Evening star., 1938-01-16
10000 SEE SKINS
MEET ALL-STARS
Answers to Many Questions
Sought In Exhibitions
Starting Today.
By FRANCIS z. STAN.
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

stan Correspondent OF The Star.
- AN FRANCISCO. Jan. 15.-The
transforming Washington Red,
skins, operating 5000 miles
~ from their home base, will pry
open footballs tomb tomorrow and
make their debuts As professional
champions Of the world.
With clear skies promising to bring
out crowd Of 10000 in wind swept
Kezar Stadium here in San Francisco,
the Redskins will face the Pacific
Coast All-Stars in the first Of four
games scheduled for California, Texas
and Florida.
To the sports world at large tomor-
rows game, as we'll as the others Of
this transcontinental tour, may Be a
battle Of 80 what" Maybe this Is
an apt description. But to the Red
skins, who will travel more than 1000
miles to complete their post-season.
schedule, there are some interesting
questions to be aired. Frinstance-
Can Dixie Howell, who finally will
get chance to alternate with Sammy
Baugh, make the g-league pro grade'
Can Quarterback Nello Falaschi of
Santa Clara. whom the Redskins drew
in the 1896 college draft, show enough
as a member Of the enemy tomorrow
to win job in the champions back
field?
Can an all-star professional unit,
such as the Pacific Coast outfit. cope
with team which has played to.
gether?
Can the Redskins ramble across tia
country, picking up transforming re-
wards against two all-star teams and
in two exhibition games against the
Chicago Bears, without impairing their
prestige for the Chicago all-star game
next September L?
All-Stars Promise Test.
GAN FRANCISCO promoters. stag
ing tomorrow's game as the eighth
annual Knights Of Columbus Sports
Show, have pulled no punches In lin.
ing up opposition for the new cham
pions. Nine Of the eleven all-stars
scheduled to face the Skis at the
kickoff are members OF rival National
League clubs. The two exceptions are
Falaschi. an all-America selection in
1886. and Halfback Gordon Gore. q
highly touted importation from the
indicated Los Angeles Bull Dog pros.
Johnny Blood. coach of the Pitts
burgh Pirates and head man on the
coast team. has lined up probably the
strongest line to face the Redskins Al
year. Blood will start with Mel Helm
of the New York Giants at center. and
there are no better centers In the land.
At guards he will have BY Gentry Of
the Pirates and Russ Letlow, the NAM
mouth Green Bay Packer. At tackles
will be Ernie Smith of the Packers
and Jerry Dennerlein Of the Giants.
The starting ends will be Ed Brett
of the Pirates and Bill Smith Of the
Chicago Cardinals.
Heading the backfield performers
will be two of the Cleveland Rams.
The Clevelands did not have much Of
a team last year, but they had two
Of the leagues best backs in Ed God
dard and John Drake, both of whom
will start tomorrow. Falaschi and
Gore will round out the ball-carrying
and blocking quartet.
Falaschi Knows Cross Winds.
A IMPLYING the questions: Howell
is ice-packing a rebellious ap-
pendix in order to play out the ex-
hibition schedule. Dixie, you know.
was out of football for full year after
starring for Alabama against STAN
ford on New Year Day Of 1896. COM
ing back as q Redskin. the passing
mite saw most Of the action from the
bench.
Coach Ray Flaherty saw. in Howell.
possible valuable understudy for
Baugh In 1888 Whether Flaherty's
faith Is to be vindicated probably will
be determined on this tour.
Falaschi. who refused to turn pro
when drawn in the draft. has changed
his mind and will become a moneyed
man tomorrow The champions have
first call on him. and if he shows
enough in the all-stars backfield
Flaherty intends to sign him for serv-
ice next fall.
Kezar Stadium is an old haunt to
Falaschi and he Is expected TO make
things unpleasant for the Skins, II
only because Of his quarterbacking.
The stadium is swept by cross winds
which, If unfamiliar to . field general,
are sufficient to test even . Riley
Smiths judgment.
It's = Lark So Far.
THE All-stars are no ny-by-night
outfit. Blood had his SQUAD
drilling here long before the Red.
skins blew into town. which was more
than q week ago. The All-Stars have
speed. power and deception in their
backfield In addition to . line which,
the Skins fear, will be as formidable
as that Of the Bears, from whom the
pro title was won in Chicago IN mid
December.
The Redskins 20 far Are OF On q
lark. Those who aren't native SOM
are drinking up sights The Golden
(see REDSKINS Page B-S.)