Evening star., 1940-10-20
ingredients Of Upset
Present as Aerial
Masters Clash
Bouqh and O'Brien Face
For First Time This
Year; Meade Storts
Bv BILL DISMER, Jr.


With more than 1000 Washing
tonians expected at Shlbe Park to-
day to cheer them on and firmly
confident of fifth straight victory,
the Redskins leave for Philadelphia
al 10 o'clock this morning for their
first meeting of the year with Davey
OBrien and Bert Bells Eagles.
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad officials,
reporting a 100 per cent increase III
special excursion ticket sales over
last year. announced that four spe-
cial trains were prepared to leave
Union Station at l0:45. Lou Jen-
kins, general passenger agent who
chaperoneS the Redskins on Eastern
jaunts, said that nearly $500 train
tickets had been sold.
The RedSkin management, how
ever, declared that nearly 4500 game
tickets had been distributed up TO a
late hour last night, indicating that
many are planning to drive to Phil
adelphla Outside of the annual
games in New York. today's fray
promises to find the Indians backed
as adequately as at any out town
tilt. The Redskins ll0-plece
marching band will be on one of
the trains.
Aerial Masters Clash.
Billed in Philly as l94Os first clash
between the Singer and the Sling
shotter-TeXaS Christian Unlver-
sitys immortal Sammy Baugh and
Davey O'Brlen-the game also brings
together the only undefeated, un-
tied team in pro football and the
only team which hasn't won game.
All the ingredients of an upset are
present, therefore, with the law OF
averages awaiting the chance to give
the Eagles their first victory and the
Redskins their first setback.
Of the latter, the Indians must
beware. For their coach, Ray Fla
herty. gives the close-presslng
BROOKLYN Dodgers a great chance
to upset the Chicago Bears. and II
they do and the Redskins lose, un-
disputed possession Of leadership OF
the Eastern division no longer Will
be theirs. On the other hand. the
Indians possess a great chance 10
establish a dominant lead, espe-
ciallv if the Bears turn back the
Dodgers, as expected by most OBJ
servers.
Eagles Are Dangerous.
Although the Eagles have lost five
eanes. two Of them. with the
Champion Green Bay Packers and
the Eastern Champion Giants, we're
bv only ! touchdown and l3-
point loss TO the Dodgers has been
their biggest margin OF defeat. But
not forgotten by Flaherty is the fact
that the Eagles nosed out the Bears
in preseason exhibition game.
IF they had the stuff to do that
once they can do it again reasons
the red-headed coach
Prepared to start the same COM
binatlon which has clicked for a
touchdown in the first three minutes
of plav in all but one of the Red
skins four previous games. Flaherty
is planning to give his rockies more
opportunities to play than they
have had Sammy Baugh. Jimmy
Johnston. Max Krause and Jim
Meade will comprise the Indians
opening backfeld and the Frank
Filchock- Todd -Erny Pinckert-
Wilbur Moore ball-titing quartet
undoubtedly will be inserted as a
DIV fnp tho r1OCt n9rt II {
likely to be Roy Zimmerman, Bob
Seymour. Bob Hoffman and Ray
Hare behind a line which will in
clude Sandy Sanford. Bob Fisher,
Bob Titchenal and Steve Andrako-
the latter four all being rockies
who have not seen as much action
as some of the new backs.
Watch Crack Aerial Duo.
80 passes a game Lii Davey and
Rookie Don Looney, crack receivers,
will come in for most attention
from the Redskins. Like OBrien
and Baugh. Looney also halls from
T. C. u and to date is both the
leading pass-receiver and co-leader
in scoring of the entire league. Be-
cause Joe Carter, the Eagles veteran
end is believed to be shelved tempo
rarily with injuries, it is likely that
Looney will bear most of the pass
receiving duties.
Philadelphia s running game has
been next to nil so far, although
the Redskins have been warned Of
Elmer Hackney. the big, hard-run-
ming fullback from Kansas State.
Hackney weighs slightly more than
200 and with the Redskin tackle
situation weaker through the loss
of Turk Edwards and Bill Wilkin
may direct most of his drives toward
the middle OF the Indian line.
Bill Young, the 250-pound veteran
lineman from Alabama who can
play either guard or tackle, has been
named to pair with Jim Barber as
the opening tackles, with the rookie
Fisher going in with Bo Russell as
the Redskins first relief in that spot.