Evening star., 1942-11-01
Breeze for Redskins
Expected Against
Eagles Today
Tribe Much Improved
Since Tough Bottle
With PhilIy Club
By LEWIS ATCHISON.

The lads from down under, down
under the other four clubs in the
National Football Leagues Eastern
Division, will be with us this aft
| ernoon when Philadelphia's non
flying Eagles invade Griffith Sta
dium for q tussle with the Redskins.
The kickoff is scheduled for 2:30.
Running roughshod over all COM
petitors for the eastern crown, the
Redskins are expected to make short
shrift of Greasy Neale's gang. The
Tribe is close to home in its pennant
drive and the Phils are out Of it,
merely playing out their schedule
because the rules demand it. On
form Washington should win by
couple of touchdowns.
The Redskins en- masse and per-
sonally think today's fracas will be
mild workout and nothing more.
To be sure, the Eagles gave them a
rough party in Philly about month
ago but didn't pack winning punch
and since the Skins have improved
like keg of old wine. They reached
their peak last Sunday in Pitts
burgh, slipping the Steelers a 14-0
setback, and even II they are
trifle of this afternoon they seem
to have enough left to deal with the
Eagles.
Vic Carroll Available.
Vic Carroll, who got into the
Pittsburgh game in the last couple
of minutes, will be available today,
so the only missing casual will be
George Smith, still recuperating
from knee operation and not ex-
pected back for another 10 days.
Carroll will bolster line that seems
to need no reinforcing at this stage
of the campaign, but it's nice to
know he's ready again.
Then, too, Ray Flaherty has S.
Baugh, Sir Richard Todd, St. An
drew Farkas and other heroes of the
training table in fine fettle and ready
for battle. Baugh's field generalship
last week had champagne sparkle
and Saml tossed in a couple of runs
with his usual passing, the likes of
which, If repeated today, will cause
much woe and CONSERVATION in the
Phils' ranks.
But Neale has promised to touch
off few explosives before the after
noon is over and has collection Of
backs who can be troublesome. Take
this Tommy Thompson, for ex-
ample. He throws those long passes
that either miss or go for touch
downs. He leads the loop in yards
gained on passes and slight mental
lapse in the Tribe backfleld will be
all he'll need to slip over hay
maker.
Steele q Record Holder. zsk
The Eagles also have Ernie Steele,
who holds the record for running
back punts; Bosh Pritchard. the
former v. M. I. star; Twenty Grand
Davis, who runs with the speed of
the bangtail bearing the same
handle: Bert. johnson and Dick Erd-
litz. All good men and true, if not
quite as good as the Skin ball ham
dlers. The visitors are not deep in
manpower, factor which has con-
tributed more to their mounting
string of losses than any other, but
while their flrst-stringers are fresh
it's liable to be quite game.
While Washington is engaged here
the Chicago Cardinals, their op-
ponent next week, will be at Green
Bay for the express purpose of put
ting the quietus on Curley Lambeau's
pennant aspirations. Green Bay is
only game behind the undefeated
and pace making Bears and the
Cards, too, retain mathematical
chance of winning. A loss will put
a heavy frost on the hopes Of either
team but would be more damaging
to the Cardinals.
In the East, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh
and New York are clinging to math-
amatical possibilities but one will be
erased in the Steelers-Giants fray
and If Cleveland should come
through with an upset over Brook
lyn the Redskins may wind up with
what the boys like to call an insur-
mountable lead.