Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
A|drich Wrecks
Bruins Attack,
.Lambeau Says
Diagnosed Foes Play
All Way, According
To Packer Coach
By BURTON HAWKINS.

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The cum laude characters Of the
professional football world, the
coaches who design the maneuvers
to capitalize on the talent Of their
pigskin puppets. are. after all, mere
~ another group of Monday morn
ing quarterbacks in analyzing what
they viewed yesterday at Grifith
Stadium.
From four National Pro League
coaches who would express a more
electrifying opinion that "it GER
tainly was cold or those lines sure
were scrapping" came versions as
to what enabled the Redskins to up
set the Bears.
II feel" says Dutch Clark, one
of footballs all-time greats and
coach of the Cleveland Rams, that
the Redskins beat Chicago when Lee
Artoe failed to kick the point after
the Bears touchdown. That, to my
mind, was the games big item.
when the Redskins bounced back
with their touchdown and booted
the extra point the pressure was on
the Bears because they had failed to
kick the point after their touch
down. 1t might have been differ
ent game had they made that kick.
Quick Kicks Bother Bears.
II wouldn't blame Jack Petty for
failing to cover Wilbur Moore on
Sammy Baugh's touchdown pass"
continued Clark. Petty hung with
him all the way and thought he
did superb job of sticking with
him, but it simply was a combina-
ton of great pass and wonder
full catch. 1t was just something
that couldn't be stopped.
Il wouldn't say the Washington
line was any better against the
Bears than it was against the Rams
earlier in the season. I said that
day that If the Redskin line could
maintain that sort Of line play
they'd beat any team in the league
including the Bears, who didn't
look as good against us as the Red
skins. Well, the Redskins came
up with that same sort Of terrific
line play"
Jimmy Councilman, the gray
haired, piano-plunking, witty coach
of the Chicago Cardinals, was in
one of his rare serious moods. II
| thought Sammy Baugh's quick kick
ing was the most important part
of the Redskins victory. The Bears
spent all afternoon trying to get
up the field after Baughs kicking
set them back deep in their ter
ritory.
Aldrich Outsmarts Luckman.
Washington got the lead and
Baugh's quick-kicks then shackled
the Bears. The Bears needed to
come back in a hurry. particularly
after the Redskins got their second
touchdown. and Baugh's kicks trav-
eled so far that Chicago spent
lot of valuable time getting back
where 1t started.
Ordinarily a quick-kick is value.
less in pro football because we play
for possession of the ball. figuring
we can do all right after we get
it. But there's only one quick
kicker like Baugh in the league and
the Redskins had him.
Curley Lambeau, the brain be-
hind the Green Bay Packers,
credited Center Ki Aldrich as the
Redskins hero. at was Aldrich who
was calling the defensive plays"
enthused Lambeau, land he called
them so we'll that he outsmarted Sid
Luckman completely. I've never
seen such terrific line play"
Redskin Coach Ray Flaherty, who
will leave for Hollywood, Fla. to-
sight for duty as lieutenant in the
! Navy, was reluctant to praise any
particular individual, although he
did say that Guard Steve Slivinski
was given extremely tough assign
ments, handled them exceptionally
we'll and, in general, played a whale
of game"
Shifting Defense Tells.
Il thought the thing that con-
fused the Bears was our shifting
defense" said Flaherty. 1--WE shifted
our defense frequently on every
play, then confused the Bears by
shifting every two or three plays.
Consequently the Bears didn't know
what they were going to meet and
it threw them off on their blocking
assignments.
Il wouldn't single out any player
for praise" continued Ray. "The
entire team played a great game.
Baugh called q marvellous game for
us. Dick Farman and Willie Wilkin
have been outstanding most of tho
season and they were outstanding
again. Bob Masterson played a swell
(see HAWKINS, Page A-13)