Evening star., 1938-11-14
BY BILL DISMER. Jr,
Star Stan Correspondent.

OF Sammy Baugh must be made i'm
mediately, or Washington stands
little chance of being host to the
play game on December IL.
An idea which has been strug-
Cling for conviction ever since the
current season began, but which
still comes as something of a shock
when finally realized to be true, is
that Baugh's number simply as
passer is pretty well up. In short,
opponents are wise" to Sammy's
specialties and the Redskins need
the support of running attack
which they haven't yet deigned to
use.
Football dogma teaches that a
Well-rounded attack should be di-
vided equally between running and
passing with the emphasis, if it IS to
be placed on either, on the ground
game. Yet the RedsKins-wnether
tney feel they must capitalize upon
Baugh's reputation or not-have
tried to reverse that doctrine, and
with unhappy results.
Redskins Chastened.
And because they persisted in
gambling chiefly upon Baugh's
passes yesterday even after it was
obvious the aerials wouldn't work,
they are riding the rails home TO-
day a doubly chastened team. They
are out of the leadership of the
Eastern Division for the first time
since the season began and they
are nursing their worst defeat in
two years. That 3l-7 sinner the
Bears hung on EN- at Chicago's
Wrigley Field yesterday represented
the largest margin by which the
Indians have been beaten since
Green Bay walloped them. 3l-2, IN a
league game during the 1886 season.
Far from considering everything
lost, the Redskins have logical rea
son to believe that their sectional
title hopes still are good. The
Giants, who grabbed their first
place berth, face the Packers next
Sunday and may very we'll be pushed
back behind the Redskins where
they were before Yesterdays dis
aster. Even should the Giants upset
the Western pace settlers, the Red
skins still can win by beating both
The Pittsburgh Pirates in Washing
ton on November q and the Giants
the following week in New York.
Must Have Ground Attack.
But not until they furnish run
ming attack to go with the passing
of Baugh and Hartman can this
critic conceive their chances as
bright as they were before the
Baugh myth was so effectively dis
PEELED. AS it stands today Baugf
is 2-l shot to pass every time he
lays his hands on the ball. Further.
more, it's nearly Al that that pas.
will be short pass. Result: The en-.
emy lines up its defense accordingly
and a close 6-2-2-1 formation pro-
videS mesh in which Beugh's
passes can be trapped as often as
completed.
Another thing. Even though
Sammys passing average still is ir
the high 40 per cents, completion o.
his passes have resulted in no de.
clslve gains. AS matter of fact
Baughs successful passes YESTERDAY
didn't average 5-yard gains and lons
passes he has thrown this year car
be counted on your fingers.
| A survey of the Redskin roster re-
veals that the champions apparent!
have running backs who could b.
/ fitted in nicely with an attack Il
provide a balance for the team
passing. Indeed, the few times tina
Bill Hartman. Don Irwin and Franz
Filchock carried the ball yesterda,
they averaged more than yards pc
rush. But just when the Indian
seemed to be starting drive. tn
quarterback apparently would re
member that the Redskins were sup
posed to be passing team ant
chances for sustained advance
faded right where the passes did
in thin air.
Inability of any Farkas and Ma:
Krause. who woke up with a stiff
leg yesterday morning, to play nat
urally handicapped the Indians, bu
from the few times Redskins back
were called upon to carry the bal
yesterday it is conjectural whethe
they would have been given mucl
chance to show what they could d,
even had they been fit.
Marshall Protests Official.
The big, bad Bears were all O
that from the opening minute o
play yesterday and what was billet
as football game turned into NOR,