Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
SIEGH AT LARGE
McPeuk Wants
Rules Changed
BY MORRIS SIEGEL

BY MORRIS SIEGEL
THE TIME is NOT yet at hand for Bill McPeak to
predict championship for his Redskins assuming he
ever will venture into the soothsayng racket again
after the boomerang of last September.
However, McPeak, armed with contract and
with as much authority anybody in town including
the Bobby Baker investigating committee is thinking OPP
timistcally again.
If his thoughts aren't running to a winning cam
paign, at least they are channeed toward more re-
spectacle future losses This acceptable after the re-
cent holocaust.
Keeping it close is probably better description of
what McPeak has in mind This is something the Red
skins did not manage to do very we'll in most of their
losing forays in September. october, November and
December of the week not yet officially logged
in the history books.
AN INSIGHT INTO Bills thought processes was
CLEANED yesterday when he discussed National Football
League rules changes he will sponsor He would prefer
to see Y A. Title outlawed Jimmy Brown expelled and
similar punshments melted out against other culprits
VINO assaulted the Redskins from within and without
But this is impossible and McPeak knows it. Hence he
is willing TO settle dab of rule change He will ask
that two laws be rewritten he can't enact major
Voraole bills he wants small discriminatory laws appealed
He believes 1t Is wrong for lneman who charges
across footballs seth parallel before the ball is snapped
and knocks an unSuSpecng offensive back dizzy to get
OH by merely being charged with being offSde which
carries only fve-yard penalty.
Under the McPeak act such brazen misconduct would
cost the offender is yards
$3.50
HE HAS SEEN, he says several linemen-once they
Jump the gun and leap ofsde-continue to carry out
their illegal mission with purposes originally in
tended
Some of those guys" he said seem To think that as
long as they are guilty of being offsides they may as well
rack up somebody in the Usually they will go for
the quarterback or any back in passive position"
McPeak feels more stringent legislation would re-
suit in sharp decline in what he feels is senseess and
sometimes brutalzng horsepay Several of his Redskins
violated by treSpaSSers of this nature he said but
declined to them
IT'S strictly judgment play" he continued but
feel that number of players, they offside
quickly adopted an attitude Of what the hell long
I've done it I might as we'll do a good job of it,"
McPeak's main man. Norman Snead has been crooked
by attacks from many directions by players who COM
mted legal assault, but Bill maintains snead also has
been vcmized by the type of sneak attacks he would
abolish.
McPEAK ALSO is BUGGED by the present rule which
awards the defensive team safety when the offensive
unit fouls inside its end It is the only rule
on the books which awards points for infracton
In every other case the team must its by
the scoreboard As example of the kind of play Nc
Peak has in mind picture this situation.
The Redskins are on their goal line and Snead
retreats into the end zone to pass Meanwhile Red
skin neman is caught blocking illegally protecting Snead
in the end The defensive team gets points under
present legislation.
1t happened last year in Dallas. The result was the
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who were deadocked with the Cowboys one of the
Texans fouled Eddie LeBaron trying to pass
the end zone.
Since the Redskins often trying to maneuver
out of their end McPeak UNDERSTANDABLE seeks more
protection for his own forces
BOTH McPEAK SUGGESTIONS will be placed on the
rules agenda for next months NIL get-ogether in Miami
Beach, where usually nothing happens
NIL coaches can suggest and advise all the
changes they want but nothing happens unless the
owners approve The owners opinions what and is
not good for their game should not be discounted.
They offered most of the major rules changes George
Marshall in particular It through his campaign that
passing was permitted from anywhere behind the scr-
mage lne Marshall in better days. also led the drive
bring the goal posts to the goal line encourage
goal kicking.
He met with fiery opposition over the proposal 1t
came from Curly Lambeau, who then was running the
PackerSock stock and barrel Packers played their
games in high school stadium where the standards
set back 10 yards in the end zone.
Lambeau didn't protest the Marshall rule He merely
wanted somebody to pay for moving the posts back
forth The Packers have progressed nicely since those
days.
After three straight divisional titles and two back
to-back league championships their ability to pay for
switching the goal posts has not been their major nan-
cial concern.