Evening star., 1940-09-01
Forkos, Undergoing Operation
On Knee, Lost to Redskins
Until Last Three Games
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.
Star staff Correspondent.


MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 81
One of the most serious losses they
could have sustained struck the
Redskins anidships here today
when it was learned that Andy
Farkas must undergo an immediate
operation which will deprive the
Indians of his services until mid.
November.
Suffering with a badly damaged
cartilage above his right knee, the
great little fullback was examined
by DR.. Lemuel D. Smith of Mar
quette University's Medical School
one of the leading bone specialists
in the midwest, who declared that
only an operation would eliminate
Farkas' trouble.
After long distance telephone
conversation with Mrs. Farkas, it
was decided to allow DR.. Smith to
operate at 9 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Mrs. Farkas, who is expecting
an addition to the family in De-
cember, was enroute here from De-
troit tonight to be with her husband
Farkas is expected ito remain in
Misericordia Hospital here for about
five or six days before removal to
Washington.
Leg to be in Cast for Month.
He will have his leg in a cast fol-
nearly a month and will be kept
off his feet entirely for another
three weeks. According to DR.
Smith, however, he cannot be ex-
pected to play for 10 weeks. which
means that he will miss all but the
last three games of the Redskins
National League schedule.
Coach Ray Flaherty, naturally
downcast over the unexpected loss,
said that having Andy ready for
the last three games-against the
Chicago Bears, New York Giants
and the Philadelphia Eagles-was
better than not having him at all
this season, but that was as philo-
sophical as Flaherty could become.
Although it is the same kind of an
injury that incapacitated Farkas at
the fag end of the 1899 season, Andy
had not felt a recurrence of the
wound until the last half of the in
trasquad game at Spokane last
Wednesday night. Then, tackled
hard by Dick Todd, Farkas fell
heavily and couldn't arise. Ever since
he had complained of shooting
pains, like dentist hitting a sensi-
tive nerve" as he described it.
Farkas Looks Top Scorer.
Technically, it was described as
a semilunar cartilage and the op-
Grafton as like removing an ap-
pendix. The cartilage is that which
acts as the lever in the knee, an
"oiler" of the joints, so to speak.
Despite having come up with
promising rookie running backs as
Bob Seymour and Roy Zimmerman
and Notwithstanding the presence of
such veterans as Dick Todd and
Frank Filchock, it Is clear that the
Redskins can ill-afford to lose a
man Of Farkas' ilk. Farkas not only
was the National Leagues third or
fourth leading ground-gainer last
year, but he established an all-time
record by scoring II touchdowns, an
average Of one a game.
Flaherty declared that he would
withhold his starting lineup in the
exhibition game against Green Bay
here tomorrow until he knew wheth-
er the Packers were starting Cecil
Isbell and Don Hutson.
If the champions lead off with
the famed passing pair, Flaherty
will send backfield of Filchock,
Todd, Wilbur Moore and Jay Tur-
ner onto the field-for Todd and
Moore are rated the most effective
Redskins In preventing Hutson from
getting his hands on those long
passes.
An alternate veteran backfield of
Sammy Baugh, Max Krause, Ed JUS
tice and Erny Pinckert (who is ex-
pected back from his mothers fu-
neral tomorrow viii be used when
Hutson isn't in the game. None but