Evening star., 1963-01-03
1EGH AT LARGE
Doing Florida
On $50 a Week
BY MORRIS sIEcEL


football players in America are Skyarking here at the
best rates in America. For $50 week they're getting
room three meals golf and cocktail parties For another
$50 they bring their wives although nobody yet has
been able to explain why cost $40 more than men,
In most cases. the extra fee is worth it, Todays foot
ball players just knowedgeable about good-look-
ing girls they about defense and pass patterns
For the next eight days this South Florida resort,
only first down from Miami Beach, is playing host to
couple of hundred gridron HessianS plus fringe group
of TV radio and newspapermen who also qualify for the
rock bottom vacation DEAL
The January amboree is the joint idea of the Holly
wood Chamber of and Ben Tobn Of the Holly
wood Beach Golf and Country Club I'm football nut
Tobn For $50 week I'm not getting rch the play
aren't getting hurt and get to see the boys face TO
face. It's bargain for both of US"
DOWN THE ROAD THE Pittsburgh steeIers and De-
trot Lions rehearsing for Sundays Runnerup Bowl
game meaningless affair which probably won't live to
another birthday Sundays hoedown is the third and
the NFL determined the game won't live to
see the ripe old age Of four.
Putting it conservativey, the Lions and SteeerS
not practcinig pasSionatey and grly the Giants
and Packers drilled for their earthshaker last Sunday
The runnersp are getting an even better deal than the
vacatoning players They are guests Of their two teams
and also qualify for payoff of 5000 and 40O depending
whether they the losing winning entry Even
the losers win under this ideal arrangement.
Art Rooney the Steeers owner is here at Hollywood
with the peasants while his muscular employees quar-
tered in Swanker Accommodations at Miami Beach Rooney
is in Hollywood for two reasons "The price right he
Jokes land it's also closer to Gulfstream Park" Mr.
Rooney has been known to back his opinion with
at track
THE FOOTBALL PLAYER who looks terrifying on
the grdiron with his battle draped over ESQ
pound frame is considerably less impressive on a golf
course. For many of them this is the first time they've
played golf foursome of George zo Of the
Redskins Max MCGEE Of the Packers Myron Pottios Of
the steelers and an unidentified and presumably un-
attached brute made up group scavenging the Holly
wood Beach golf course yesterday
The clubs looked like chopstcks in their massive
hands They probably could have done better using chop
sticks than they did with golf clubs.
Izo, who ended 13-game siege Of bench-Sitting by
playing in the Redskins last game announced in the club
house this was first time he and his ponderous play
mates ever had tried golf They lost time proving it.
Izo became casualty before he struck the first blow
ordeal which required an innumerable number OF
SwipeS On the way to the first tee George lost ball IN
the ball washer This bettered record set here last
by Announcer Bill McCogan who lost ball on the prac-
tice green and withdrew from the tournament
THE ARRANGEMENTS MUST remind good number
the visitors of their teams which their coaches
send in each play The hotel and Chamber Of Commerce
have posted schedule of activity which theoretically Is
supposed to let each guest know exactly where he is and
what he supposed doing for practically every hour
he is here
There have been some minor misunderstanding al
ready player from the Vikings for example under
the impression he attending a cocktail party at
o'clock in the morning unusually late hour for cock
tail party for Minnesota He but 1t was an un-
scheduled event not listed in the plan of the day.
Group tours included in the activities and al
though normally I'm not sghtSeer OF renown can
hardly wait to accompany the gang Fridays round of
calls
The tour includes visit to an ancient Spanish
monastery the Oldest building on the North American
continent and to Famingo Groves and Botanic Gardens
I'm just dying to see Big Daddy LpScomb in the Bo-
tanc Gardens That should be about touching Sonny
Lston at the National Gallery to the Mona Lisa