Evening star., 1943-12-06
Need Win or Tie Here
For Eastern Title;
PaschaI Great
BY WALTER McCALLUM,

Your Redskins today put a stop
order on transportation to Chicago,
where they might, if they can lick
or tie the Giants here next Sunday.
meet the Bears December 10 for the
world professional grid title. An
other upset such as the Giants
scored at the Polo Grounds yester-
day before 51,308 half frozen fans,
and the Skins will be tossed smack
into the middle of tie with these
same Giants, where playof game
will be needed to decide the Eastern
championship. Only one consola-
tion remained for the Skins The
possible tie for the Eastern title
which might come if the Skins toss
the clutch game to the Giants next
Sunday at Griffith Stadium, won't
be three-way affair. The Philpitts
were taken neatly out of the play at
Philadelphia, when the ponderous
Packers rolled over them 1928.
So the Eastern Division champion
ship which the Skins seemed to have
In the bag two weeks ago now comes
up to the final game of the year
here. The Skins have muffed two
shots in a row at the crown, and
they could muff the clincher If their
line again yields great holes for the
broken-f1eld running of Giant rookie
Bill PaSchal, who almost single
handed licked the reigning world
champs 14-l0.
Rookie Bill stood out like a tent
over all other running backs on the
field, scoring both Giant touchdowns
and battering and twisting his way
through huge holes in the RedSkin
line for most of the 13 first downs
the Giants scored, while the Skins
could make only 7. If the Skins
don't find way to bottle up Batter
ing Bill from Georgia Tech next
Sunday they can muff the Eastern
title. Their line yielded 27O yards
to the Giant rushing attack, but
Sammy Baugh, who tossed 16 COM
pletions in q attempts, and has won
the league passing efficiency crown
again, was standout in the aerial
department.. Sammy's passes gained
154 yards of the total of 223 rolled up
by the Skins. The Giants outgained
them overall 277 to 223. Sammy did
not toss a touchdown pass, but he
gained plenty of ground in midfeld
and two potential touchdown heaves
slid out of the waiting hands of
Andy Farkas.
Redskins Backs to Wall.
The Skins have their backs to the
wall now, battling to save the title
they had tucked away a fortnight
back And the Giants, rebounding
from an 0-3 midgame deficit, can tie
the Eastern race up in a knot next
Sunday.
Paschal, 100 pounds of fine run
ming back, was the standout. The
2l-year-old young star, possibly the
best rookie backfeld prospect of the
year in the pro league, scored the
first Giant touchdown at 927 of the
third quarter, when the Skins led
lO-7 on first quarter 26-yard field
goal by End Bob Masterson and
a 63-yard drive in the third chukker
with Andy Farkas doing most of the
carrying, bulling his way across from
the Giant 1-yard line.
Four and half minutes later
Paschal broke through big hole
in the right side of the Redskin line,
Juggling the ball from the Redskin
% to the Skin g. where Wilbur
Moore made gallant last-ditch
stop. 1t didn't save the score, for
on the next play the same Paschal
went through left guard, falling over
the line. This put the Giants 3
points back, and holding penalties
against the Skins forced them back
to their own 81 after Baugh-to-
Aguirre pass clicked on the Giant
43, from which point Baugh quick |
kicked to the Giant 30.
The Skins held and Giant Half
back Dave Brown kicked out of
bounds on the Redskin 81, where
one of the many breaks against the
Redskins called back big gain by
Masterson and penalized them back
to their own %, where Baugh, after
tossing two wild ones, kicked to
Paschal, who returned the ball to
the Giant "A, and on the next play
took it to the Giant At.
Paschal Goes Through Big Hole.
There Paschal found a hole big
enough to drive a tank through on
the left side of the Redskin line,
and twisting and dodging, drove SO
yards for the final and decisive score,
outrunning Sammy Baugh. who gave
up at the 5-yard line Dependable
Ward Cuff converted and the score
stood Giants. IA; Redskins, 10, with
less than five minutes remaining.
Again the Skins buckled down to
the job of scoring, and again they
were thwarted by another 15-yard
penalty, after Back Bob Seymour
had worked the bail on a Baugh pass
to the Skin 80 A pushing penalty
set them back to their own Is as the
clock moved inexorably toward a
Redskin defeat. Joe Aguirre made
first down on Baugh pass to the
Skin 46, and then four pass plays
failed in row, as alert Giant de-
iSih'S tAlNIi, oStllIlllS 1Cl gdlIl NlSOOl ,
batted down Sammy's long heaves.
With less than 2 minutes to play
the Giants took over on downs on
the Redskin As. and again the Skins
were penalized, this time for off
side, back to their own 49, Bull
KarciS, former Detroit Lion coach,
went in for the Giants and did a
successful job of freezing the ball.
moving the oval yards, as the
game ended, to the Redskin 33.
That's the story of how the Red
skins muffed their second shot at
the Eastern championship. It's a
story of a Redskin line yielding up
tremendous holes to a very capable
Bill Paschal, a young man who can
carry the mail on any ones football
club. And on alert Giant pass de-
tenders who knocked down Sammy
Baugh's lengthy heaves when Red
skin score seemed set up.
Paschal Has Lot of Help.
Young Mr.. Paschal didn't do it
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