The Washington times., 1937-11-27
Redskins Must Show Best
Form Against Packers Team
Grid Teams
Battle at
Ball Park
TILT TOMORROW
By HARRY COSTELLO

BY HARRY COSTELLO
WaShington's gridiron Redskins
must be at their very best to-
morrow.
AS a matter of fact, Coach Ray
Flaherty'S men must put together
two bests-their best offensive
effort of the year and their best
defensive Stand-if the Redskins
are to stay in the race for Eastern
Division honors of the National
Football League.
Tomorrow is the big test of the
year for our Redskins. When
they oppose Green Bays football
Packers. the Washington players
will be up against the best of
fensive machine football ever has
known. Coach Curley Lambeau'S
players figure that, if they can
hold possession of the ball, and
necessarily remain on offense, the
opposition hardly can score. To
morrow, in Griffith Stadium, the
Packers, no doubt, will stick to
their slogan, always and forever
on the offensive"
REDSKINS CAN WIN
Despite Green Bays great at.
lacking machine, despite Green
Bays great line, despite Green
Bays great forward passing com.
binationS-deSpite each factor
which appears to favor the Pack
ers-WaShington can win to.
morrow's battle.
Football men the country over
are agreed on one point. That
point is this:
If the Redskins in a single game
ever put together their best often.
sive and their best defensive eff.
forts, washington will win over
any gridiron combination extant.
Study the rosters of the great
professional teams of the country
the Packers, the Bears, the
Giants, the LionS-and Washing.
ton. What will you find? You will
find that man for man, reputation
for reputation, ability for ability,
the Redskins hold an edge over
any of them.
While Washington always plays
interesting football-the kind Of
football loved by your average foot
ball bug-the Redskins have yet to
put together in a single game the
best they have in the way Of Of.
tense and defense. They are due.
Green Bay is favored to defeat
Washington tomorrow. Among
football men, the reason given for
installing the Packers favorites Is
this:
Green Bay has greater reserve
strength, especially in the line, and
this Green Bay-WaShington game
is going to be one of the hardest
played games of the year, if not
the hardest.
$4,000 TO SEE GAME
Apparently the fans are con.
WINGED tomorrow's game is going to
prove the best of the year, for
some 10000 people are expected to
witness the proceedings in Griff'8
ballyard, if the weather is at all
favorable.
When the teams take the field
tomorrow it will be with a single
thought: attack! Always, when
grid fans sense a battle between
two attacking teams they flock to
see the fireworks. That's the case
for tomorrow. Every man-jack Of
the fans figures he's going to see
a game featured by attack. It
will behoove Washington to have
its attack ready to function. II
the Redskins are at all irreSolute
on attack, the jig is up. On the
other hand, if the Redskin attack
is resolute, the Packers will have
to show whale of defense to
stop Washington.
In view of what has taken place
this year to date, it is rather I'm.
usual to find that Washington to.
morrow is very likely to depend
quite a bit on Alabama'S great
little gridiron immortal, Dixie
Howell. Except for a flash here
and there, Dixie hasn't shown any.
where near 10 the form which all
football men know is in him.
Maybe the little chap-Small as
pro gridders go-will deliver in
this, the highest spot the Red
skins ever have been in.
Another Alabaman, Riley Smith
he of the educated toe-may
prove the weight which will bal
ance the scales tomorrow in favor
of the Redskins. There's no queS'
ton of Smiths e.bility to kick 'em
from placement.
UP TO LINE
Taken all in all, by and large.
Washington's eggs tomorrow will
be in the basket toted by the line.
men. It's up to the Redskins in
the forward wall-smack up to
them! They are the men who
must show the best form Of their
careers. They have it in 'em, as
they have proved time and again.
They must not fail tomorrow, else
Washington is out of it.
New York's Giants last Sunday
proved that Green Bay can be de.
feated. Washington can prove it
all over again tomorrow.
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