Evening star., 1942-09-28
Giants Get All Breaks
To Win Over Greatly
Superior Local Pros
Execution, Not Judgment,
FouIty in PIoy Thot
Overcomes Tribe
By LEWIS ATCHISON.


one slightly battered typewriter;
most KEYS in good condition: ribbon
like new. Call National 5000 dur
ing day.
It's ours, pals, but after the stuff
It's been turning out these several
weeks, calling the Redskins a lock
to win the Eastern division of the
National Football League. making
them favorites in every game and
then watching-along with nearly
$4,000 others-things turn out the
way they did yesterday we're gonna
junk it.
If anybody in the audience thinks
he can explain the Redskins 14-7
setback by New York in that quag-
mire he can borrow the thing abso-
lutely for free Oh, anybody could
see it was ONeal Adams 65-yard
dash with an intercepted pass that
clinched honors after Tuffy Lee
mans had thrown a 50-yard touch
down pass to viii Wills on the
Giants first play of the game. But
how can you explain away those
statistics?
The Giants got no first downs.
Their net running attack added up
to the stupendous figure Of l measly
yard They tried one pass and COM
pleted it and the rest of the after
noon they merely were mud-caked
wretches giving the Redskins
workout. With that kind of offense
the best they should have gotten
was a vitriolic scolding from Stout
Steve Owen, their bespectacled
coach. Still and all 1t got them two
touchdowns.
Skins Do Everything But Win.
What was the Tribe doing all
that time? Well, 1t rolled up IA
first downs evenly divided between
passes and running plays; piled up
100 yards on plays through knee
deep ooze that would have discour-
aged fat porker, threw 25 passes
and completed IL, and lost the ball
game.
The Giants helped them complete
one pass-that touchdown catch of
Adams-which is not included in the
figures.
You can't say Dick Poillon used
faulty judgment in throwing the
ball that boomeranged into the
Skins defeat. At least Coach Ray
Flaherty commended him for trying
the play.
1T was no gamble" he said de-
iectedly. I'VE should have completed
that pass. We've made dozens like
1t and even if they are intercepted
they shouldn't 60 for touchdowns.
We Just had one of those days, al
though I've never in all my football
experience seen one quite like it."
Somebody pulled out sheaf of
statistics and asked Ray If he had
seen them.
Take 'em away" he cried. "I feel
sick every time look at them
You can blame it on the rain or
anything else, but it will be a long
time before you see another game
like it.
Giants Score on First Play.
"On a dry field we figure to mur-
der them Flaherty said. I'VE
should have beaten them by two or
three touchdowns
On dry field we would have
done some running ourselves"
winked Owen. But there's no doubt
that we got the breaks today"
The Giants first score was not
tainted. however, but came on well
executed play that caught the Red
skin secondary-Steve Juzwik, par
notwithstanding soundly. The
Skins had taken the initial kickoff
and after failing to show a sus-
tanned offensive, Poillon had punted
out exactly at midfield.
On the first play willy Tuffy Lee
mans pulled fake reverse OF which
he hoated a long. lazy pass down
the right side of the field into the
outstretched arms of galloping Will
Walls. Juzwik hesitated a split sec
ond before breaking after the flee
Ing Walls and that was all the
Giants needed. Nary a hand was
laid on the veteran Giant end as
he raced to the goal line.
Bob Seymour got Washinetc>l's
touchdown on two line bucks from
the 4-yard line where johnny
kovatch had planted the ball on a
pass from Sammy Baugh. Just be-
fore that the Skins had gotten a
good break when Ed Justice took a
pass on Al Ovens fingertips for a
nrst down on the l7-yard stripe.
Seymour plowed through to the
8 before Baugh uncorked the pass
that set up the touchdown plays.
Tribe Merely Threatens.
The Tribe was knocking at the
door OF another touchdown early in
the third period when Poillon's punt,
which went out of bounds on New
York's 6-yard line, put the Giants
In bad hole. Chickerneo's return
boot went out on the IS and 1t took
the Skins no time at all to reach
the 9-yard stripe on couple of
running plays by Poillon followed
by his snort pass to Masterson.
DICK tried another pass to the
same end, who was out in the fiat
alone with touchdown in sight,
but the deluge was on in full force
at this time and the ball went awry
Even then Washington had an op-
portunity to take the lead, electing
to try a placement with Masterson
booting.
This time the snap from center
vas fumbled by Poillon, but Master
son, thinking quickly in pinch,
picked i up, ran to the right and
launched a long pass toward Ed
Offers in the end zone. Merle Hapes
threw himself at the ball and
Knocked it down, thereby returning
possession to the Giants.
The Redskins were well in Giant
territory again few minutes later
when Poillon cranked up and lobbed
a fea.hery toss out into the fiat
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