Evening star., 1942-11-09
Three Weak Teams,
With Giants Next,
Left 10 Battle
Cardinals Prove Easy
Prey With All Their
Stors Hemmed In
BY LEWIS ATCHISON.

Jacobs loose-leaf teeth, the Red.
skins today are only two games
away from the Eastern champion
ship of the National Football League
and with only three weak sisters
barring their way are lead-pipe
cinches to get into the play-off.
The Chicago Cardinals went down
like slug of old brandy, 28-0, be-
fore turnaway throng of 5,425
customers at Griffith Stadium as
Sammy Baugh and Bob Masterson
romped of with individual honors
Baugh. uncorking one of his finest
kicking and passing exhibitions of
the season, completed IA of 20
throws and Masterson attached
himself to two for touchdowns.
Robert also kicked in with three
extra points.
Losing the flag now would be a
greater shock to the populace than
anything that ever happened to the
Redskins, including that 1910 defeat
by the Bears. They go to New York
Sunday, return the following week
for their final home stand of the
regular schedule, and wind up
against Detroit out West. They
ought to beat all three with hands
tied behind their backs and Doc
Mauro playing fullback.
Ray Flaherty thinks they'll finish
the job as quickly as possible. A
win over the Giants will assure them
of no worse than tie and If they
take the next two they're home, but
Ray wants to win all three.
Even Malone Clicking.
The Tribe gradually is regaining
its full strength for the stretch run
George Smith should be back next
week at the latest. Vic Carroll
played a good part of yesterdays
game and seems fit and sound
again. Even the old war horse,
Charley Malone, caught pass with
the old finesse and when he took
couple OF vicious tackles and blocks
without losing an arm or leg it was
proof enough he's ready for the
rough work.
The pity of it is that the Tribe
can't 90 through undefeated because
of its Auke loss to the Giants. The
Bears may turn the trick, although
they have Green Bay coming up
this week and in a belligerent mood,
and a playoff between unbeaten
elevens would be grand attraction.
But that's water under the bridge.
The important thing is to get into
the classic and the devil take the
statistics.
There was no sign Of the old bug
aboo, overconfldence, around the
premises as the Tribe walloped
Jimmy Conzelman's outfit. Master
son caught Baugh's first payot1
pitch less than five minutes after
the opening kickoff and 30 seconds
before the initial period ended Ray
Hare catapulted through center Tor
Al yards and the clincher that COM
pletely and finally ruined the Cards.
Thereafter they strictly were going
through the motions.
Cards Offer Little Competition.
AS we started to say, the Skins
didn't fool around but got down to
business Immediately, but it was
apparent from the outset they didn't
have much competition. The Cards
were slow, sluggish and dispirited.
They made only two serious scoring
threats all afternoon but the Skins
hurled back the first from the g.
inch line and the officials shooed
'em away from the 7-yard line with
a 15-yard penalty later in the after
noon.
The Cards didn't play much foot
ball, missing innumerable easy
passes and being driven time and
again deep into their territory by
Baugh's long. booming quick kicks,
but the assorted bruises sported by
the Redskins will attest to their
fighting qualities. Dick Todd has
a pullet-sized lump on his forehead
and stiff neck as result Of getting
the knee from a party or parties
unknown, and Al Kruger took a
haymaker on the chin on the last
play of. the first half that left him
stunned and dazed. These were
only two of many incidents that
marred the game.
It got so bad in the second half
Fred Davis, Redskin tackle, was un-
able to restrain himself and un-
leashed an uppercut at Frank Bohl-
mann, 213-pound Cardinal guard
and promptly, if politely, was ush-
cred to the sideline by the officials
Chicago Stars Bottled.
"Biggie" Goldberg, advertised as
Chicago's big threat, was hemmed
in behind his own line most of the
afternoon and Bud SchWenk and
Bob Morrow, who did most of the
ground gaining, never strolled very
far with the Skins alert secondary
keeping careful watch over them
Chicago outgained the Tribe by land
159 yards to 145. but it couldn't
get inches when it meant a touch
down and Washington couldn't be
worried with yards when Baugh was
throwing touchdown passes.
Two passes to Dick Todd, advanc-
Ing the ball successfully to Chicago's
Al and II yard strips, set the stage
for Washintgon's third touchdown
1t was registered seconds later by
Wilbur Moore, who took another pes
from Sammy and OUTRAGED Gold.
berg to the end zone. He fumblee
after going over and long dis
cussion among the officials followed
before the score was allowed.
Schwenk's tumble soon after tn,
opening kickoff of the second half
recovered by Bill Young, startet
the Skins toward their final score
Exactly three minutes of the periot
had elapsed when Mastersol
wrapped his mitts around anothe
Baugh pass after dodging past tn
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