Evening star., 1943-11-08
.Wobb|y Line flinders
Baugh as Phi|pitts
Tie Champions
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

their cold games against the Phil.
pitts yesterday in Philadelphia, anc
Coaches Dutch Bergman and Turl
Edwards are set to tell them about il
when they resume drills at Griffith
Stadium tomorrow.
Next game for the Skins is against
Detroit's Lions Sunday at Griffith
Stadium, AND if they don't give
Sammy Baugh better protection
when he fades back to pass than they
did yesterday, they might drop theil
first game Of the league season. Sc
far they've won four and tied one
but even though the Philpitts were
lucky to get away with a tie yester-
day, the breaks might have given
them win.
Not often has the passing Baugh
Mr.. Big of the Redskin offense, been
so rushed as he was by the re-
.surgent Philpitts. who played their
best game of the year. Sammy
completed Is of 80 attempts for q
total of lat yards against 80 gained
by the passing of Leroy thinner
man, his Philadelphia rival and for
mer RedSkln teammate, but most of
BeughS passes were of the short
fiat variety. The Redskin line wasn't
up to par. Baugh simply didn' I
have time, so fast cid the Philpitt
forwards rush him, to fade back
and pick receivers for his usual
lengthy tosses.
Skins Pass to One Score.
The usual Baugh-to- Wilbur Moore
passing combination, which is on
the way to setting new records
accounted for one of the two Red
skin touchdowns, with Willing Will
bur snatching Baugh aerial on
the Eagle Is and sliding over for
the score.
Lou Rymkus, former Notre Dame
captain-a line standout, as were
Willie Wilkin and Dick Farman-
scored the other Redskin touch
down in thriller played at Shibe
Park before 1854 when he blocked
Zimmerman punt on the Philpitt
3, picked up the ball and scrambled
on his knees across the goal.
Bob Masterson converted both
times but missed with field goal
try from the 81 and late in the
game Joe Aguirre missed with an
other from the As.
Baugh completed so per cent of
his passes but time after time he
was rushed so badly he had little
time 70 choose receivers. But he
outdid Zimmerman. who made good
5 of II attempts Baugh played the
entire so minutes
The Philpitts obviously had been
we'll oached in rushing Baugh.
Tackles Frank Kilrov and AL Wistert
hit Sammy so hard they tore off
his shirt. Following the Skins first
to tie the score late
in the second quarter. Sammy, only
half his torso covered by a shirt
took time out to don another jersey.
A scoreless first quarter, with
neither team threatening, left the
Eagles In posse ssion Of the ball on
their 35 In the second quarter,
faded back to pass, but
was rushed and ran the ball to his
49, On fourth down he punted
to the Redskin 3. Baugh passed to
Seymour on the %. then tried an
other. but Larry Cabrelli, Philpitt
end, intercepted on the 80 and ran
for a touchdown.
Breaks Hurt Capital Team.
A little later in the period, the
aided by a pass interfer-
ence penalty, got to the Eagle 20.
Then Baugh fat pass to Moore
in the end zone gave the Skins their
first score. MaSterSon converted. No
one could have called either team
better in the first half.
The Skins ran into trouble in the
third period, getting several breaks
in row against them. Seymour
ran back Zimmerman kick 55
yards, but the play was recalled and
the Skins penalized Is yards to
their 16 for clipping. Then Zim-
norman intercepted a Baugh pass
on the Eagle IS and ran the ball
to the 25. Bob Seymour fumbled on
the Eagle % and the Eagles recov-
cred.
The Skins took another bad break
when Seymour intercepted Zim-
norman pass and ran it 80 yards.
only to have his team penalized for
unnecessary roughness and sent
back to its own 10. Then Baugh in
tercepted pass on the goal line
and ran it out eight yards before
kicking out of bounds on his Al
Seymour intercepted pass and
tossed to Baugh. who ran to the
Eagle 49, This play was called back
as the officials ruled Seymour had
passed the ball forward instead of
tossing a lateral.
Only 20 seconds of the final
quarter had licked away when
Rymkus, Masterson and Farman
blocked a Zimmerman punt, with
Rymkus recovering on the Eagle
and crawling over for the score.
Masterson's s kick was good.
Phillpitts Toss to Score.
Two minutes later the Philpitts
tied the score Bob Thurman ran
the kickoff back IS yards to his 45
and Zimmerman passed to Bova for
20 yards. Then Ernie Steele, once
sought by the Redskins. took 2
Zimmerman pass on the Redskin 80
and went over. Seymour hit Steele