Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-28
Champions Rejoice
As Baugh Returns
To F|ashy Form
Move Against Leaders
With Entire Squad
In Fine FettIe
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

BY BILL DISMER, Jr.
A state of siege has existed at a
9 by IL Office at 739 Ninth street
NV. since 9 o'clock this morning.
1t was obvious, however, that the
occupants thereof would not be be-
sieged long, for the detectives of
the masses were extremely limited
in number and they were disap-
pearing faster than bargains in
women's department stores on rem
nant day.
When the MeSsrs. Jack Espey and
Harold Donovan opened the Red
skin Office at the above address this
morning there were 5000 of the
choicest possessions any Washing
ton football fan could crave-tickets
to next Sundays Redskin- Giant
game at New York, which will de-
eide the Eastern championship of
the National Football League for
1888. If the 5000 pasteboards do
not disappear entirely today, it was
even money that none would be left
after tomorrow.
For Washington grid fandom
again is Redskin crazy, still tingling
to the thrilling manner in which
their favorite football team yester-
day chmaxed its next to-las hurdle
to the retention of its Eastern cham
pionship and eager to be in on the
kill" at the Polo Grounds next
Sunday. And the killing" they're
now firmly convinced, will be done
by their Redskins.
More Crave to Go.
Eight thousand fans would be
fair sized crowd for the average col
lege game in this town, but we'd
wager they don't represent fourth
of the persons who would be at
New York next Sunday If they could.
That Washington sports fans always
go overheard on winner is being
proven more and more with the
passing of time.
There have been occasions this
season when there might have been
logical reasons for skepticism over
the ability of the Redskins torepeat
as sectional champs. Even today
there may be few who might give
odds that the Giants turn the tables
of the last two years and beat out
the Redskins by whipping or tying
them next Sunday.
But if there are, they must be an
almost imperceptible minority of the
25,335 souls whose frozen bodies sud-
denly were fired to fever temperature
at Griffith Stadium yesterday when
one Samuel Adrian Baugh cut loose
with an extraordinary display of his
speciality to turn what had been a
close ball game into rout. For it
was two touchdown passes by Baugh
in the last minutes of play which
clinched $50 victory over Whizzer
White, otherwise known as the
Pittsburgh Pirates, when a 80 lead
was becoming increasingly insecure.
And today, it was the joyous re-
frain among the Redskins them
selves and all Washington sportdom
that "Baughs all right again"
which was resounding through the
city and threatening disaster to the
section-leading Giants up in New
York.
Have 30 Reliable Men.
But nearly equal to the joy of
knowing that Baugh was his old self
again-able to pass, run and kick
with the best in all football-was the
realization that the champions are
possessed of 80 gridmen, any of
whom can be counted upon to come
through in pinch even though they
are not deemed stars by the average
fan.
Take yesterday, for example, when
Tillie Manton, Bob McChesney,
Wayne Millner and Bob Bradley
contributed individual bits of bril-
lance to demonstrate the kind of
money players" they are when the
pressure is on. All have played good,
consistent football all season but in
no manner had they ever distin-
guished themselves as they did yes
terday.
Early in the game Manton booted
a field goal from the 22-yard line
which, for 81 minutes of the game,
looked as if it would be the winning
margin. Barring subsequent de-
velopments, similar field goal by
Pirate player would have knocked
the Redskins out of the champion
ship had not Manton credited them
with three points himself.
Baugh's entrance into the game
gave Millner and McChesney their
chances to shine, but even then they
had to exert superhuman efforts to
come through. And how they did!
Millner's catch of one of Baugh's
first bullet heaves with the Whizzer
threatening to knock it down was
masterpiece and once the old Notre
Damer got his hands on the leather
he wasn't to be stopped until he
crossed the goal line. Because he's
threatened to get away and score in
similar manner several times before
this season, only to slip or barely
miss catching pass, it was a special
treat to see Millner come through
yesterday.
The Chesney Play Not Planned.
McChesney's snagging of another
Baugh speciality few moments later
was as instructive as 1t was clever,
for the pass wasn't intended for Nc
Chesney. But when Baugh, fading
back, saw that Millner, Riley Smith
and Ed Justice-any of whom he
was supposed to throw it to-all were
covered, he aimed for the spot where
McChesney was heading for. And,
with that instinctiveness which
marks q great player from the
ordinary one, McChesney looked up
just in time, saw the ball coming
to him and snagged it.
Bradley's feat may have gone un-
noticed by some, but it was the big
end from little Elon who single
handedly stopped the hard-running