Evening star., 1938-11-13
than any of their contemporaries in
footballs fastest company.

footballs fastest company.
Chicagoans consider the Redskins
were lucky to beat the Bears last
year. The prevailing odds are in no
way deflationary to the ambitions of
the Redskins, who firmly believe they
will proceed to hurdle what may be
their last tough obstacle when hos
tilities begin at 1:30 o'clock, Wash
ington time. A crowd of 5000 Is
expected to see the game, which the
Bears must win in order to keep
alive their chances of retaining
their Western championship.
: Look for Rough Game.
Should the Redskins win, they
not only will maintain their posi-
tion at the top Of the Eastern divi-
sion, but also will be over the hump
of their schedule with only two
more opponents to meet-Pitts-
burgh's Pirates and New Yorks
Giants. Neither loom as tough as
the Bears, Notwithstanding the de-
cision the Giants already hold over
the Indians this season.
to safeguard their personal welfare
as we'll as their sectional leadership,
the Redskins are prepared for what
ever tactics the Bears may choose
to use. 1t is no secret that the Bears
are one of the roughest teams in
the league and take as much salts
faction in disabling enemy players
as they do in rolling up touchdowns.
But, for the first time since before
the all-star game in this city last
August, the Redskins are within
a man of being in perfect physical
condition. Andy Farkas is not
likely to play because Of a severely
bruised toe which has refused to
heal, but all the other players who
have been crippled at one time or
another are in the best of shape.
Baugh, Krause in Trim.
Sammy Baugh is ready to assume
triple-threat duties he bore so we'll
last year. Max Krause, who was
the leagues leading ground gamer
for the first month of the season
and still has an average of 8 yards
per rush, will play his first game
since being hurt in the Giant game
on October 8. Don Irwin, who has
been handicapped by a stiff knee,
has demonstrated that it is entirely
well. And Jay Turner, the G. w.
youth who won regular post with
an exceptional display of fight and
promise. returns to action for the
first time in three weeks.
Even II the Redskin line doesn't
completely hold the Bear attack
In check, the champions apparently
have the means to out-score any
team in the league as they stand
today and If they all function at
their best. AS a matter of fact,
the Redskins admit that they have
yet to click in the manner they
should and are nursing strong sus-
picions that tomorrow may be the
day.
Skins in Battling Mood.
The chances are against them
duplicating any such score as they
did in the final game against the
Giants last year, but the Redskins
tonight seemed very much in the
same mood as they were before they
won the 1887 Eastern championship
at the Polo Grounds by a 1914
count. Should they get the jump
tomorrow, they stand good chance
Of rolling up the score, as the Bears
are notorious for scrapping among
themselves when they find them
selves behind, and the Indians ever
have been hottest when the chips
are down.
Jack Manders, Roy Noting, Ber-
ME Masterson, Ray Buivid and Sam
Francis form too powerful q back
feld to imagine that the Redskins
will hold the Bears scoreless, but
Its even money in this observers
opinion that 1887 history of the
Redskins and Bears repeats itself.