Evening star., 1938-11-12
Farkas Likely 10 See
Redskin-Bear Game
From Side|ines
Toe Injury Stubborn!
HoIos Will Protest
Champs Pet Plays
By BILL DISMER. Jr.,
Star STAFF Correspondent.

CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 12.-Failure
of treatmen! to relieve his bruised
toe probably will keep Andy Farkas
on the sidelines tomorrow, Coach
Ray Flaherty reluctantly admitted
here today on the eve of the renewal
of Redskin- Bear rivalry at Wrigley
Field. Farkas had baked his foot
daily under the watchful eye OF
Trainer Roy Baker, but the soreness
persists and he continues to run
with a pronounced limp.
The little Hungarian wants to play,
but has worked only sparingly in
practice and inasmuch as every
other back on the squad is in shape,
it is extremely unlikely that the
be used. Don Irwin and Max Krause,
both previously hampered by inju-
ries, have been running the ball with
old-time abandon in practice this
week and along with Bill Hartman
and Frank Filchock, the champions
are not altogether bereft of rushing
strength.
Opens Chance for Karamatic.
Farkas' injury means that George
Karamatic, another rookie, who
looked so good against the Pitts
burgh Pirates last week, will get
starting assignment in the Redskins
backfield along with Riley Smith at
quarter and Bill Hartman and Erny
Pinckert at the two halfback posts.
But while the Redskins were just
trif1e dOWncast over the prospective
loss of Farkas. they got laugh to-
day out of reports that Bear Owner
Coach George Halas would protest
the use of two of their pet passing
plays. The plays are those in which
there is short pass from punt for
nation and another in which there
is a similar pass off a spread. The
Bears, through Halas, contend that
the Redskins are guilty of downf1eld
blocking on these plays before the
pass is completed, which, II true, is
a violation OF the rule.
Flaherty denied, however, that
such was the case; said he was con-
templating no change in the execu-
ton of the play and would leave 1t
entirely up to the games officials to
decide whether there was an infrac-
tion of the rule.
"Just Gripe"-Flaherty.
"Halas has to have something to
grippe about" said Flaherty. land
this is Just a variation of what has
become an old story with him. He
evidently remembers that both plays
worked fairly well against the Bears
in last years play-of game the Red
skins pulled it on the first play of the
game when Sammy Baugh passed
from his own end zone to Cliff Bat
ties for 40-yard gain and naturally
would like to prevent us from using
them tomorrow"
Because Baugh. Hartman and
Frank Filchock all are runners and
passers. the champions may reveal
some deception tomorrow hitherto
not depended upon to any great ex-
tent. In former games this season,
the opposition usually has known
what to expect when the ball was
snapped to Baugh, but the singer
showed last Sunday that he again
could run, and Hartman and Fill
chock are equally as good on the
ground as through the air.
Comparative team statistics give
the Redskins a slight edge in run
ming and a comfortable margin in
passing over the Bears. The In
dians have gained 1,146 yards over
ground to the Bears 1,121 and have
advanced 1,219 yards through the
air-almost half as much again as
the Chicagoans' S45 yards via pass
ing.