Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-05


they say aren't nice.
That quarterback" he con- |
tinued. latching on to an old
and popular grandstand theme.
He doesn't have it anymore.
It's no wonder they picked off
those passes, the way he was
throwing. I don't know what's
troubling him, but he sort Of
lobs the ball. It's easy to inter-
cept. And the same old stuff
week In and week out. No ina
gination. You can call the plays
from your seat"
Norman Snead may expect
criticism. George Izo, too, II he
continues to get q shot at it
from now on. It must hurt. We
talk about hardened old pros
and how indifferent they are to
criticism. but don't believe 1t.
Nobody likes being called a
. bum. even the real buns. Criti-
cism hurts II q guys hearing is
normal. He's human.
Maybe It's the coaching" he
persisted. I'm not sold on this
staff by q long shot. Maybe
they made q mistake in hiring
this guy"
Bill McPeak has heard this
before and knows he must
shoulder the blame for the
teams lowly estate. McPeak
doesn't like 1t, either, but he
knows q man in his situation
has only two choices grin and
bear 1t or turn in his suit. Bill
isn't about to run up the white
flag.
THE tackling was lousy,
too" he went on. "a couple of
times / saw 'em reach out and
try to bring the runner down
with one hand. None Of that
good shoulder tackling. Touch
football stuff. When you saw
that, you knew they couldn't
win. It was kid stuff"
From our viewpoint the tack
ling was good and earnest Sum
day. The linemen teed off at
every opportunity and the de-
fensive backs got In some pref
ty good ticks, too. We couldn't
fault that phase Of it.
THE crowds getting pretty
rowdy, too" he went on. Moth
ing but drunks around US. I've
never heard such obscene Ian
guage and one guy tried to get
the chain off a gate to strike at
people. It got so bad the cops
had to arrest him. The langu-
age was 80 bad we had to
leave"
We didn't notice any drink
ing, saw no arrests, heard no
thing except the exhuberant
shouts Of the Cowboys sup
porters when they made q good
play or spoiled one for the
Redskins.
There was plenty Of drink
ing" he said with @ nod. TITS
gotten to be one Of the worst
crowds In the league. tn keep
decent people away If some
thing isn't done to curb it."
This was extremely odd. We
are positive this didn't happen
In Dallas, and while Washing
ton fans boo, jeer, boot and
whistle, we've never heard Of
abusive drunks being permitted
to annoy the fans. Police Chief
Bob Murray's men wouldn't
permit It.
&hS
IT wish they'd use John
Mackey at fullback instead of
end" he said thoughtfully. 81
think he'd help them more
there. He's going to be a great
football player"
John Mackey isn't on the
Redskins, he's with the Colts.
"who's talking about the
RedskinsP" he demanded, teSti-
ly. I'm talking about the Colts.
That's MY team. was over to
see them play the Bears Sun
day. I'm talking about Johnny
Unitas, wondering If he's
washed UP, and about Don
Shula and the coaching staff.
A lot Of us don't think get
ting rid of Weeb Ewbank solved
anything. I think he's using
Webs old stuff-nothing new.
And those fans. ."
It only goes to show that the
Redskins and M c P e a. aren't
the only conversational pieces
when sports fans gather. And
it's even money the natives are
making similar sounds in such
places as Los Angeles. Minnea-
polls, Philadelphia and Detroit.
The only coach safe from criti-
cism and its inevitable effect is
George HalaS.
But not many football
coaches own their own teams
these days.