Evening star., 1943-12-15
Pascha| Yard on Top
As Ground Gamer;
Farkas a Ruler
BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN,


to determine who Won the 1943 Ma
tional Football League ball-carrying
championship-and the winner was
Bill Paschal, New York Giants
rookie fullback, who edged out the
Philpitts' Jack Hinkle by a scant
yard.
Paschal, the former Georgia Tech
freshman star, piled up 92 yards
Sunday as the Giants surprised the
Redskins. 31-7, and accumulated a
total of 572 in lat attempts as the
regular pro season ended. The
blond blitZ thus used the Skins as
handy stepping stone to the title,
gaining 280 yards through them In
his last two games.
His running contributed greatly
TO Washington's two successive de-
feats by New York which have
thrown the two teams into playoff
Sunday for the Eastern Division
crown and the right to meet the
Chicago Bears for the national
championship December 26 in
Chicago.
Closest Race Ever.
Hinkle closed his campaign a week
ago, posting ST. yards in 116 carries
for a fine 40 average. Paschal's job
of noSing him out to become the
sixth rookie to win the ball-toting
title ended the most closely-con-
tested race for this honor in league
history.
What started out as a great aerial
duel between the Bears Sid Luck
man and Washington's Sammy
Baugh wound up with Slingin' Sam
having a clear-cut margin for the
passing championship. Baugh, Off
cially credited with completing 16I
out of % passes against New York
Sunday, led the league in both num-
ber of completions and percentage
OF completions, which were the
measuring sticks for deciding the
crown. He hit on 1873 of his 239
tosses for a net gain of 1854 yards
and % touchdoWns.
Luckman connected on 10 of his
202 attempts and set two all-time
records by gaining 2,194 yards and
pitching for q touchdownS.
Baugh retained the punting cham
pionShip with a 459 average on so
tries. and also set record on num- !
Der OF intercepted passes, stealing II
Of them.
Farkas Best in Punt Returns.
Don HutSon, Green Bays star end |
who signed last week as assistant
coach of the Packers, won three
individual tltles-paSs receiving, with
Al catches; scoring, with 1T points,
and field-goal kicking, with three out
of five attempts.
Other l943 champions are Ken
Helneman of the Brooklyn Dodgers,
In kickoff returns, and Andy Farkas
OF Washington, in punt returns.
The leaders:
Ball CARVING
esschal New York IA a.; 599@$ 599$ q = A{e 3a
5;5'' s:,s,.5 IS S. B Z 4
Passing.
ssgsh Washington A!s - !3 g i5s4 fes Tds s ln p
Comp, Green Bay % As 56c 4 i
New record.
Pass Receiving.
zyt,or. Green pav RSd Yds- Lg, I'd;
&5o5:. SSS'55s vs5sa!'ss j So s: 3
Scoring
Hut.on Green Raw tbs. E5gP. FG. TP
eisfE sf;sSa s.SSs SEss" Sss yo3E E g : = :
Bob SNYDER Bears, SCI record by kicking
30 extra points
Field Goals
vn,.on c-.. Nm Ats 1gt
So sSss.s. xss s.sSs 7s'H te-: Ho., 3 : i
saugh. washington So So AE. 45-s ~ *. si
k5:sha25, kSRs Rf''sts New York !: !: 4Ss iS2 s@ g
Punt Returns.
ru, ,,. No. Az, Dis. Lst IDS
:TSeqs sS:iss %2s2#si3o RssR35S5on ts55S} 5 =
Kickoff Returns
gs,asms. r., ne a. Brooklyn i ~ = s. s. la;
steele steele Phi Phiipitt = II SIS IS Q.
interruptions.
~ , No. Yds, Ret Let, IDS;
Comp, eEs,n Bay W i3 !49 3 !
Hutson, Green Bay 197 81 II
New record.