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Service Discharges to Aid Pro Grid Former Top Stars, Rookies Returning Seen .as Playing Important , Roles With Their Respective Clubs During 53 Campaign By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Editor Canadian football has lured away some of the National Football leagues top stars and leading collegiate prospects, but the XJ. S. armed services are helping fill some of the gaps. Former pro stars and college performers just out of the service are expected to play : important roles with several NFL teams ; this year. The Green Bay Packers, no slouches last season, get back two of their crack rookies : of 1950 Clayton Tonriemaker of Minnesota and " Larry Coutre of Notre Dame. Tonnemaker starred as a linebacker in his first play-for-pay campaign and Coutre figures to added running strength to the club that won the team passing title last year. The Packers also got passer Bob Mowers of Northwestern back from the Marines, but have two top throwers in Tobin Rote and Babe Parilli so they traded Flowers to the Baltimore Colts on Thursday. Richichar Sent to Colts Earlier in the year, the Cleveland Browns sent Bert Richichar to the Colts. Coach Paul Brown said Richichar did a good job at safety last year as a first year pro, but he was able to trade him because Ken Konz and Ken Gorgal have finished service stints Konz, former Louisiana State star, was Clevelands top draft choice in 1951, while Gorgal was the Brownie safety man in 1951. The New. York Giants also benefited from service discharges. They got back backs Randy Clay, Everett "Sonny" Grandelius nd Paul Douglass, and guard Bill Austin. Clay and Austin are experienced pros with the latter ranking as one of the leagues ton offensive linemen when he went into the service. Grandelius gained 1,023 yards and scored 12 touchdowns for Michigan State in. 1950 and Douglass was captain of the JSniversity of Illinois 1950 team. The San Francisco Forty-Niners got back Pete Schabarum, offensive halfback star of 1951 and Clay Matthews, a 1950 guard. One of the teams better rookies appears to be Art Michalik, a guard who "put in a stint in the Marines after starring for St. Ambrose College. The Chicago Bears got 235-pound tackle Art Davis back from the Marines and also , added Bill Gregus, former Wake Forest star who was in the Army for the last two years. Gregus is the proof that Bears coach George Halas hasnt surrendered to the ; Canadian league. The 205 -pound back was 1 Canadian footballs top ground gainer in 1 1950.
