Evening star., 1940-11-19
Todd Now eN-Suited
Hero Of Redskins
Win Over Bears
Gets Award by Almost
Unanimous Vote; Goes
Into Lead as Scorer
BY BILL DISMER, JR.

BY the most nearly unanimous
vote by which the Redskins out
standing player has been chosen
In the three-year history Of the
award, game winning and game
saving Dick Todd was voted a suit
of clothes yesterday at the Football
Writers weekly meeting.
Because of his second-period
touchdown run and last-second
tackle Of George McAfee within a
foot of the Redskin goal, Todd polled
u Of the % votes cast. The Red
skins two centers, Vic Carroll and
Bob Titchenal, split the other two.
Despite his constant brilliance, 1t
was the first time that Todd ever
had been voted the outstanding
player of home game.
Todd's lone touchdown, incident
ally, enabled him to break his dead
lock with teammate Jimmy john
ston as the National Football
Leagues leading scorer. Now cred
tied with eight touchdowss and 48
points, Dodgin' Dick is within three
touchdoWns of the all-time mark
hung up by Andy Farkas last year
and, with two more games to go,
stands fair chance of eclipsing
Andy's record.
Records Become Common.
But records are nothing sacred to
the Redskins this year. AS a result
of Sundays aerial attack against
the Bears, they own another all
time league record for completed
passes during a season. Last year
the Cleveland Rams set new high
with 127, but already Messrs. Baugh,
Filchock and Zimmerman are cred
tied with bland there are two
more games TO play. Their efficiency
average of 81 per cent still is 3
points higher than their own rec
ord percentage made last year.
But, tsk, tsk-the Redskins scor-
ing has slumped something awful
Fourteen points against the Dodg-
ers and only seven against the
Bears has dropped their scoring
average to 25 per game and they'll
now have 10 average 40 points
against both the Giants and the
Eagles to reach that all-time scor-
ing record of 309 points for the
season they were shooting at.
II personal animosities toward
the Giants and not necessity gov
ern their actions at the Polo
Grounds next Sunday, they may
do Just that. To a man. the Red
New York rivals and haven't forgot
ten last years 9-7 robbery" in the
big town or their OBS scalping the
year before. If they get a chance
to rub it in on the Giants Sunday
they'll do it..
Many d. c. Fans to Go.
That, perhaps, is one Of the rea-
sons why Redskin officials antici-
pate another crowd of 10000 or
more Washingtonians making the
trip to New York Sunday despite
the fact that the Giants are out
Of the running and that the game
won't decide the Eastern champion.
ship as 1t has the last three years.
With excursions being sponsored
both by the Junior Board of Com
merce and the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, nearly 1000 tickets already
have been sold.
AS a result of the latest develop
ments, it now appears that Andy
Farkas definitely will be in the
game at New York and that that
old war horse. Erny Pinckert. who d
rather play against the Giants and
Bears than any teams in the league,
will be on the sidelines. Pinckert's S
knee was swollen badly today after
being twisted in the Bear game and
he probably will go on the inactive
list during the next two games.