Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Figure They Should
Have Beaten Green
Bay Last Year
Both Clubs Handicapped
BY Injuries; Sanford Is
Seen as Future Stur
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.,
Star Staff Correspondent.


MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 81
Tickled pink that the Packers wal
loped the Collegiate All-Stars Thurs
day night and thus kept their VIM
ming streak intact, the Redskins
moved into this foster home town of
their Green Bay rivals this morning
confident of handing pro footballs
champions their first defeat in eight
games.
Winding up their regular 1889
National League season with four
straight victories and with triumphs
in the playoff game and Los Angeles
Pro Bowl classic to their credit be-
fore winning at Chicago two nights
ago, the Packers once again have
kindled the enthusiasm of this Dairy
State, which knows no better tonic
than Packer victory.
One Wisconsin sportswriter calls
the Packers "the greatest team ever
assembled" But the Redskins, still
believing they should have defeated
Green Bay here last year and in
slstirg that they are better all
around club than the champions,
have visions of ending the Packers
victory parade. Probably some
skeptics believe that the Redskins
will carry a big advantage into the
holiday game on the assumption
that their rivals will not have had
sufficient time to recover from what
PROBABLY was a tough assignment
Thursday night.
Redskins None Too Spry.
But with all due respect to the
opposition that the All-Stars offered.
it is doubtful if the Packers took any
more punishment than the Redskins
absorbed and administered to each
other in their intrasquad game at
Spokane. Those bruises, plus the
effect of 48-hour train ride, aren't
calculated to send the Indians into
battle in as perfect condition as
they might be, so, everything con-
sidered, physical hangovers of both
teams should offset themselves.
If the Packers record-breaking
total of As points has caused a
shudder among Redskin fans
anxious about their favorites'
chances, they should remember that
the Indians haven't been exactly
punchless in two intrasquad games
during which 88 points have been
scored. Indeed, it's not hard to
imagine that the Skins will be the
same high-scoring team this year
that they were in 1899, when their
242 points in IL games gave them
an average of nearly four touch
downs per game.
Sanford Won't Get Away.
Not only have they come up with
such hard-running backs as Bob
Seymour and Roy Zimmerman to
complement the offensive power
led last year by Dick Todd, Sammy
Baugh, Andy Farkes and Frank
F'ilchock, but they have an end in
Sandy Sanford who has demon
strated that he can go places like
halfback once he gets possession
OF the ball. Sanford really i'm
pressed for the first time last We'd
nesday night in Spokane when his
speed and power (he's a rugged
boy weighing 210 and standing
6-foot-D carried him to several
outstanding gains. He also showed
an alert mind when he lateraled to
Guard Dick Farman after being
downed at the end of a long run. AS
a fleld-goaler, he has yet to sue
coed on four attempts, but two in
Seattle missed by less than a yard
and one in Spokane was close.
Because of such four veteran ends
as Millner, Malone, Masterson and
McChesney, the Redskins may not
be able to retain Sanford this
season, although another outstand-
ing performance against Green Bay
undoubtedly would keep him on the
roster. But regardless of where he
is sent, the Redskins will keep
strings attached to him, for Owner
George Marshall has said, Wen
never let Sanford get away" It's
likely that he'll be sent to a minor
league team, subject to instant
recall this season and almost a
certain bet to make the grade in Al.