Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05

How to Succeed
By Really Trying
BY MORRIS SIEeEL

TWELVE YEARS AGO life for Jerry wOlman was in
deed bowl Of cherries But that about all He
clerng in his dads neighborhood fruit store in shen
andoah, Pa.
he had any interest in pro football he can't remem-
Der it. What he does recall that he couldn't have af
forded the price Of single game ticket long before the
tab was raised to six bucks in many parks
That was dozen years ago. Tomorrow Jerry wolman
may be the to deal with for tickets to future games
Of the Philadelphia Eagles BY nghtfan he may DO the
new owner Of the team
He Is in Philadelphia awaiting results Of stockhold-
er meeting this afternoon to determine future ownership
Of the franchise. The decision to sell was made several
weeks ago. Now it's matter Of which bidder will be
awarded the team.
THERE ARE SUPPOSED to be two or, at the most
three syndcates itching to bankro the purchase but
Wolman Of the first to put his money where his
mouth was Shortly after he learned the pickering stock
holders voted to unload Wolman moved into action.
The high bid was SAT. wolman raised the pot. He
upped 1t to S. million and let his competitors
shoot at that When 1t was first announced that WASH
ington syndicate headed by Jerry wolman developer
and construction man, bidding S. million the story
was hee-hawed
But this was no publicity stunt, no move to hog
headline the developing story clearly shows Initiay
moved by whm woman acted advice when he finally
got going.
Through Philadelphia bank director who owned one
share Of Eagles stock, Woman arranged meeting with
Frank McNamee team president McNamee later described
his session with the go-get EN- gung-ho wolman as
favorable"
Last night wolman described his own chances Of own
ing the Eagles the same way favorable"
SA&H
EVEN WITHOUT THE Eagles wolman already is
success story At SO and with only high school education
he has under construction completed various projects
totaling $50 million.
He came to washington by sheerest accident. When
he and his wife agreed in 1851 that Shenandoah Pa
little prospect for the future they decided hit the road
for elsewhere They finally came up with unique method
Of deciding where to go.
They would get in their alopy hit the open road pick
up the first hchhker they encountered and wherever
their passenger headed also would be their destination
Luckily, 1t turned out they gave ride to q student
returning to George Washington University. woman had
no friends here, only an uncle with whom he was not
particularly close His funds short Woman recalls
weeks lodging guaranteeing to pay her with money from
Job didn't even have"
HE BECAME PAINT and paper salesman and
reached the high salary of $125 week during his four
year hitch 1t here while selling his to
sructon projects he first bitten by the bug ito build
something"
He and associate parayed CUTS and $1,000 bank
loan into modest beginning They built few homes in
Southeast Total project cost $4,000 Little by little
they venured elsewhere Each clicked The big payof
with construction Of the Summit Hill Apartments in
Silver Spring
Other wolman local holdings include the Raleigh Ho-
TEL National Theater Building and two downtown office
buildings under construction.
He gave thought to the possibility that some
day he might be trying to buy football team He isn't
football bug" in any of the word but his decision
to step into the Eagle scrap stems from his
session to constantly wheel and deal.
He boasts he's failed to get anything he went
after starting with his wife If he fails to acquire the
Eagles what then?
Iu Just continue to root for the Redskins he says
They're not for sale, are they2"