Evening star., 1940-11-04
We'll Rounded Attack
Should Tell Against
Rugged Chibears
MeChesney Is Stondout
AS Club Runs, Passes.
Kicks to 37-10 Win
BY BILL DIsMER, Jr.

BY BILL DISMER, Jr.
Washington's football Redskins
won another yesterday, which hard
ly comes under the head of news,
but it is interesting to note that
they moved within two games Of
the Eastern championship of the
National League and that the Chi
cago Bears remain their biggest OBJ
stacle TO an undefeated season.
In the wake Of that 37-10 smelt-
ing of the Pittsburgh Steelers, WASH
ington's seventh win in a row. talk
of the Indians as the new sectional
champs was almost at passe stage.
So close are Ray Flaherty's Red
men now, that two more victories
in their remaining four games, or
any combination of two-a defeat
for the Giants or Dodgers and just
one win for the Redskins-will
clinch the playoff game for WASH
ington on December 8.
That undefeated-untied goal was
something else, though. The Bears
claim that record alone. In 1884
they went through their regular
season undefeated and united for
the only clean slate in the 19-year
history of the National Football
League. Yet in the playoff the
Bears were whipped, 1890, by the
Giants, who had lost five games in
winning the Eastern title.
So it seems as If George Halas'
Chicago club will have rather dis
tinct honor to defend when it comes
to town on November II.
Chibears Not Feared.
But it appears they must go some
to beat the Redskins. Even when
they can't get steamed up for a
game, as they obviously hadn't be-
fore yesterdays, they run away from
the opposition by anywhere from to
80 points. 1t may take em a little
time, perhaps a quarter or two, but
once they get warmed up they go to
town.
Flaherty admitted there was little
use in attempting to key up his
players for the Steelers, what with a
hard game with the Lions behind
them and successive games with such
teams as the Dodgers, Bears and
Giants coming up. They knew, as
well as I did, that the Steelers had
no license to beat them" Flaherty
said. Trying to convince them
otherwise would have been foolish, +"
The Redskins we're amused at
Steeler Coach Walt Kieslings
prophecy that the Bears would pre-
vail in the coming games with the
Skins. THE Bears have too much
power" observed Kiesling. They'll
trample the Redskins" But the
Bears were thought to have had the
same kind of power back in 1887
when Sammy Baugh made monkeys
of them in the playoff game on
frozen Chicago field. True, they beat
the Skins the following year, but
Baugh was sadly out of shape and
the Redskins had no running attack
worthy of the name. ~
Offense Well Rounded.
The Washington club showed
well rounded offense yesterday,
however. When Sammy wasn't
tossing strikes, Frank Filchock was,
and when Frank wasn't passing
either he or Dick Todd was driving
off tackle or skirting the ends. Incl
dentally, the Redskins passing per-
centage reached a new high of .628,
with Sammy's average now standing
at an even 10 per cent and Fill
chock's at 81 per cent.
But as good as that trio was and
as spectacular as Jimmy Johnstons
performance proved, to our mind
the outstanding Redskin of the day
was Bob McChesney, as fine an end
as there is in pro football. Baugh
approached us in the locker room
after the game with: You know
who the outstanding player was to-
day, don't you? That boy McChes-
ney. They don't make EN- any
better. Boy, did you see him CIV
ing that Patterson fits on those
passes. I'd sure hate to have Bob
playing against me"
Twice McChesney broke through
to throw Patterson for 10 and Is
yard losses and he set up Washing
tons second touchdown with
great catch of Filchock's 20-yard
pass on Pittsburgh's II. Ends, it
appears, are the least of the Red
skins worries, with Bob Masterson,
Wayne Millner and Charley Malone
collaborating with McChesney in
giving the club the best group OF
fankmen in the entire league.
Similar to Earlier Gains.
If Washington had demanded a
replay of the first meeting between
the rivals in Pittsburgh it couldn't
have come closer to getting 1t. Not
only was the final score within
three points of being the identical
result of the earlier game (40-1o),
but scoring started in the same
manner-a field goal by Armand
Niccolai. Yesterday Nick booted
from the 30-yard line; up in Pitts
burgh he had done it from the 48.
But, as in Pittsburgh. the Red
skins weren't long in making that
lead change hands. A 65-yard quick
kick by Baugh put the Steelers back
on their 10 and Sammy's runback
of Patterson's return punt left the
Indians holding the ball on their
own 40. Jim Meade then ripped
through for 5 and IL yard gains
until, with the ball on Pittsburgh's
80. Baugh caught Johnston in the
fiat zone, shot it to him and Jimmy
was off to pay dirt.
Filchock engineered the Redskins
second touchdown when they drove
IS yards to make it 1873, Frank him
self driving through right tackle to
score after his five passes had
enabled his team to reach the
Steelers' IL. Mc'Chesney was on
the receiving end Of three Of those
heaves.
Redskins Run Wild.
But the Steelers were not yet
through and just before the half
ended Rookie Bob Seymour lost