Evening star., 1941-12-08
Win Over Eagles
Due 10 Agu;;7re
And kruegeI,
Two Are Fine Torsets
For Bough; Driving
Bucks Are Needed
- Bill, DISrJ-D y.

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first tine s'rce 1o25, t!2r ma c-ity OF
the EcHe,,,irS -c~e 70 lc7-e Wash
incton after t'-cir an"u"l f"rewell
lunchecn todc- With neither delu-
sicls CT g~anCcur nor inferiority'
cCmple::cS.
That uphill 20-l4 victory over
Greasy Neale's Philadelphia Eagles
enabled them to end the season at
Griffith Stadium yesterday with a
percentage slightly in excess of 500,
and they we're just that kind of a
team.
Never powerful enough to strike
awe into the heart of any opponent,
but never accepted as pushover,
the 194l Redskins left their followers
with the impression that they did
just about as well as could be ex-
pected.
Perhaps if AL Kruger or Joe
Aguirre had been given the oppor-
tunity to prove the kind OF pass
catchers they revealed themselves to
be yesterday, the Redskins passing
attack might have been more valu-
able in the last few games of the
campaign.
Aguirre, Kruger Can Snag 'Em.
Certainly the impression those two
rockies left with the $4,000 patrons
yesterday was that they can be
tremendously useful as targets for
Sammy Baugh's specialties. For
all of the Redskins three touch
downs came via the airWays, with
Aguirre hooking himself onto two
of Sammy's scoring heaves, while
Kruger was the receiver Of the
other payoff toss.
What the Redskins need, however,
the Eagles displayed with a quartet
of hard-hitting, fast-stepping rookie
backs-Torrence Fox from little
Miami, Mike Basca of Villanova,
Jim Castiglia of Georgetown and
Jack Banta of Southern California.
For the last-named, the Redskins
professed no use after their second
league game. Furthermore, Phila-
delphia had q passer IN Tommy
Thompson of Tulsa, who kept the
ohulS Oli NilCll llSS Will poSoSo
Of every description.
In a way Castiglia. who earlier
had helped pace the Eagles ground
attack, gave the Redskins their win
ming chance. For it was Krueger's
recovery of a tumble by the G.. U.
star on his own 21-yard line that
started Washington's third scoring
drive. From that point, Baugh
passed twice to Aguirre, the husky
Basque taking the second in the
southwest coffin corner for the win
ming touchdown.
All Eagles at Start.
At the beginning it was all Phila-
delphia, with Castiglia launching
the Eagles first drive with 37-yard
sprint around his own right end
and Banta eliminating the 88-yard
march by scampering IL yards
through a big hole in the line.
Although the Redskins had the
ball three times shortly thereafter,
they didn't score until the last II
seconds Of the half. Kruger cutting
back from the sidelines to make a
sensational catch of Baugh's pass
on the and romping over. Aguirre's
conversion enabled his team to leave
the field for the intermission period
with TT tie.
But the Eagles again assumed the
lead near the end Of the third
period when End John Shonk, fresh
out Of West Virginia. intercepted
one Of Frankie Filchock's short
passes on Washington's "a. -Four
passes by Thompson produced an
other six points, the last catching
Henry Piro in the end zone. Basca's
conversion made it 14-7.
Passes from Baugh to Aguirre
and Farkas, and couple Of first
down rushes by Rookie Lee Gentry
featured long Redskin drive to the
Eagles Is and pass by Baugh
from just behind that line to
Aguirre made it l4-13.
Aguirre Makes Fine Catch.
/. Aguirre made great catch
despite some desperate defense
tactics of Center Lyle Graham, but
when his second conversion attempt
was blocked, the Redskins still were
a point behind. The Eagles were
offside on Joe's first try, but from
the stands it appeared as if they
were even more offside on the
second. But the officials didn't
call it.
Came the clicking of the Baugh-
to-Aguirre combination minutes
later for the winning score, however
and all WAS forgiven.