Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-22
Team Of fasteners
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Western Lineup
FiIchock in Fine Trim
After Summer Spent
Playing Baseball
BY BILL DISMER, Jr,
Star Staff Correspondent.


SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. o.
With typical football weather pre-
vailing, a crowd of more than 10000
is expected to overflow Seattle's
baseball park tonight to see the
Redskins battle in an intrasquad
game which will be as revealing to
natives of this Western metropolis
as it will be to Coach Ray Flaherty
Eager for its first glimpse of a
major professional grid squad
Seattle-encouraged by President
Roosevelt's -in-law's newspaper
is backing the charity contest to
the limit, and there is a strong
possibility that the S. R. o. sign
will be hung out hours before play
begins at $50 o'clock.
Despite Flaherty's persistent in
clinations to disparage his sides
apparent superiority, his Eastern
team remained the favorite to run
and pass Assistant Coach Turk Ed
wards Western stars into the
ground. Wee Willie Wilkin of st.
Mary's of California is starting at
left tackle for Flaherty, but the
remainder of his team is composed
of Redskins from the East, South
and Midwest in contrast to Ed
wards, which has all the players
from the Pacific Coast and South
west.
Veterans to Start.
Rejecting their original intentions
to start Rockies Bob Seymour and
Steven Andrako, halfback and cen.
ter from Oklahoma and Ohio State,
respectively, both coaches will send
all-veteran line-ups onto the field
for the opening kickoff. Edwards
Western stars will have Sammy
Baugh, Ed Justice, Jimmy Johnston
and Erny Pinckert in their back
field, while Flaherty's ball-advanc-
ing at the outset will depend upon
Frank Filchock, Andy Farkas, Jay
Turner and Wilbur Moore.
Although he worked out with
the team for the first time only last
Monday, Filchock reported in such
great shape after summer of base
ball that he was made a starter
along with Farkas, his chief CO.
threat partner last season. 1t is no
secret, either, that the Redskins are
looking to Moore. the old Minnesota
back, to be ball of fire this year,
especially since they have shifted
him back to the old inside blocking
back position he used to play for
the Gophers.
Rockies Must Shine.
Because their fate depends on
this and next Wednesday nights
game in Spokane, the Is rockies
here are destined to see plenty of
action tonight, nine of them for
Edwards Westerners. Indeed, anx-
iety to please and thus win regular
jobs, after all may be a break for
Edwards, who at first bemoaned the
fact that Flaherty had placed
most of his flrst-year men on Tex's
team. In Seymour, the Oklahoma
overwhelmer, Edwards has the
standout rookie back Of them all,
with Ray Hare of Spokane's Con-
zaga, probably the No. 2 new back,
also playing for Turk.
Ernie Lain, the Rice star, who
rises daily in estimation. will be
the only rookie back on Flaherty's
bench, Vince Farrar of North Caro-
lima State-Flaherty' only other
flrst-year back-being in a Spokane
hospital with sore back. Bob
Titchenal of San Jose State will
provide the reserve for Center Vic
Carroll of the West, while Steven
Andrako of Ohio State will substi-
tute for Micky Parks of the East.
The starting line-ups and COM
plete squads: