Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08

Giants RiIed Up
For Redskins
By MORRIS sIEeEL

OF ALL THINGS: Before acquiring Moose Skowron the
Senators were anonymous, expect for Manager Gil
Hodges that they being considered for group APP
pearance whats My Line?" In the recent poll
resulting in Otto Grahams selection he greatest pro
quarterback of all time Johnny Unitas finished ahead OF
Sid Lucman indication of how ridiculous polls can be-
The Redskins expected to into an aroused
Giants team tomorrow Stung by press criticism that they
have been flat the last two weeks the Giants aim to
it amt against Washington. The Redskins must
have gotten late information Fuback Charley Taylor
their No draftee He not the Al-America squad
picked for the RedSkin Magazine three weeks ago oy
talent Buck Kilroy He listed Okahomas Joe Don
Looney his top fullback choice.
OHIO STATES WOODY HAYES denies the South
eastern Conference plays better defense than the Big
Ten They can't be- told his National Press Club audi
the other day. because they don't have to face those
fast Negro backs look at every Saturday in league
Rocky Bridges who broke into baseball at Santa Bar
bara Calif has named manager at San Jose 1880
miles north of where started my slump II years ago.
Hiaeah track is for the birds and proud
peacock about it, The Miami oval has been designated
official quarantine station for parrot family birds after
entry into the United States They remain there so days
The Browns slight favorites to whip Detroit to-
morrow but bunch players who think otherwise remem
Der Cleveland has whipped the Lions only in their
last eight league games.
JIM PIERsALL HAS under consideration coaching
job with the Dodgers designed to improve gawky Frank
Towards fielding The only formaty holding up the deal
has been the Dodgers failure offer him the assignment
In 30 BeinSky's estimation todays Army-Nav game
secondary event The feature attraction on Ben-
skys calendar his 9th birthday which he celebrates
singing in Las Vegas night club.
If the Redskins either win make respectable show
ing in their last two outings against the Giants and
Browns easy assignment Bill McPeak is safe Two bad
games and it probably the gate for him. Tackle
Bob Meehan shocked when officials charged him with
n he and SteODed off Is
yard penalty against Syracuse Not me-" he protested.
I'm too much of gentleman to do anything like that
BILL SKOWRON WON'T lose any of his $4,000 salary
by coming to the Senator's but he will lose his number
a. It's also the number of Gil Hodges who intends to keep
it. Basketball must be becoming sissys game The
fewest number of fouls committed the last l6 years
occurred last season. according to j. Dallas Shirley, who
keeps track of such breathtaking developments.
Sub Quarterback George Izo, whose Redskn appear
are limited almost exclusively to the pre-game
warmups is firststrng in another department He's the
teams player rep although the Redskins don't recog
nize the players association The Eagles ap
precative Of the than IS million Jerry Woman has
pledged pay for the franchise they invited the young
washingtonan to be their guest in ST. Louis tomorrow
New York believed close to the picture looking
for Bill veeck to take over the Orioles by midsummer,
not before.
ma TAPPED Tv interview recently, Yogi Berra neatly
explained the Yankee collapse in the World Series I'VE
made the wrong mistakes too much" the new manager
declared.
Shareholders in AT&T anticipating another Juicy
dividend the strength of the 22hour NFL draft Ses-
sion, where much of the business done on the tee
phone The only convention ecpsing the elapsed time of
the Chicago showdown must have been the 1924 Demo-
cratic presidential getogether where 103 ballots
quired before John W. Davis finally made first choice
The line says It's the Giants by 14a over Washington
can't buck that line Elsewhere it's Cleveland 31a
Detroit the Cards the Eagles Chicago II over San
Francisco (ony club to lick the Bears this year., Pitts
burgh Dallas and the Colts 71a the vikings