Evening star., 1943-10-18
Play Much Improved,
Champs Amazingly
Rout Green Bay
By WALTER McCALLUM,
STIR Staff Cor,eSpopdept

/ in The -forpay version of the
2ridiron sport. Not only did they
take the Green Bay Packers apart
and scatter the pieces around the
field here at State Fair Park yes
terday, by score Of 33 to 7. but they
unle2&hcd an unstoppable grounc
attack. something entirely new for
tire Skins this year. Combined with
Gammv Baueh'S accurate to"ses to
Wilbur Moore, Andy Farkas and Joe
Aguirrc, it smothered the hitherto
"n3"'~Gt-d P""'scrS before sellout
crowd of $4,000, which jammed the
wooden bowl to the limit. The gam
blers took a licking, also. Before the
game they had made the Packers
2la -to-1 faVorltes.
While the reiuvenated Redskins
were punching Don Futson & Co
al over the field, the Chicago Bears
were Soundlv trouncing the Phil
pitts. The net result is that the
Skins, with two league games behind
them, are the top pro football out
fit, leading the other :even National
League teams. Prior to yesterday S
licking by the Bears the PhilpittS
he'd beaten the Dodgers and Giants.
The Bears ard Packers tied three
week c"O
Passes Get Four ScoreS.
Fout oI the five Pedskin touch
downs came directly from the rsthal
passing arm Of Baugh, two of
the tosseS being made to the
alert. smart Wilbur Moore in the
end zone one to Aguirre and an
other to Andy FarkaS. Hammering
Andy hulled over the first score for
the Skins Az minutes after the kick
off, after Skins had carried the ball
80 yards on straight football in 10
plays. Five minutes later after
Green Bay took the kickoff and was
unable to gain, the Skins drove or
running plays, with an occasional
Baugh pass tossed in. to the Packer
IA, where Baugh faded back to his l8
and heaved to Moore in the end
zone Although Moore was covered
by two men, one of them Don Hut
son. he grabbed the oval out of the
air in almost miraculous fa~hion.
The Skins. with Moore and FarkaS
ing the fleet Hutson. almost
A'etely bottled up the Green Bay
pc Va department. Hutson got
away for the only Green Bay score
of the game midway of the final
period when Tony Canadeo, bane of
the Redskins in the 1921 licking
Green Bay handed them in an early
exhibition game. wound up and
tossed one to the speedy Alabaman.
Hutson seemed not himself. Twice
he seemed to have Green Bay aerial
in MS hands. and neither time did
he make a move to catch the speed
ing ovGl.
Packers Are Outclassed.
Scoring twice in the first period
and once each in the other quarters.
the Redskins played rings around
the overrated Packers. Net only did
thev look 100 per cent better IN the
passing department., but they out
gained the Packers on the ground,
l39 wards to 48. and outgained them
through the air, 142 yards to ll9,
doubling the Packers flrSt-down
total with Is to 8. Total yarda9e
was Redskins. 28l, to 1873, with
Green Bay picking up l6 by lateral
passing.
Baueh pitched Is complete passes
out of 90 attempts for total Of 132
wards. almost half the ground gained
by the skins.
So you can toss out those earlier
exhibition game losses to the College
AU-Stars, the Packers and Bears.
They came at a time when the Skins
hadn't yet organized their running
attack and hadn't become welded
together as a team. They are
team now. a relentless crew which
poured it on .the Packers to aVenge
that previous licking and now are
on the rampage for Bear meat. They
plav the Bears next month in Wash
ington, and if Yesterdays game was
a criterion they'll give the Anderson
crew a bad afternoon.
Tuck Game Away Quickly.
Within nine minutes of the opening
period Washington virtually had the
game on ice. with Farkas bulllng
over from the 2 for the first score,
and Moore making a miracle catch
for the second Sammy Baughs So
ward kick on first down set up the
second quarter touchdown. showing
the Packers back to their own Is,
where Lou Brock booted poorly to
the Packer 48. Seymour made a
Redskin first down, and Moore took
Baugh pass for another on the
Packer 20. Seymour made another
first down on the Packer 8 and
Baugh tossed another to Moore in
the end zone. Baugh again tossed
to set up the fourth Skin score.
heaving twice to Moore for gains
/ of IS and 10 yards to the Packer
/ IS. from which Farkas. on reverse,
| hit center to the Packer 7. Then
Baugh tossed to Moore in the end
zone, but the pass was not good
because Moore was out of bounds.
On the next play Farkas ran wide,
| catching another Baugh pass to go
over standing up.
/ Early in the fourth quarter, with
the Packers pinned down on their
own Is after Baugh had angled a
punt out of bounds, the feet Texas
Christian star intercepted Packer
pass by Tony Canadeo on his own
20. and ran it to the 8, where the
Skins were penaliZed yards for
delaying the game. Baugh passed
! to Seymour on the Packer 5 and