Evening star., 1939-10-05
Only "A Of Last Years
Players Retained
On Young Squad
Parker Rated Ace Poser
And ksrehsvuI Best
Kicker in Come
BY BILL DlSMER. Jr.

1t should be no anti-climax for
Redskin fans when the Brooklyn
Dodgers follow In the steps Of their
across the-river colleagues the New
York Giants. at Griffth Stadium on
Sunday. Far from being a let
down after the world champions,
the Dodgers Are none other than
the team universally considered the
most improved Of any Eastern
division OUTFIT Of the National Foot
ball League.
And had they not succumbed to
a fourth-period drive OF the De.
troit Lions. only undefeated and
united team In the league, the
Dodgers would enter Sundays game
here with perfect record and the
leadership Of the Eastern division
would be at stake. At that, the
Brooklyns couid supplant the Red
skins by winning.
1t should be no comfort to WASH
ington supporters, either, to realize
that the Dodgers, who tied the
Redskins twice last year, considered
only IA Of their 1898 players GOOD
enough to make the squad this fall
and have IA new men-includins
three all-Americas-and two estab-
lished stars from other clubs re-
ceived in trades.
Ayerare a Years NJ Az.
A young squad, averaging little
more than - years Of age. the
Dodgers once again will present
Ace Parker, all-league quarterback
last year, as their outstanding
threat, but with enough all-around
support to mske them dangerous
from start to finish. In Perry
Schwartz. Southern CALIFORNIA;
crack end Of 1897, who was out most
Of last season with q fractured
hand, and Waddie Young. Oklaho-
mas sensational fiankman last year,
the Dodgers have two ends who
made most of the all-AmericA COL
lege teams in their senior year.
And lending support to such line
bulwarks last year as Frank
(Bruiser) Kinard, the Mississippi
tackle, and the veteran Gus Zarnas.
guard procured from the Chicago
Bears, are an all-America tackle
from Indiana, Bob Haak, and Mich
igans ,all-America guard. Ralph
Heikkinen. Such youngsters should
offer something more than papier-
mache resistance.
BAckfield STRENGTHENED.
As to his new backs. Coach Potsy
Clark has come up with a couple of
formidable newcomers in Ray Car
nelly, Carnegie Techs 1898 quarter
back, and Pug Manders, a 2l0-pound
fullback from Drake and brother
OF the Chicago Bears famed AUTO
matte Jack Manders. Clark also got
Ace Gutowsky, 205-pound fullback,
in trade with the Detroit Lions,
and Gutowsky proved one of the
hardest men to stop that the Red
skins faced last year.
Add to them such old backs as
Beattie Feathers. Ralph Kercheval,
Boyd Brumbaugh, Scrapper Farrell
and Parker (although the 29-year-
old Feathers is the only one over
26), and you have the makings of
pretty fair attack. The Dodgers
still consider Kercheval of Ken
lucky the best kicker in football and
call Parker the best passer.
substantiation of the latter claim
Is based on figures which show that
the former Duke Stars heaves ac-
counted for 865 yards last year, COM
pared with Sammy Baugh's 1853 and
Danowski's s4S. (They overlook the
fact, however, that Baugh was out
Of two games) They do, however,
point out that only 7 of Parker's
passes were intercepted, while the
opposition snagged 8 of Danowski's
and II Of Baugh's. Parker's per-
centage still was 3 percentage points
below Danowski's record making 40
per cent.