Evening star., 1939-12-05
Redskins
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that the fans write to President Carl
Storck at Dayton, Ohio, and voice
their objections to the officiating.
1t would have more weight coming
from them rather than from me. be-
cause he would think it sour grapes
on my part if I said anything about
the officiating, but the fans can
show him how they feel about it"
Marshall seemed in no hurry to
view the pictures but philosophically
swallowed his visible disappoint-
ment in the games ending with a
last statement
How many fight pictures have
you seen where one man appears
to have a clear margin on his op-
ponent and vet they give it to the
other fellow? Well that's what
happened in this case"
Justice Doesn't Remember.
Il don't know exactly what I did
do in all the excitement, but
didn't Intentionally swing on Ref
cree Halloran," Ed Justice. the Red
skins halfback, among those in
volved in the disputed feld-goal
kick, said today.
Il remember running after Hal
loran. trying to get him to change
his decision and when some fans
got between me and Halloran, I
probably started swinging in an at
tempt to get to his side. I Just
wanted to get to him to talk to him
and try to point where the ball
went over.
Washington fans have been
pretty swell to me about the whole
business. One party called me to-
day to tell me that if I got fined
he would pay the whole of it. You
can't beat support like that, can
you?"
Although Halloran was not avail
able" for long-distance telephone
conversation early today, report
from Providence indicated that the
veteran football official had not
made any report to President
Storck which would result in serious
punishment for any member of the
Redskins.
Halloran was quoted as saying
that Ed Justice distinctly did not
hit him, as alleged by some accounts
of the game.
No Protest Considered.
Summed up, even if the pictures
of Russell's kick had shown con-
clusively that the ball passed be-
tween the uprights for points that
would have meant a Washington
victory, and even if the rules per-
mitted a protest, none would be filed
by the Redskins-for the good of
football.
Excluding the sportsmanship
angle, the view of both Owner
George Marshall and Coach Ray
Flaherty is that any attempt to
undermine the final decision of a
referee would throw the sport into
chaos. leaving the door wide open
for endless post-game protests
whenever disputes arose.
Marshall even vetoed a suggestion,
made on the homeward-bound train
Sunday night, of marching out of
Union Station with banner read
ing, Redskins, 10; Giants, Cor
what might have been the final
score in the Eastern division cham
pionship game had Russell's kick
been ruled trlle.
1t hasn't been suggested officially,
but the thought occurs that 1t might
preclude any future question of
doubt over the validity of a field
goal if the uprights on the goal post
were extended say, SO feet higher.
Flaherty said Halloran told him
that Russell's kick had Travelled out
of the imaginary line"-or a pro-
longation of the right upright.
Actual uprights, naturally, would
leave nothing to the imagination.
It's a bit cruel to rub salt in an
open wound, especially when the
Redskins entered the game in New
York Sunday crippled as they were,
but there's no doubt that the Giants