Evening star., 1941-12-01
Last-Ha|f Surqe
|nsures Packers
Sectional Tie
Hutson Is Difference
Between Victor, Loser
In 22-l7 Struggle
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

Pardon us for not leading off logi-
caNy with a mention Of a Green
Bav end who wears IA" on the back
of his padlesS jersey. But we suspect
you've heard and seen more than
enough of what s-hiS-name for a
while, so lend ear to what Coach
Curley Lambeau told his team be-
tween halves yesterday when it was
II points behind the Redskins and
faced with the loss of a chance to
tie the Bears for the Western Divi-
sion championship.
The main thing we had to over
come" said Curly after the game.
was tendency to become panicky
We were being outcharged by that
RedSkin llne-and whoever said the
Redskins would be lifelesS because
of their elimination from the East
ern race?-and we couldn't seem 10
get going.
But I pointed out to the boys that
we still had 80 minutes to score II
points and 1t didn't have to be done
all at once. They reacted Just as
desired and We had regained most
OF our poise and confidence when
We went out for the second half.
Don't let anyone tell YOU the
Redskins aren't a good ball club,
though. To my way of thinking. the
league is divided into only two
classes of teamS-the good and the
not-so-good-and the Redskins al
ways are in the first category"
IsbelI. Hutson Beat Redskins.
At this juncture. a certain Packer
end who had just walked off the
field after establishing three new
all-time league records. tving two
others and boosting three of his
own marks, strolled by and said to
Lanheau: Seems we have TO get
behind before we can get started.
Coach On rechecking the records
later, 1t was revealed that Don
Hutson was referring to the fact
that the Packers have been scored
on first in their last three games
before they themselves started to
roll up winning margins.
Never before this season. however.
has any opponent held a 17-point
lead over the Pack as the Redskins
did Yesterday after an incredible
'ffst haN III Which the Indians more
resembled title-bound team than
their higher rated guests. That
Washington finally was beaten. %
II, was due solely to two men who.
between them. produced a more
deadly punch than two whole Red
skin teams.
With all due respect to the all
around abilities of the Messrs.
Millner, McChesney and Masterson,
its indisputable that had the Red
skins possessed one pass-catching
end like Hutson yesterday. they
would have walked off the field easy
winners. Although credited with IL
competitions in 10 attempts, Sammy
Baugh should have had 1000
percentage for the day. so accurately
was he throwing to his receivers.
But time and again his passes
slithered off the fingers of his mates
or were less than a yard ahead of
them. A Hutson would have caught
'em all.
Skins Get Great Start.
Because Cecil Isbell proved him.
self an extraordinary passer in his
own right. the peerless Hutson can't
take all the glory for the Packers
serial game, but Baugh showed him.
self we'll able to defend his passing
honors despite Isbell's challenge
Isbell, now rated as the leagues
No. passer. completed IA of his
Is passes for 1853 yards, and had
two intercepted Baugh's record
was IL competitions in 10 tries for
1913 yards with one interception.
The Packer tosser wound up the
season with a final passing ef-
ficiency average Of .567 in con-
trast to Baugh's Sal. The latter,
of course, has the seasons finale
with Philadelphia here next Sunday
to attempt to overcome that diff
ference in the percentages.
Before the Isbell-to-Hutson COM
bination started to click in the
third quarter, it was all Redskins
yesterday, to the delight of a ca
pacity crowd of 1884 who appeared
not to hold their favorites' three
disastrous setbacks on the road
since November 9 against them.
To the amazement of their fond
est supporters and the consterna-
ton of gamblers who had spotted
the Redskins 1012 points. the In
dians scored the first touchdown
without surrendering the ball after
the opening kickoff and made it
40 on Bob Mastersons 28-yard
See DISMER paon CoA