Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11
Redskins Show
New Wa||op in
Mailing Stars
Rookie Backs Display
Glass, Boueh Seems
Headed for Peak
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.,
Star Staff Correspondent.

|
cry football team with an offense
definitely aided by two out
standing rookie backs. a new pass
catching fool and a Sammy Baugh
at his passing peak
That's what the Redskins appear
to be four days before opening their
National League campaign and after
four exhibition games in which they
have scored the amazing number of
143 points, or an average Of nearly
six touchdowns game.
Homeward-bound this morning
after a 35-12 rout of an Eastern
college all-star aggregation in Bos-
ton last night. the Redskins we're
treasured on number of things.
to wit:
First. that they made no mistake
in keeping Sandy Sanford, the
rookie end from Alabama. who seems
better every time out, both as a pass
receiver, dependable point getter
with his foot and crashing tackler.
Great Year Seen for Baugh.
Second, that the early impressive
passing and field generalship of Roy
Zimmerman was no flash in the pan
and that h figures to improve with
each game.
Third. that Bob Seymour is be-
ginning to loom as a great broken
field runner after a rather mediocre
start during which he had trouble
even getting through the line Of
scrimmage.
And. by no means least, that
Baugh apparently is set for his
greatest year after climaxing his
preseason work last night by COM
plotting out of 10 passes-three of
them for touchdowns.
That all-star aggregation may not
have been entirely the same that
upset the Giants in New York last
week, but to some 20 900 Bostonians
who witnessed last nights colorful
spectacle in Fenway Park, the Red
skins-and not the Eastern cham
pions-now are rated as the team
to beat in this section of the big pro
league. With the exception of the
second period, when their over
anxiety to score probably prevented
another touchdown, the Redskins
scored in every Is minutes of play,
crossing the stars goal-line twice
in both the first and fourth quarters.
In contrast to last year, when the
stars gave the pros a scare near
the end Of the game, last June's
grads never were in the running
To give you some idea of the man.
ner in which the Skins outclassed
their opposition, they punted only
once and rang up 20 first downs
to the stars seven.
Sanford in Sensational Catch.
The first two times the Redskins
obtained possession of the ball they
never lost control until they had
scored. AS he did against the Pack
ers in Milwaukee, Baugh started
the game passing as if he couldn't
miss, completing five out of seven
on the 10 plays which it took the
Redskins to march 81 yards for their
first score Only twice did Sammy
disdain to use the airways en-
route to the initial score and it
was on the fourth down, with 7
to go, so that he sent one whizzing
to Charlie Malone, who made a neat
catch in the end zone for the first
six points.
But If Malone shared honors with
Sammy on that first score, Sanford
stole them from the Singer on the
second, for he appeared to pull the
oval out Of the air beyond his reach
for sensational catch on the 3-yard
line and plungs across for the 18th
point. Then, as he had done after
the first touchdown, Sanford scored
his eighth point in five minutes by
converting.
The Redskins were on the stars
goal-line as the half ended, but
lack of variety in their choice plays
played directly in to the stars
hands, who were waiting for the Off
tackle smashes by Todd which were
forthcoming.
AS pleasing as Sanford's perform
ance was the running job turned in
by Seymour, who tore of gains
ranging anywhere from 5 to 80
yards. Apparently more confident,
the Oklahoma products best display
came midway the second quarter
when he broke through tackle,
changed pace nicely to avoid two
would-be tacklers and sprinted again
for total of 80 yards to the stars
20.
Cahill Stars for Losers.
1t was, however, against the all
rookie backdeld combination of
Seymour, Zimmerman, Hoffman and
Hare that the stars started scoring,
making Hare look bit bad on the
play before they sent Penn States |
Lloyd Ickes into the end zone to
take Ronny Cahill's touchdown |
heave. Their second touchdown.
though, was against the Redskins |
first-string line, Cahill-undoubtedly |
the losers outstanding star-sweep- |
ing right end and going over with |
out hand being laid upon him.
Todd and Filchock succeeded in
the third quarter where they had
failed in the second to score their
teams third "touch," alternating in
running and passing until they |
reached the 1-yard line, where Todd |
plunged for the score.
The Skins last two scores were |
strictly sensational, Zimmerman
racing around right end, cutting
back and going over directly be-
tween the goal posts and Baugh
re-entering the game to finish as
he had started. For it was with
less than 4 minutes to play that the
singer slung 20-yard pass to Ed
Justice, who raced to the 10, from
which point Baugh again passed to
Malone In the end zone for the
thirty fourth point. Thsreupon. Sill