Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-10
Would CIinch Honors
Il Rams Beat Giants
At Same Time
Neither Team in Best
Of Shape for Clash
In Brooklyn Today
BY BILL DISMER, JR.,
Star Staff Correspondent.

SldI Quail Correspondents
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-With an
opportunity to clinch, or move
within one game of the Eastern
championship, the Redskins to-
night calmly awaited their trip
across the river tomorrow to bat
tie one of the only two teams re-
tanning a chance to beat them out
for the sectional title.
If they win, and the Cleveland
Rams beat the Giants at the Polo
Grounds here, the Redskins will
be 1910 Eastern champs, no mat
ter what happens to them the re-
mainder of the regular season. If
the Giants match a Redskin VIC
tory with one of their own, the
Washington club will need one more
triumph in their last three games
to assure their presence in the
playoff.
The Dodgers must win tomorrow
to keep from being eliminated en-
they still will be two full games
back of the Redskins who can't lose
their leadership of the division re-
CARELESS of other consequences. The
very worst that can happen to the
Redskins is that their present 2l2-
game advantage might be reduced to
a game and half by the combina-
ton Of their own defeat and Giant
triumph.
Neither at Full Strength.
Neither the Redskins nor the
Dodgers will be at full strength to-
morrow, but the hosts appear to
be worse off in casuals. Tackle
Bruiser Kinard almost definitely is
out with a hand on which seven
layers of skin have been grated and
regular guard, Jim Swell. is
doubtful starter. Then too. Banks
McFadden, the leagues second lead
ing ground-gainer, is none too GER
tain of his underpinnings.
The Dodgers. it appears. could fall
back on Pug Manders for the bulk
of their running attack for their
sophomore fullback from Drake cur
rently is averaging nearly yards
a rush. But if McFadden's running
boys down, it is most likely that
Brooklyn will switch entirely to
passing attack. with anyone but
their water boy doing the tossing.
Sutherland has had no less than
seven of his backs passing in prac-
tlce all week with that end in view,
convinced that the Redskins pass
defense is their weakest point.
AS for the Redskins, three of their
Tribe are slated for total inactivity
and two more probably won't play.
Turk Edwards and Sandy Sanford
still haven't recovered fully from
leg injuries and Andy Farkas hasn't
been restored to the active roster.
Wilbur Moore and Max Krause could
play in pinch, although Moore's
rib and Krause's leg still bother
them little. Moore had a cartilage
torn two weeks ago and Krause was
hurt last week.
Hoffman Given Opportunity.
AS result of Krause's loss, Rookie
Bob Hoffman has been nominated to
start in the backf1eld with Sammy
Raugh, Jimmy Johnston and Jim
Meade. Hoffman's assignment to
that group precludes the possibility
of the all-rookie backfield working
as a unit, but it's not very certain
that the freshman quartet even will
play as group tomorrow. If the
game in Brooklyn is anything like
the first one in Washington, Coach
Ray Flaherty would be reluctant
about entrusting responsibility en-
tirely to young hands.
On the basis of the strides the
Dodgers have made since the be-
ginning the season, tomorrow's con-
test may be every bit as close as the
September game the Redskins won.
24-17. The confidence that comes
from having worked together all
season, assimilation of the Suther-
land system and their feat of hold
ing the mighty Chicago Bears to a
1871 victory undoubtedly have given
the Dodgers an intangible something
not possessed two months ago.
Brooklyn'S task almost is hope
less. "All'' they are confronted with
if they would give Sutherland
championship in his first year as a
professional coach is bowling over
the Redskins, Rams, Cardinals and
Giants while the Washington and
New York aggregations are losing
or tying all their remaining four