Evening star., 1943-11-15
By WALTER McCALLUM.

Only something WIN q OeIlQlCe
resemblance to a miracle can keep
the rampaging Redskins out of the
National Football Leagues Eastern
Division championship and a third
crack this year at the Chicago Bears
in the playoff game for the profess
sional laurels.
The Redskins will have their
second whack at the Bears, 2l-14
victors over them in preseason
exhibition, next Sunday before an
other sellout crowd at Griffith
Stadium. And more thrills are an
ticipated than were provided yes
terday in the Capital clubs 42-to-20
triumph over Detroit's scrappy
Lions.
Wrapped up in the gew-gaws be-
fitting the season, the Redskins
probably will present the Eastern
championship to George Preston
Marshall, club president, and Coach
Arthur j. Bergman at Griffith
Stadium on November % when for
the second time this season they
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happen next Sunday.
The Redskins, in this zany pro
pigskin season, could only lose the
championship it seems by % los
ing Sammy Baugh, their only ma
jor scoring threat, by serious in
Jury; Cd a complete collapse of the
entire team: or 90 combination
of these and losses in the next four
games, three of them against
Eastern teams.
Baugh-Luckman Duel Due.
That head-to-head meeting next
Sunday between Baugh, in the mid
die of his greatest season, and Sid
Luckman, Bear passer, who erased
one of Sammy's league records yes
terday, should be something to
watch. The game has been sellout
for weeks. Great as Baugh was in
almost single -handedly licking Gus
Dorias' Lions yesterday before 35,540,
his performance was overshadowed
by Luckman's against the Giants at
New York.
But Baugh made good 18 of 80
passes for 18O of the 286 yards the
Redskins gained against the Lions.
Four of the 18 went for touchdoWns.
Sammy came up with a league
record. too, by intercepting four
Detroit heaves, one directly leading
to the Redskins second score in the
second quarter.
He sparkled as punter and on
defense. He set the Detroit club
back deep in its territory with quick
kicks of 80, Is, 66 and So yards,
efforts which Harry Hopp, Detroit
booter, could not match when the
two engaged in quick-kickng duel.
Sinkwich Proves Greatness.
But there was another great foot
ball player on the field-Frankie
Sinkwich. The former Georgia all
America spearheaded all three De-
troit scoring drives, passing for two
touchdowns and lodging and fight
ing his way through flock of Red
skin tacklers after intercepting a
Baugh pass on the Redskin 80 to
score the other. Sinkwich is a lot
of football player.
Coach Dorais sprung surprise by
tossing in his second Lion team as
a starter, without all-Americas
Sinkwich or Guard Augie Lilo. Augie,
by the way, played a whale OF a
game but did nothing to destroy
the general idea that the Redskins
themselves have some good linemen
The former Georgetown guard
missed with one of three kicks after
touchdowns, while the two Redskin
kickers-Masterson and Aguirre-
made good on six.
It took the Skins 10 minutes As
seconds to get started against the
Lions, with both teams coy in the
early play and quick-kicking fire.
quently. But the Skins worked the
ball to the Lion 10 when Joe Aguirre
took a pass and ran for q yards
Then Baugh tossed an angled pass
to Bob Masterson in the end zone
Near the end of the initial period
Wilbur Moore, keen Redskin back
was banished from the game fol
taking a poke at Detroit End Johnny
Hightower. In the Moore Danish
ment the officials failed to see that
Hightower had rubbed Wilbur's
stubby nose in the sideline line and
then had punched him. Wilbur