Evening star., 1943-12-24
Capital Squad Hoping
10 Hold Last Drills
Al Purdue Outside
BY GEORGE HUBER,
Star Staff Correspondent.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 24s-One
more big dose Of football training
was on the Redskins schedule to-
day as they put on the final touches
Of preparation for Sundays world
championship game in Chicago
against the Bears. The defending
National Football League Cham
lpions, % strong, were to go through
morning and afternoon drills today
and another drill tomorrow morn
ing at Purdue University. with more
movies tonight Of their last Sum
days victory over the New York
Giants and their 21-7 win over the
Bears in Washington last month
This mornings workout was in
doors on the dirt floor of Purdues
field house as the Skins polished up
on a few plays designed to add
mite more deception to their offense,
while this afternoon they were to
drill outdoors against the Bears T
formation attack.
They had a little lost time to
make up because yesterdays work.
out at Purdue didn't amount to
much. Train delays didn't get them
into Lafayette until noon, and their
equipment was shunted aside en-
route and they had to go through
session of signal drills while
dressed in their street clothes. The
trunks finally got here last night.
Christmas Day Trip.
After tomorrow mornings drill
the Skins will make a Christmas
Day trip to Chicago and stay over
night at the Medinah Athletic Club
to be quieted and rested for Sun
days payoff tilt.
The players appear quietly con-
fident they'll take Chicago into
camp on Sunday as they did in this
seasons regularly-scheduled game
and in last years playoff in Wash
ington. 1t will be a tight, tough
game they know, but they have a
victory complex. Last night after
dinner the Redskins went to the
movies again-movies of the last
three Bear games, Just to refresh
their memories of Bear strategy and
players.
Reports from Chicago Of an
injury-riddled Bear squad are dis
counted. The Bears haven't played
for nearly a month and there
shouldn't be a hurt man on the
squad aside from rookie guard Pete
Gudauskas. who broke his arm In
practice on Tuesday. But this is
balanced by the return of Danny
Fortmann. Chicago stories also talk
OF the long layoff as having hurt
the Bears, but the Redskins aren't
letting that figure in their plans
at all. The Washington players
are on edge for this game and they
expect the Chicago players to be
likewise.
Injuries Balanced.
Any stories of injuries to the
Bears-such as one that Bill Stein
kemper's back isn't responding to
treatment-can be balanced by
those very genuine injuries to Red
skins.
None of the Skins really is in
bad shape But tackle Lou Rymkus
does have knee that still bothers
him after last Sundays game
against the Giants, and Wilbur
Moore, who returned to action last
Sunday. still doesn't appear able to
play long game at top speed and
ability. He likely will be spot
player, but Coach Dutch Bergman
will keep him in there as long as
the boy will stand up.
It's cold here but much colder in
Chicago, where yesterday the tenn
perature dropped to three degrees
above freezing, although no snow is
above freezing, although no snow is
predicted by the weatherman.
Wrigley Field, scene of SUNDAYS
game, is frozen as cold and hard
as brass monkeys nose. Cleated
shoes can't bite into the ground,
and tennis shoes, with which the
Redskins are supplied, probably will
be used.
The hard ground also means more
OF passing than a running game.
and the Redskins have Sam Baugh
to do the passing. The Bears. of
course have Sid Luckman, who still
is very talented passer despite
the low regard with which he is
held by Washington fans who saw
him In action at Griffith Stadium
on November 81 and who weren't
impressed.
Looms as SellOut.
Despite the cold weather. Sum-
days game looms as a sellout. The
ticket sale so far is about sl2O,OOO
and capacity would bring in around
S13O,000. If there's sellout crowd
1t means plenty of money to be cut
up by the players. The Government
tax, stadium rental, the league cut
ana club expenses all come off the
top, but that still may leave around
$4,000, possibly a shade more to
be divided 60-40. The Redskins
made a generous cut of their share
In vote among the players, and If
they win 1t will mean around sl.1OO
each.
The Redskins vote was the most
generous since the club came to
Washington with just about every-
body included. They voted 321h
shares, plus 500 off the top to Max
krause, former player who this sea-
son has acted as water boy and gen.
orally the Redskins most ardent
supporter when he could get awav
from his post at the Naval Research
Laboratory at An;Costia. Twenty
SIX players who have been with the
club all season get full shares.
George Cafego and William Conk-
right, who joined the team after
the season opened, each get half
a share. Coaches Dutch Bergman
and Turk Edwards also were granted
full shares, as was General Man
ager Sid Carroll. This is the first
time, incidentally, that the Skins
have cut in their manager. Three
fourths Of share goes to DR.. Will
liam Bohn, trainer, with one-fourth
to Red Johnson, former trainer