Evening star., 1941-11-21
Tribe Banks on Aces
Other Than Baugh
For Tilt Sunday
FiIehock, Hare, Seymour,
Forkos Held Capable
OF Making Trouble
By BILL DISMER, Jr.

That "one-man team" accusation
hasn't been flung at the Redskin!
this season as last, but it appear.
as If that's what the Giants still
think they are, judging from the
tenor of a New York dispatch reach
ing here today.
THE Giants figure that if they
stop Sammy Baugh, they will STOP
the Redskins" writes the New York
observer, who goes on to say that
perfecting of a defense for Baugh's
feared passes has constituted the
Giants chief objective in daily drills
this week.
Steve Owen believes both teams
will be about even, and that spirit
and luck will decide the outcome of
Sundays battle" our informant con-
tinues, "but he readily comedies that
Baugh will be the best passer on
the field and that the Redskin at
tack is based upon passing.
"Owen rates the Giants superior
on the ground, however, and init
mates that George Franck, former
Minnesota star who finally got going
last Sunday against the Rams, will
give Washington plenty of trouble.
Steve rates the opposing lines about
the same, having great respect for
the Redskin tackles. Jim Barber and
Bill Wilkin, but giving his team a
shade at the ends"
Giants Have Edge on Ground.
Well, that analysis is all right with
the Redskins, who would like to have
Owen continue to believe that they
will sink or swim with Baugh. Per-
sonally. they still have a lot of re-
spect for Frank Filchock's passes,
and they aren't willing to concede
the Giants anything at ends with
such f1ankmen of their own as Mil
ner, McChesney, Masterson, Cifers,
Clair and Aguirre.
AS for the rivals comparative run
ming attacks-the Giants. on the
record, do seem to have the edge
with half a dozen runners having
gained 80 yards or more while the
Redskins have only three. But Fill
chock's 307 yards give him a 28-yard
lead over Tuffy Leemans, the Giants
leading ground-gainer, and Andy
Farkas' 140 Is only 13 behind the
New Workers Len Eshmont and
Andy Marefos, each of whom has
accounted for 153 Both Bob Sey-
mour of the Redskins and Ward
Cuff of the Giants are credited with
50, but from there on the statistical
edge is with the Giants. For Hank
Soar, Howie Yeager and Franck all
have gained more ground than Roy
Zimmerman, the Skins fourth lead
ing ground-gainer who hasn't done
q lot of ball-carrying.
Baugh, Hare May Surprise.
But although the Giants hold the
upper hand in quantity of yard-eat-
ing backs, the Indians are consoled
by the knowledge that all of the
New York threats won't be in the
game at one time and that they
(the Redskins )probably always will
have as many housekeeping backs
on the field as the Giants.
Unemphasized, too, are the infre-
QuCAAe Od14-SolIS SlI1S Uu Sto VI oduSll
and Ray Hare, who have proved
more than adequate the few times
they have been called upon to carry
the mail. Hare, in fact, has the best
average on the squad, having gained
80 yards in attempts or an average
of 4 yards per rush. He may prove
one of the big surprises Sunday.
And with Seymour and Farkas
showing unmistakable signs of Civ
ing Washington the ground punch
1t lacked the early part of the sea-
son and Filchock a dual threat
carrying or throwing the ball, those
Giant Notwithstanding a "one-
man team'-may be in for a few re-
visions, come Monday morn.