Evening star., 1943-09-27
Scoring by Air Marks
Tribe Rout Of Cards.;
Seno Ground Star
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

The Redskins were back in the
Capital today, their first victory of
the l943 season tucked away, but
with some misgivings about the
quality of their replacements for the
starting team, barring one man.
Fhey may have found in that 1921
licking they handed a weak Chicago
Cardinals team at Buffalos Civic
Stadium yesterday the shifty- -hipped,
tast-breaking, ken-field-running
back they've been looking for in
Frank Seno, 190-pound star of the
George Washington University back
held last year, but they learned that
the second team won't stop touch
downs, even against the Cardinals.
Late n the final quarter of the
game, played before 20,707 persons
In the Buffalo bowl Seno broke
away at his own "a and, outstripping
the entire Cardinal team, raced to
the Gard 2-yard line, where Johnny
Hall, feet Cardinal fullback, brought
him down from behind. Seno went
over for the final Redskin touch
down in personally conducted tour
OF Cardinal territory. The young
man, sophomore at George Wash
ington last year, hailing from Men
dota, ILL.,, may be the answer to the
need for a broken-he runner for
the Skins. He had been in previous
games only a few Enthusiastically
long enough to show his ability.
Center Smith SparkIes.
In the second quarter, when Coach
Bergman yanked almost all his first
team and all his starting backfield
with the exception of Wilbur Moore,
the Cards, with End Rucinsk spear
Ing passes, twice marched down the
held for touchdowns in the space of
AZ minutes. Then Bergman put
his first team back and stopped the
Cardinal attack.
one OF the heroes of the first Red
skin victory in four attempts this
year was Center George Smith,
PLAYING a heads-up, alert game,
Smith intercepted two Cardinal
passes and ran for scores. Other
Redskln touchdowns were made by
Wilbur Moore and Fullbacks Bob
seymour and Andy Farkas. End
Bob Masterson, placement specialist.
booted two points aftef touchdown,
had one attempt blocked and missed
another. Jack Jenkins and Joe Pas
qua, back and end, made both their
attempts good.
In more than doubling the score
on the Cardinals, Coach Bergman
used every man on the Redskin
squad, with the exception of Tackle
Willie Wilkin, out with a twisted
knee, and Alex Piasecky, new end,
Who reported Saturday. But the
hrst winning effort of the Skins
proved their second team hasn't
the class of the starting outfit, par
ticularly on defense.
The Redskins won In all DEPART
n1ents except in first downs.
Strangely enough, the Cards out
scored them in first downs in the
free-scoring game, 18 to 9. But the
Skins, with that long run of seno
tossed in, outgained the Cards on
the ground, 154 yards to 1877. and
completed of 13 passes for a total |
OF i104 yards. Sammy Baugh made |
good with two short passes for
touchdowns, but did not complete |
any OF his lengthy passing attempts. |
The Cardinals took severe physi-
cal beating likely to handicap them
greatly in the championship season. |
= The Skins have a day off today
and will resume serious drills to-
morrow, pointing for the opening
National Football League game at |
Griffith Stadium October 10. Thevll |
scrimmage cambridge Naval Sta
ton October 2.
Long-legged Bob Nasterson SPEAR
headed the Skins first score, put
ting them out in front, 80. in 71b
minutes with placement from the
3l-yard line smack through the
middle. Three minutes later, George
Smith intercepted a Marshall Gold
berg pass and ran through a broken
held a yards for Redskin score.
Masterson kicked the extra point
Two minutes later, after Sammy
Haugh unloosed 73yard quick kick
20 the Cards 2-yard line, and the
Cards kicked out to their 80, Wilbur
Moore took a shovel pass from
Baugh and threaded his way for
another Skin score The first quar-
ter ended. Redskins, IT; Cardinals, 0. !
Cards Tally With Passes.
! At this point, Bergman put in his
second team and the Cards went
70 town. Rucinski speared half a
dozen passes, taking a 45-yard
heave for the first Gard score.
Stokes kick was good. Two min
utes later, Cahill tossed one to Nor
row, who rambled 80 for the second
Gard score. Again Stokes kicked
goal. Up in the press box, Redskin
Prexy Marshall was talking to him
self. In the excitement you could
bear him say, Put that first team
hack.' On the field Coaches Berg
nan and Edwards were too busy to
bear. With their first team in. the
skins started again. Baugh quick
kicked to the Card 5, a boot of 65
yards, and Masterson blocked
Yard punt on the g. Baugh tossed
% Seymour on the 1-foot line and
seymour went over. Masterson's
kick was blocked.
= The third quarter was dull. with
20 scoring, with the Skins working
the ball tn the Cnrde, 5Aoe +loo