Evening star., 1938-02-21
REDSKINS T0PLAY
FIVE HOME GAMES
Figure They Out -Bargained
Giants Giving FaIaschi
for Karamatic.
By BILL DISMER. Jr.

Only the identity of the third
Western team they will play next fall
remained unknown by the Washington
Redskins today as local football fans
eyed the Skins home schedule with
some misgivings.
Because they played six games at
Griffith Stadium last year. the Red
skins must play the majority OF their
II games on the road in 1888. mean
ing that only will be played at the
ball park.
AS usual. four of them will be with
their Eastern opponents-the New
York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates,
Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia
Eagles. The fifth. the Western team
chosen by lot. will be the Cleveland
Rams The Skins will 60 West to meet
their other two intersectional op-
ponents, of which one will be the
Chicago Bears.
Dependent upon their draw in the
unfinished schedule process. Washing
ton will play its other game in the
West in Detroit. Green Bay or a Sec
ond game in Chicago, should they
chance to draw the Cardinals as their
eleventh foe.
Open in Philadelphia.
The Skins will open their league
season in Philadelphia on September
IL. their first home game coming q
week later. against Brooklyn. They
are the only two dates which have been
announced.
Meanwhile. George Marshall was re-
turning home today somewhat salts
fled that he had gotten the better of
the New York Giants. despite the fact
that the latter would not talk trade
for Tuffy Leemans His feeling was
the result of straight player trade in
which he secured the right to George
Karamatic, described by Stanford's
Tiny Thornhill as the "best player on
the Pacific Coast last Fall" in ex-
change for Nello Falaschi, Santa
Claras quarterback of 1896.
The Skins drew Falaschi in the '36
draft, but never saw him in a Redskin
uniform because of an appendicitis
operation which kept him out Of action
all last season. In fact, the first and
only look they got at Falaschi was
in the game they played against the
Pacific Al-Stars at San Francisco
during their recent transforming tour.
Neither Marshall nor Coach Ray
Flaherty was impressed.
Karamatic . Sensation.
On the other hand, Karamatic. a
star for Gonzaga during 1887, not
only bears Thornhill's indorsement,
but comes with a record of having
scored two touchdowns on two sue
cessive plays last Fall. After running
81 yards with an intercepted pass.
Karamatic ran 95 yards to score on
the ensuing kickoff.
How well regarded he was by the
Giants is signified by the fact that
he was the first player drawn by
them in the draft last December and
the eighth of l20 college seniors to
receive q professional bid.
With details Of the schedule yet to
be worked out. National League OFF,
cials adjourned last night after vot-
ing four changes in league rules. The
temporary suspension system was
abolished, post games were linn
tied to one-against non-league op-
ponent, the number Of active players
on any team was increased from rs
to 30, and teams Of officials, rather
than individuals, were chosen to han
die games.
No action was taken against pre-
season dream" games such as the
Redskins. rs league champions, will
play against the College A1l-stars at
Chicago next September l.