Canada; End Steve Mitnger the No.
pick from Penn State, wound up at San Diego and
Alabama Tackle Billy Neighbors, fourth choice, chose
Boston.
McPeak remembered these incidents" the track
down of Richter began There letters from scornfu
fans and embarrassing questions for McPeak at speaking
engagements after it announced he had been shot
down trying to recruit Hernandez Mitinger and Neigh
bors.
80 Richter became must for me-" McPeak smiled.
IF McPEAK WERE THE kind of fellow given to saying
such things I'VE won but it wasn't easy" he could
certainly apply the phrase to the Richter 1t was
anything but easy 1t real coast-o-coast pursuit
that reads something like this
December 2, 1962-Richter drafted No. by Redskins
at annual Chicago player selection meeting
January /, 1963-McPeak hghtails 1t to Pasadena ia
watch his No. boy play for Wisconsin in the Rose
Bowl game.
March Q. 1s6s-McPeak goes to Madison Wis, to
watch Richter play basketball.
May 4, 1963-McPeak goes to Evanston, Ill, TO watch
Richter play baseball against Northwestern.
May 49, 1963-McPeak is back in Madison Wis, tc
Richter play baseball and also to talk with Richter'
lawyer for the first time Presented contract and told to
come back at the end of MONTH
May 20, 1963-McPeak returns to Madison, makes
several minor" changes in agreement Told Rchters
decision would be made the following day. so
May 80, 196s-Six month chase ends in, capture Of
Richter.
The next time McPeak gets look at Richter win b
August 8 at Carlisle Pa, the Redskins training site
McPeak win determine then If Pat Is good enough to make
the team, thought Bill has been harbOring since last
Decnnnher