Evening star., 1941-11-10
BY BILL DISNIER. Jr.

By BILL DISMER. Jr.
If you still like the Redskins to
win the Eastern championship, be
content with the knowledge that
they're not fundamentally out of
the running-but don't pause to
figure out their chances.
With a month of the campaign
still remaining. they're only half a
game behind the reinStalled pace
setting Giants, haven't lost any more
games than the New Workers and in
the standings. still have a half-game
edge over Yesterdays conquerors,
Jock Sutherlands Brooklyn Dodg-
erS.
If you're a dyed-m-the-W wool Red
skin supporter, you'll let it go at
that
But if you're determined 10 know
the downright dlScOuraglng low
down. listen TO these sad facts.
To retain their sectional title with
out the necessity of a playotf for
Eastern honOrS. the Redskins must
Win all of their last four games
with the Bears, Giants, Packers and
Eagles.
To assure themselves of tie for
the Eastern diadem. providing the
Giants lose one of their remaining
three games. the Redskins are COM
pelled to whip three Of those same
four foes.
Dodgers Appear in Clover.
And. II the best that the Redskins
can do is TO split even, one Of their
victims must be the Giants; the
lovlv Pittsburgh SteelerS must take
one of their two games from the
Dodgers who. in turn. must whip the
Giants. Attended by such unlikely
complication. it's entirely possible
for the Eastern title race to end IN
a. three-way tie, with the Skins.
Giants and Dodgers all winding up
with 7-and-4 records.
However, from this corner 1t ap-
pears that the Dodgers have the
best chance OF capturing their first
Eastern title. For all they have to
60 is to bowl over the SteelelS
twlce-wlth week off IN between
and then repeat their earlier win
over the Giants. Such a Wlndup
would give the Dodgers a record OF
6 victories in II games.
AS if the Redskins dldn I
lose enough Yesterday when the
Brooklyns whipped them, l3-7, at
Brooklyn. there's a possibility that
they NAV have lost the services OF a
third member Of frankie Fllchock S
backfeld for the remainder OF the
season, For Dick Todd, the Tribe s
second leading ground gamer and
constant scoring threat, definitely
is out of the Bear game next sun
dav with torn inner lateral Hga-
ments in his left knee. suffered
when several Dodgers piled on him
after he fumbled midway the third
quarter yesterday.
Medico Sees Three-Week Layoff.
The invaluable Texan, as spunky
as they come. .'cocEily maintains he Il
be all right to face the Giants IN
New York on November %. but DR..
Robert (Petel Moran, the Redskins
ON[SlCldn, SNAKES I!IS IlcdAi N'OI'SN
fully and proclaims that Todd is
out for three weeks at least.
Todd's loss just about completes
the depletion Of Filchock's quartet.
of which old No. 80 is the sole sur
vivor. Bob Hoffman was sent home
with a serious illness, Wilbur Moore
is out with broken collarbone and
now Todd is hors de combat. As a
matter of fact, FilchoCk is not feel
ing so chipper himself today, having
suffered another Slight shoulder
separation like he got in Colorado
Springs the day before the Skins
headed Eastward. Then. Frankie
shook it off and was ready five days
after being hurt.
All In all. its a man-sized job
facing Ray Flaherty and his war
riors. If there is such a thing as
luck in injuries, perhaps it is for