Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
Fi|chock, Todd Loom
As District Pros
Best on Attack
FIoherty Expects Win,
But by Smaller Score
Than in Game Here
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.,
Star Staff Correspondent.

NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Wlth Spe-
cial attention planned for Brooklyn's
league-leading passer and pass
receiver, the Redskins slept here to-
night before crossing the river to-
morrow for their second game of the
season with the still-threatening
Dodgers.
We would have added the leagues
leading fleld-goal kicker and one of
its best punters to the list of Indian
menaces on the morrow, but the
Redskins learned upon their arrival,
not to their dismay, that they may
not have to face an expected third
danger point at Ebbets Field.
For Ralph Kercheval. who has
booted six field goals in eight games
one from the 47-yard hne-re-
putedly still is bearing the effects of
having his noggin soundly thumped
on one of the gridiron's barer spots
last Monday night. knock resulting
in q slight conclusion. They say
Kercheval still is a bit wobbly from
a rap which would have sent less
sturdy man to the sick bay for
week.
Dodger Passes Keen.
But Kercheval's prospective alb
sence, partial or complete, won't
lessen the threat of the Ace Parker
to-Perry Schwartz combination, a
passing act which is proving nearly
as effective as the Packers famed
Herber-to Hutson duet. To date
Parker has completed So passes, or
48 per cent of those he has thrown.
and most of them have been caught
by Schwartz. The former Southern
California flankman currently Is
credited with snagging % aerials-
three of them for touchdowns.
So with the Dodger line anything
but big-leaguish, it appears as if
these two will supply Brooklyn's
chief scoring threat - especially
against a. Redskin team somewhat
notorious for its lack of an adequate
pass defense.
Coach Ray Flaherty, though, has
stressed pass defense this week as
rarely before, and with the aid Of
his latest halfback, Keith Berlin,
thinks he has the means to stop
the Dodgers. Although reporting
only Thursday, Berlin has shown
an uncanny knack for being where
an opposing passer's heaves have
come down. and likely it is that he
will see considerable service tomor-
row.
Filchock Main Threat.
Frank Filchock. on paper the
Redskins most successful passer tn
date, and Dick Todd will form the
Indians scoring threat at the out
set of tomorrow's game, with Sammy
Baugh and Andy Farkas ready to
take over at the start of the second
quarter. Erny Pinckert and Jimmy
Johnston are likely to be Filchock's
and Todds' blockers, with Wilbur
Moore and Red Morgan or Berlin
waiting for Baugh and Farkas.
With the Giants overwhelming
choices over the seven times beaten
Chicago Cardinals here at the Polo
Grounds, the Redskins are faced
with the necessity of beating the
Dodgers again to maintain their
tie for the leadership of the East
ern Division. But by the same
token the Dodgers are confronted
with the obligation of winning if
they would retain a chance for the
sectional championship, as they al
ready have lost two more games
than the co-leaders.
A host of Washington fans who
arrived here on the District Junior
Board of Commerce special train
early this evening swarmed into the
Redskins hotel with good wishes
and knowing looks of confidence.
The enthusiastic display brought
wistful smile to the face of Coach
Ray Flaherty, who said: II think
we'll win. but don't expect another
41-13 score" (They were the fig
ures by which the Redskins buried
the Dodgers in Washington last
month";