Evening star., 1939-11-03
Parks, Heft Expected
To Re|p Regulars
Check Passes I.
Korcher Now to Back Up
Line; Carroll Will Be
Rocks Middle Man
By BILL DIsMER. Jr


With an eye cooked northward to
Philadelphia, from whence will come
Slingshot Davey OBrien-and his
passes-on Sunday, Coach Ray Flah-
erty today announced 4 shift Of his
two centers, Micky Parks ana Vie
Carroll, between the teams they have
been playing with al season.
+ The reason, as you've probably
guessed, IS for better pass defense,
with Z bit of added weight on the
Redskins veteran line being thrown
in on the exchange.
Heretofore. Parks has played with
the predominantly rookie group of
Farman and Slivinski. Russell and
Wilkin and McChesney and Master,
son, while Carroll has worked with
Karcher and Stralka, Edwards and
Barber and Malone and Millner.
Parks Poundage Needed.
Because Karcher a guard, is a good
pass defense man, but weighs only
200. and because the 228- pound Parks
is deemed more valuable on the line
than in the secondary, the latter will
be shifted to the veteran group where
additional poundage In the center of
the line is needed. When the oppo-
sition has the ball. Karcher will drop
out of the line into the secondary,
while Parks will assume 4 place
alongside of Stralka, thus giving the
Redskins 438 pounds Of beef in the
middle.
Carroll, one of the best pass de-
fense men on the squad, viii not
deviate from his position In the sec.
ondary when the younger group is on
the defensive, Farman and slivinski
giving the Indians ample poundase
up front.
The change came In the wake of
the Redskins lone setback of the
season last Sunday At Milwaukee
when poor pass defense was partly
responsible for all Of the Packers
four touchdowns. It also was in i'm
mediate anticipation Of another
aerial barrage at Grif{ith Stadium
on Sunday when an O'Brien, now
thoroughly acclimate dto the pro-
fessional game, starts singing passes
for the Philadelphia Eagles.
OBrien Greatly Improved.
Even in his first league game
against the Redskins. O'Brien didn't
have much trouble finding his mark,
completing half Of the is passes he
tossed against the Tribe. Now re-
ports that ILL Davey completed II
passes against the Brooklyn Dodgers
IN the Eagles most recent game. Ap-
parently. the Slingshotter improves
with experience.
But from a look at comparative
records, there's not q great deal of
difference between the Redskins and
Eagles pass defense-1 per cent, to
be exact. Opponents OF. the WASH
ington team have completed II per
cent Of their passes against the
Redskins: opponents Of PhiISdel-
phia. 40 per cent against the Eagles.
Takin gthe two teams aerial of
tense as a whole, however, the Red.
skins have been far. superior. For
while they have completed so of their
"a heaves. for an average of 50 per
cent. the Eagles have completed only
| IS IN the same number of attempts
for an average of only 81 per cent.
Passing Edge With Skins.
But the Redskins have profited
from three passers-Sammy Baugh,
Frank Filchock and Jimmy German
while O'Brien has been the Eagles
sole outstanding HEAVIER.
Now with Dave Smukler, the
Eagles chief ground gamer, having
quit the team. Philadelphia is all the
more dependent upon OBriens
passes For Smukler had gained 21s
OF the Eagles 476 yards from scrim-
mage and that figure represents the
least yardage gained by any team in
the league.