Evening star., 1937-12-06
CLIFF AND SAMMY
WIN HIGH TR|BUTc
May be Finest Scoring Duo
in History of Football,
Declares Critic.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press SPORTS Writer.

n yEW YORK, Dec. s.-what pos
N sibly is the most effective
" scoring combination in foot
ball history-Cliff Battles, the
ball-carrying will O. the wisp. and
Sammy Baugh. the peerless passer-
has shot the surprising Washington
Redskins through to the championship
Of the Eastern Division Of the National
Professional Football League.
The way Cliff and Sammy cut
didoes behind their savsgely thrusting
forward wall in 49-14 victory 1t is
difficult to picture the Redskins as
losers next Sunday, when they meet
the Chicago Bears, champions Of the
Western Division, at Chicago's Wrigley
Field, in their play-off for the league
title. The Bears, with nothing at
stake, steam-rollered the Chicago Car
dinals, AZ to %, in their final yesterday
Cliff the runner and Sammy the
thrower demorali2ed the Giants. Be
tween them, they chopped the New
Workers defense into kindling wood,
and it previously had been regarded
as one of the stoutest defenses in the
game. In fact, the Giants coach,
Steve Owens, made the unfortunate
remark only two days ago that the
Washington line didn't belong in the
same league" with his.
Friedman Pays Tribute.
RATTLEs and Baugh took the
Giants line apart and held it up
so the crowd could get laugh Bat
ties, a wrath in silk panties, carried
the ball ITO yards in "a tries from
scrimmage, not counting a 76-yard
runback Of an intercepted pass. Baugh
completed IL passes for a total gain
Of 135 yards, running his total of
competitions for the season to 81 and
breaking the previous league record
Of II.
In the dressing room afterward.
while the Redskins were whooping and
hollering: I'll say we don't belong
in the same league" Benny Friedman
stood apart and watched Battles and
Baugh hug one another. The c. c.
N. Y. coach was a fair country foot
baller himself at Michigan and then
with the pro Giants.
There are the two greatest backs
I ever saw" he said humbly. Il
thought 1 could pass until I saw
Baugh today, and I thought Red
Grange was a runner until I saw
Battles. Red wasn't in Battles class"
Those are strong words from
man like Friedman, but he will get
plenty of backing up from every one
who watched Battles score yesterday.
How 1t Was Done.
IN ADDITION to Baugh and Battles,
Washington paraded a line that.
end to end, completely smeared the
Giants forwards. It stopped the
Giants running attack cold. Big Turk
Edwards, 255 pounds of left tackle, and
Les OLSON, 245 pounds of left guard,
tore open the holes through which
Battles sifted for the Redskins first
two touchdowns. Charlie Malone,
towering end from Texas A. g. NJ,
plucked out of the air the Baugh passes
that broke the Giants backs.
1t was crazy game. First the
Washingtons scored three touchdowns,
slick and clean and without any
breaks Then, at the start of the
second half, the Giants took to the
air, with Ed Danowski tossing, and
scored twice in hurry. That made
it only 81 to IA, and the Giants we're
back in the game.
That was when the Redskins proved
their greatness. Battles took off ths
wraps again and plugged the pigskin
down to New York's 43. Baugh then
drifted back, faxed a short pass to
draw in the Giants secondary, and
whipped a long one into the arms OF
Ed Justice, who was away by himselfi