Evening star., 1942-08-30
Army Stars Put
Skins 10 Acid
Test Today
Prestige Stoked, Pros
Give Works in Bottle
With Spirited Foe
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON,
Star Staff Correspopdent

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Aug. %
Against the cavernous backdrop of
the Coliseum, scene of some of the
West Coasts most brilliant football
struggles, the Washington Redskins
launch their 1912 grid campaign to-
day against the Western Army ALL
Stars, the ne plus ultra of talent
in Uncle Sans fighting forces this
side of the Mississippi.
With three weeks of intensive
training behind them, the pros, CO.
favorites with the Chicago Bears to
fight it out for the National League
championship, find themselves rated
stronger than the foe, but pre-game
choices who will have to dig deeply
into their fund of football lore to
offset the Drawn and streamlined
condition and determination of the
soldiers.
1t is an exhibition game, staged
Tor the benefit of the Army relief
1und, but has assumed the contour
OF the biggest football attraction
this tinseled town, which prides
itself on being the Nations football
capital, will see this year or perhaps
any year. Locally it is regarded as
super-colossal struggle of even
greater magnitude that last Friday
nights all-star game at Chicago.
1t is conjectural if the Skins will
meet team better equipped for the
| immediate task ahead, physically
and mentally, in their league title
race, and the Army most assuredly
does not expect to encounter sterner
competition in any of its remaining
games.
Baugh Against Kimbrough.
On paper it shapes up as a duel
between the tribes Sammy Baugh.
one OF the greatest passers who ever
heaved the pigskin, and the COM
bined ball-carrying of hand picked
Army cast headed by Jarrin' John
Kimbrough, former Texas A. and
M. all-American. Certainly Baugh
will be the featured performer in
Washlngton's backfield, although his
running mates will be much in evi-
dence, but Kimbrough may be
merely another cog in the Army's
attack as the game unfolds.
The most important factor in the
Redskins favor Is their experience,
for Coach Ray Flaherty will field a
team that has played together sew
eral years as unit, while the Army,
for all of its stars, still is only
collection of good football players
just beginning to get acquainted.
In move aimed at overcoming
this weakness Mai. Wallace Wade
will start team including eight
Texas Aggie alumni and another
gridder from the Lone Star State.
His opening backfield is thoroughly
Aggie. Forest Ferguson, an end, and
Emile Fritz, guard from Wander
bilt. are the only non Texans on
the team.
While Kimbrough is being touted
as the chap to watch, the word
passed around among those SEEM
ingly in the know is that Marion
Pugh, another Aggie graduate, has
been groomed for the key assign
ment. Pugh, 1.-the triple threat
had year of professional expert
ence with the Giants and appar-
emily is just coming into full bloom
as a gridman.
Does Most of Army Passing.
Pugh, observers say, is the man
who has done most of the passing in
the Army's practice session and has
been firing the ball as accurately as
small cannon. If he doesn't get
the assignment Kay Eakin, another
former Giant, may step into the
picture. Still another one-time
Giant, little Eddie Miller, also is
ready for action. Small and elusive
in broken field. Eddie may be used
for spot plays where man OF his
stature and speed can work more
effectively than bigger back.
Wade, whose Duke elevens played
a conservative brand of football,
centering their offense in line
smashing with just enough razzle-
dazzle and passing to keep the op-
position guessing, is reported to have
equipped his men with a varied over
head attack in the belief that the
Redskin line will be too big and too
tough to run through or around.
Kimbrough. however, will have every
opportunity to display his vaunted
plunging and broken-field ability
before the soldiers take to the air.
Pros Hold Offensive Margin.
Extensively the National Leaguers
seem to have wide margin for pro
football is geared to a high-speed
(See REDSKINS, Page C-3)