Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-03

Even q Winner
Has Problems
By MORRIS SIEGEL

IN HIS 13-YEAR SPAN as professor of head dumping
at Ohio State Woody Hayes has experienced only one
losing football season Therefore he qualified as an
outstanding authority how the other half lives not even
by hearsay.
Two national championships four Big Ten prizes and
couple Of winning tickets in the Rose Bowl give Hayes
an idea how 1t feels 10 be q winner
Good, yes, but It also has its drawbacks Sometimes
1t kills us In recruiting he tried explain looking very
much unlike anyone who could mistaken for dead even
by funeral director with a lay-away plan.
After our two Rose Bowl games we had a devil of
time trying TO get good football players to Ohio
State" moaned the man who rarely gets bad player
They seem to think we're loaded they'll never get
chance to play until they're seniors and they want to
wait
we almost starved to death after one of those Rose
Bowl wins"
THE BUCKEYE RECORD fails to reveal the slightest
trace Of manutrition. Neither does Hayes roy-poly
who talks like his plays-down the
middle
Besides the best 1syear Big Ten record of any coach
Hayes also boasts another envabe personal mark He has
been hanged In egy only once However there have been
occasions around Columbus where several Buck fanatics
were scheming something against Hayes more damaging
than dummy scrimmage.
Woody and gang Of 10 brawny fiendish-looking
health specimens visited Washington briefly yesterday
They were members Of TV Guides AAmerica picked by
the American Football Coaches Association Woody HAYES
president.
quick trip to the Nations Capital and lunch at the
NaCOa reSS Cup were part OF the door prizes they
Hayes was the principal speaker one of the few
times head football coach and not head of state had
addressed the Press Cubbers They seemed to enjoy him
SO much they may insist peban functions In the
future.
HE STRESSED THE VALUE of a college education
particularly the qualified young man could block tackle
kick, pass or rum The failure to obtain degree is not
always fatal Hayes said and documened his conclusion
with this success story.
After three months Of freshman life the young man
suddenly decided the campus wasn't for him. His grades
which showed almost minus pool confirmed his suspi
cions So he became dropou Three years later as his
class prepared to graduate Mr. Hot Shot breezed into the
school in Caddy with clothes to match his expensive
taste in transportation
His old classmates were stunned to see him looking so
prosperous They demanded explanation Had he stuck
up London mail train made it big on the market won
the Irish sweepstakes?
None Of that 1t was all legitimate ct got into the
manufacturing business made product that cost 81
to produce sold it for S. You'd be surprised how those
four bucks mount up" he cackled.
NORMALLY, HAYES BUCKS rarely violate anybody's
air rights He believes In the cid infantry style Of attack
but this the Buckeyes threw than ever Hayes
explained it almost alphabetically 1t forced on
because OF lack of hard runners
He indicated he might go in for more passing but
few words later he served notice he not to be taken
too seriously I'm the Big this year the teams that
threw the ball more than anybody else lost four confer
ence games he said significantly Those who threw the
least finished one-two. Follow me?"
The presence Of Duke Hafback Jay wilkinson son Of
the Oklahoma coach reminded Hayes visit he made to
Bud wilkinson During the stay Jay just shaver then
showed dad his report card which showed nothing except
straight AS.
Several days later, back in Columbus Hayes son,
Steve brought his grades home from school, was
not as flatterng. 1t contained several Cs and Bs
Fatherly Woody told his youngster that wikinson's
same age had made straight AS why didn't the Hayes
offspring7
"well Dad" the future sage answered "his old mans
football team IS straight games why can't yoursP"