Evening star., 1937-12-11
Redskins See Win TOMORROW They Get Scoring Jump Bears
BAUGH WILL START
GRID IS THAWED
D. c. Pros Pin Main Hopes
on Air Game-No Revolt
Among Players.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.,

- HICAGo, Dec. 1l.-Whether
Slingin' Sam Baugh or Driv-
ing Don Irwin starts for the
Redskins against the Bears
tomorrow will depend upon the con-
dition of the Wrigley Field gridiron
when the Washington and Chicago
elevens line up at lis o'clock, Chicago
time, for the National Football League
championship
Convinced that if they can get the
Jump on the Bears their task will be
much easier, the Skins are out to
score early in the game. But whether
they will attempt it through the air
or over the ground will not be decided
until they learn whether their footing
is to be frozen or thawed
If the thawing-out process of the
Bears management proves success
full and the teams find themselves
starting the game on unfrozen turf.
Irwin, the Eastern champions most
powerful driving back and fully re-
covered from his muscle-pulled. side,
will start in move to utilize his
ground-gaining ability under normal
conditions. Thus. he will alternat te
with Cliff Battles in running the ball.
If the ground still is frozen at kick
off time, the Skins will de-emphasize
their running attack and have Slingin'
Sam in there at the opening whistle
to use the air lanes as the yardage-
gaining route.
Early Score May Be Important.
GONE of the Skins were saying to-
day, with no intent to belittle the
Western champions, who have lost
only one game this season, that they
believe an early score against the
Chicagoans might prove a deciding
factor in the final result Although
they recognize the passing threat in
the arm of Ray Buivid, the Bears
"Baugh," they do not rank his poten-
tialities as dangerous as Sammys.
The Bears, they figure, are more
on the order of the University of
Pittsburgh team, depending for the
most part on power-plays and featur-
ing such hard-running backs as
Fagurski, Mastsrson, Feathers, Moles-
worth and Manders.
But although the Bear line will out
weigh the Redskins, Coach Ray
Flaherty does not expect his for
wards to be outcharged. And, if it
comes to question of reserve strength
in the line, F1aherty would prefer to
have his, rather than that of the
Bears. The Bears have the greater
weight from the tackles in, but the
Skins are banking on Capt. Turk
EDWARDS, Jim Barber, Les OLSON. Jim
karcher and George Smith to over
come any greater poundage with
display OF the same spirit which has
carried them to the threshold of the
league title.
Laugh Off Dissension Rumor.
SPEAKING of spirit, there never has
been any dissension whatsoever
among the ranks of the Redskins anv
talk in the public prints to the con-
trary. The players laughed when they
heard OF the rumor which had been
published and, to confirm their denial.
held a special meeting for the Wash
ington sports writer's in Chicago at
which time they showed how ridicu-
lous the statement had been.
They thereupon signified their
Willingness to play any or no post
season games, as the Washington Red
skin management decreed.
Should the game Sunday set
precedent for National League plav-
offs by ending in a tie, the league
title in all likelihood would be decided
on the Pacific Coast in January when
as they have done the past few wears
the participants of the play-of game
reassemble and play a series of ex-
hibition games.
To Reassemble in January.
OFFICIALLY, in event of a tie SIM.
day, the league championship for
1887 would go down in the record
books as shared by the Bears and Red
skins, but the team which came out
ahead on the coast would receive the
invitation to meet the college All-Stars