Evening star., 1943-11-29
Gird Against Another
0pset in Tilt With
Giants Sunday
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

WASIll18 COl NcOSAIS, VIII
thought they had date to play the
Chicago Bears December 10 in de-
Tense of their National Football
League championship, today were
priming against an upset next Sun
day by the New York Giants such
as they suffered yesterday at
Grifnth Stadium when the Philadel-
phia-Pittsburgh club, otherwise
known as the Philpitts or Steagles
debated them with a genuinely
earned 27-l4 victory. It cost the
Redskins . clinch on the league S
Eastern Division title. The Bears
sewed up the Western crown yester-
day by defeating the Chicago Car
dinals, 1924.
The Redskins have two more
whacks at the Eastern title. A win
or tie against the Giants Sunday
at New York in the first clash OF
the year between these traditional
foes would do the trick. And If they
miss they'll have another chance
here December IL against the same
Giants. If the Steagles do the un-
expected and lick the Green Bay
Packers next Sunday, and the Red
skins drop their next two, the Skins.
Giants and Philpitts will tie and
an Eastern Division playof1 will be
necessary.
Somewhere along the line of a 10
game season the Redskins had to
have an of day and take a licking,
so Coach Bergman said. But Dutch,
and the other Redskins didn't care
to take 1t at the hands of the
Steagles, who tied the Redskins in
Philadelphia three weeks ago. There
was no hint Of tie yesterday. The
Steagles, from the moment they
stepped on the field. looked the vic
tors, and at no time did the Red
skins loom as winners.
Steagles Always in Saddle.
From the opening kickoff to the
final play, with Andy Farkas downed
on the Steagle 2-yard line as the
game ending gun went off, the
Steagles were the masters in a con-
test that saw Sammy Baugh booed
for the first time in his pro career,
two Redskins and one Steagle
elected for roughness and automat-
ically fined $50 under league rules,
and Steagle halfback, turned down
lby the Redskins two months ago.
emerge as the hero of the winning
club.
Ernie Steele, a second-year man
in the pro league, once sought by
the Redskins and rejected after a
looking over, contributed one of the
Philpitt touchdowns and was the
best all-around ground-gainer on
the field. Along with a Redskin
castoh, Leroy Zimmerman. and
Halfback Bob Thurbon, formerly of
the University of Pittsburgh, Steele
gave the Redskins a bad afternoon,
their worst Of the season, and their
first loss.
Through almost the entire first
half, barring one abortive Redskin
surge to the shadow of the enemy
goal, the Philpitts dominated the
game. leaving the field with a TO
margin at halftime, scoring again
in the third quarter and twice in
the finai period.
Not often do the Redskins drive
far down the field to the enemy
15-yard line with four downs to go
and not score. They did yesterday
as rabid Redskin fans, gathered to
see the Skins chnch the Eastern
crown, saw Sammy Baugh throw
three wild touchdown passes in a
row, with the Philpitts taking over
on downs. That was the turning
point of the ball game. midway of
the second period. Had Sammy
thrown in his usual unerring fashion
the game might have had a different
result. But he missed successfully
on passes to Aguirre. Farkas and
Farkas again. From that point on
the Steagles took over in manner
that left no doubt as to the better
team.
Thurbon Twice Scores.
Twice Bob Thurbon drove through
tackle for Steagle scores, in the first
and third quarters, scoring from the
7 and yard lines. Once Ernie
Steele, as capable a running back
as you'll see, found gaping hole
In the right side of the Redskin line
and ran Al yards for touchdown
outspeeding Sammy Baugh, and to
add the final blow the surging Stea-
giles blocked q Baugh punt. a rare
thing in Washington football an
nails, on the 1-yard line from which
point Halfback Jack Hinkle romped
across for another Steagle score.
For a brief moment late in the
third quarter the Redskins came
back, when Center George Smith
took a punt blocked by Guard Joe
Zeno and ran it to the Eagle 33
The score then was 14-0 against
the Skins, and after Wilbur Moore
advanced the ball to the 4. Baugh
tossed to Bob Masterson in the end
zone. Masterson made a finger-tiI
catch, and seconds later kicked the
goal to make the score TIA, 1C
seconds before the quarter ended
But six minutes later Zimmerman
who ran his team like a master
from the T-formation, intercepted
a Baugh pass on the Steagle "a
snufing prolonged Redskin drive
and Hinkle and Steele collaborated
in drive to the Redskin AZ. There
big Vic Sears and Frank Kilroy
Steagle tackles, opened a hole one
could have driven a truck through
permitting Steele to romp for the
score as he outran Baugh. Although
zimmermans try for the extra point
was blocked, that touchdown put
the game on ice with the tally 2O-7
against the Skins and 9 minutes to
play
The big climax came a minute
later when Baugh's fourth-down
(See REDSKINS, Page Abb