Evening star., 1939-11-20
Former A||-America
Lax in Direction,
Players Charge
Forkus Sets Score Mark
As D. c. Pros Bowl Over
BewiIdered Chicoeos
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

Dy DILL DlSMEh, Jf.
They're saying that as a football
coach, Ernie Nevers still is one of
the greatest players who ever lived.
What makes it extremely en-
barrassing to the former all-America
from Stanford is that the they" are
members of his own Chicago Car
dinals who consider themselves a
much better team than their 28-7
defeat at the hands of the Redskins
yesterday would indicate.
Hal Bradley, an ex-Redskin who
spent few weeks with the Car
dinals before being waived out of
the National League recently, was
standing in the Washington dressing
room yesterday after the game when
member of the Chicago team
entered.
Accepting the condolences of his
former teammate, the Card shook
his head wearily and murmured,
Just the same old story
No Organized Practice.
In the discussion that ensued it
developed that the Cardinals them
selves frankly are tired of Nevers.
When this observer watched the
Chicagoans in one Of their early
workouts last week he was sur
prised at the apparent lack of sys-
tenn of the practice, but attributed
1t to the fact that Nevers was per-
mitting them to take it easy
couple of days before starting serious
preparations for the Redskins. But
In commenting on this yesterday,
the Cardinal player remarked:
That wasn't any 'off-day' prac-
tice you saw. That's what happens
every day. There is no system, no
organized practice. Some of the
fellows will spend the afternoon
kicking, some passing and some-if
they're so misunderstanding down
under punts. A short signal drill
winds up the workout.
The fellows know we've got
better team than the record shows.
In the majority of our losses. sta
tlstlcs favored us-not our conquer
ors. We outrushed the Bears bv
more than a hundred yards and got
more first downs, yet lost, 44-7. We
did the same thing against the
Giants and were beaten, 17-7. We've
got the makings of a great running
attack, but we don't seem to do
anything but pass" (The Cardi-
nails. who have thrown more and
completed fewer passes than any
other team in the league, tossed 20
yesterday
Cards Outclassed in Air.
Nevers, serving his first year as
National League coach, is on a
tWo-year contract. Under him the
Cardinals have lost OF their 10
games, but more than half of their
losses have come by less than 10
points
They outrushed the Redskins from
scrimmage yesterday, u yards to
40, but despite their emphasis on
passing, were sadly outclassed by the
Indian passing twins, Sammy Baugh
and Frank Filchock. Put in the
mood by the Cards, this couplet
tossed more passes than any Red
skin combination has thrown this
year, 20, and completed 20.
The Redskins weren't made pass
conscious solely by the Cardinals
aerial habits. To a man, the In
dians declared that Chicago line
the best they'd faced all season.
bearing out the scouting reports of
Assistant Coach Max Krause. Hence,
they didn't waste much time trying
to pierce it, but instead sent every
one Of their four touchdowns cata-
putting across the Cardinal goal line
on the wings of passes.
In a manner which is becoming
typical, the Redskins again scored
on the first play that they had the
ball, one of their copyrighted screen
passes from Frank Filchock send
ing Andy Farkas away to an 30
yard, record breaking touchdown
gallop.
Malone's Block Helps Farkas.
When Charley Malone took out
Andys last potential tackler on the
Cardinal 20, it was routine for the
Redskins league leading scorer to
chalk up his 61st point of the year
and the first six of the 13 he COM
piled during the day.
Farkas, with 68 points in nine
games, now has 20-point lead over
his nearest rivals-Johnny Drake of
Cleveland, who didn't score yester-
day, and Bill OsmanSki of the Bears.
who tailed only six points. In ad-
dition, Farkas' II touchdowns are
two more than the highest number
ever made by one player in a single
season.
Three times thereafter Redskin
tossers threw touchdown passes,
Jimmy Johnston, in full stride, TAX
ing Baugh's perfect heave on the
Cardinal 6 and racing across in the
second quarter, and another Fill
chock-to-Farkas heave making it
1910 in the third. Baugh matched
Filchock's second scoring toss with
a 31-yard pass to Dick Todd, who ran
Is yards for the last touchdown in
the fourth. Then, just to make the
day complete, Bo Russell booted a
field goal from the 37-yard line in
the waning minutes of play.
Goldberg Is Bust"
With Marshall Goldberg some
thing of huge bust" and the Cards
depending chiefly on his less illus
trious college teammate, Frank Pat
rick, and Jack Robbins, the visitors
only score came on pass intercept
tion by Frank Babartsky, the old
7ordham guard. Babartsky picked
10 Filchock'S fl1mhle m hjs our, An