Evening star., 1938-09-25
RAMS SEE CHANCE
TO UPSET CHAMPS
Davis, AII-America, Heads
Attack Seemingly Equal
to Capital Teams.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

Featuring Corby Davis, the 215-
pound all-America fullback they draft
ed in preference to Whizzer White, the
Cleveland Rams make their first ap-
pearance in Grifith Stadium this aft
ernoon confident Of upsetting the
Washington Redskins and thus re-
cording their first National Football
League victory of the season.
Supporting Davis, who led Indiana
TO Big Ten victory over Ohio State
last year which cost the Buckeyes the
conference championship. will be the
greatest collection Of college seniors
drafted by professional grid teams at
the end of the 1887 season. For, as
the team with the lowest percentage,
the Rams were given first pick in the
annual draft.
1t will, therefore, be a far different
Cleveland team which lines up for the
kickoff at 2:30 O'Clock and one which
has displayed increased strength over
last years Rams despite defeats in its
first two games.
Teams Appear Well Matched.
ised the crowd may exceed the un-
official attendance of week ago, when
more than $4,000 def1ed dreary skies
and chilly day to see the Redskins
open their home season. Because next
, Sunday is an off date for them in the
National League schedule the cham
pions will not play here again for two
weeks, when they meet the Giants.
If ever two teams appeared evenly
matched, they are the Redskins and
Rams Of today For the first time in
two years, the Indians will not con-
centrate on an aerial attack, having
found what they consider the answer
to prayers for another Cliff Battles in
Andy (Sparky) Farkas Thus it may
be a ground battle between Farkas'
spectacular open-field running on the
one hand against Davis INCREASING
power drives on the other.
Each club, however has other above
average ball carriers, with the Redskins
willing to bank upon Max Krause, Don
Irwin and Ed Justice against such
ex-college stars as Minnesota's Vic
Spadaccini and Jules Alphonse, Pur-
dues Johnny Drake or Kentucky's Bob
Davis. They are the Rams oval toters.
About Even in Air.
If the game develops into an aerial
battle, once again the intersectional
foes appear equal. Without Sammy
Baugh, who will sit on the bench I'M
less absolutely needed in the waning
moments of play, the Redskins are
without the king of throwers, but in
Bill Hartman of Georgia they appar-
emily have come up with one who can
hold his own in the big league. The
Rams depend upon Corby Davis or the
Washington State products-Ed God
dard and Carl Littlefield-for their
passing.
Singularly, the strength of each
teams effectiveness in the air seems
to lie chiefly with the ends. With
out Charley Malone's rangy frame and
gluey fingers last week, probably half
of Hartman's passes wouldn't have
been completed, while Millner and Bob
Masterson also are the kind who can
90 and get 'em.
With Cleveland the same situation
prevails. In Jim Benton, Johnny Ko-
watch and Ray Hamilton the Rams
have trio of 6-footers who use their
height 10 best advantage. Kovatch
Is the only one who stands at feet
even, the two others-both Arkansans-
: reaching inches above him. And all
three were instrumental in beating
the Redskins at both Chicago and
Dallas
Duel of Tacklers Looms.
One of the feature sidelights of the
game should be the contrasting play
of opposing tackles, Vic Markov for
the Rams and Capt. Turk Edwards
for the Redskins Markov generally
was acclaimed the best college tackle
In the country last year, while Ed
wards was named professional
TACKLE for the fourth time. Although
each played college ball in the State
Of Washington, Markov went to the
University of Washington, while Turk
is a Washington State College product.
If Coach Ray Flaherty can win
today's game without either Riley
Smith or Baugh he will be sitting
pretty for the big date with the New
Workers two weeks hence. For both
the quarterback ace and king of sling
ers are expected back by that time and
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