Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
vaunted Eleven
|s0utpowered
Pros
Superb Line Clears
Way to Astounding
Upset in PIoyoff
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

had Offset a bad break, was the
blunt instrument the Redskins en-
ployed in knocking the mighty Chi
cago Bears from the pinnacle Of the
football world. Power that ripped
the supposedly immovable Bears
line to shreds, pulverized their run
ming attack and smothered their
passing offense.
The final count was 1916 and
should have been 14-0 because Chi
Cages face-saving score was a gift.
Several times the unbeaten Defend
ing champions threatened. once
beating their way to yard from
goal with four downs to put the
ball over, but they couldn't muster
the strength to break the Tribes
ironclad defense.
1t was a fitting finale to a season
that probably will be the last for
the duration and the curtain de-
scended with a painful thud on the
odds-layers' noggins for the Skins
were 81 underdogs at the opening
kickoff with few takers. And when
Lee Artoe picked up Dick Todd's
tumble in the second period and
raced So yards for a touchdown you
could have named your price, If
your confidence in the Skins was
still mistaken.
But Baugh. old faithful Of the
attack. was in there pitching and
yesterday he had a receiver in Will
bur Moore, who, for one play at
least, out-Hutsoned Don Hutson.
Moore was on the receiving end of
a spectacular 46-yard pass with an
equally spectacular -the-shoul-
der catch that brought Washington
back on even terms with its rival
That was all the encouragement
Ray Flai1erty's gang needed.
Skins Drive to Second Score.
Bob Masterson, who turned In
one of the best games Of his entire
career, added the extra point to
shove the Tribe ahead, 7-6, and his
placement was one of the decisive
factors of the contest.
But it was Moore, too, who gave
the Skins their opportunity to
square accounts with another SEN
sational catch, this time of a Bear
pass. He vaulted high in the frigid
December air to snatch Sid Luck
mans peg even as Johnny Siegal
reached for 1t. He ran it back IA
yards to the Bears 43 and a couple
of minutes later he was hugging the
leather in the end zone for touch
down.
The unsupported power in the
Redskins attack was revealed early
in the third period when Andy
Farkas led a sustained march from
Chicago's 43-yard stripe to pay dirt.
1t was FarKas, literally climbing
over friend and foe alike, pushing,
showing, fighting for every inch of
frostbitten turf who spanked the
drive Nine times in IL plays he
took the ball, handling it six con-
secutive times in the final bid And
on the 20-yard line when the Bears
massed virtually every man to form
a human we'll In an attempt to
block a first down. Andy actually ran
up the backs of the leaning linesmen
and dived, shoulder high, for more
than the necessary distance.
Masterson added the fourteenth
point to clinch the ball game. al
though at that time the outcome
still hung in the balance, even
though the thoroughly aroused Red
skins gave no hint of succumbing to
the strain of stopping the Bears
vaunted T formation.
Bears Are Showed Around.
Eight points we're as comforting
as 300 with the Tribe chewing Chi
Cages line to shreds, chasing Sid
Luckman like hunting dogs after
a crippled rabbit, and crashing into
Bear ball carriers with amazing reg
ularity. The Bears were showed
around In q decidedly unacceptable
manner. 1t was a new experience
for them and their surprise was
exceeded only by their inability to
right themselves. They were beaten
at their own game.
Lucklnan was no threat to the
Skins, but it was a different story
with Rookie Charley O'Rourke in
the drivers seat. Twice in the
fourth period he led his mates deep
into Redskin territory and only two
bruising stands by the champions
line and a tightly-Woven pass de-
Tense kept the Chicagoans from
spilling a ball carrier into the end
zone.
Early in the fourth period
ORourke marshaled his wavering
forces for a 66-yard drive to Wash
ington's /, heaving one 40-yard pass
to Frank Maznicki for a first down
on the Tribes "a, and another to
Siegal for a first down on the ID.
But the Bears got crossed up in their
own strategy at this juncture, put
ting Maznicki in the passing role,
and he lobbed one to Baugh, who
took it in the end zone for touch
back.
Later in the period, O'Rourke,
working a puz2ling, DELAYED pass the
Redskins seemed powerless to stop,
led his mates 70 yards to the / be-
fore the Braves called halt.
Skins Fight Like Maniacs.
Willie Wilkin, Dick Farman and,
well, all the Burgundy Bruisers,
fought like maniacs to stave off the
threat, twice throwing back Osman-
ski for yard losses. A 5-yard pen
atty against the Bears, backfield In
motion, helped and forced Charley
to try a pass on fourth down, but
it caromed of Osmanski's finger
tips in the end zone.
Although the Redskins spent most
of the afternoon in Chicago terri
tory they made only one other Sc
rious bid for score aside from the
| two successful attacks. Bouncing
back after the Bears touchdown,
Cece Hare grabbed Luckman's pass
after Todd touched it, putting the
ball on the visitors A. From there
they marched to the IA before the
Bears frightened and stopped one
running play and knocked down
three passes by Baugh.
The distraught Bears dug deeply
into their bag of tricks, bringing
out everything from man-in- motion
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