The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-12-23
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
By DOUG STEWART

Piling out of their ambulances
and dropping their crutches and
stretchers on the sidelines, the
Washington Redskins staggered out
onto the playing field at the Polo
Grounds on Sunday afternoon and,
after receiving a couple of blood
transfusions and an extra Whit of
ether-or something-suddenly re-
covered their mid-season form and
trampled the Giants under foot, to
the tune of % to 0.
And that's not all. During the
entire game the Giants were penal
lied Just twice-fve yards for hold
ing on defense and five yards for
taking too many times out. On the
other hand, the Redskins had just
about every penalty in the book
called on them, and also had to ov-
ercome a blocked kick, but they
brushed these reverses aside with
ridiculous ease-two plays after the
Giants recovered Baugh's blocked
quick kick on the Redskins 36-yard
line, they were back on their own 40
and had to kick themselves. (They
probably did just that
Sports writers and radio common
tators were almost unanimous in
picking the Giants to win, but for
the past two weeks in this column,
l have been repeating that the odds
were against them taking the Wash
ington squad three times in row,
but never expected such COM
plete reversal of form (you will re-
member that the Giants won the
Sunday before in Washington, 81 to
y.
In that game, particularly in the
first quarter, Dutch Bergman
seemed to have worked out plan
to stop the Giants running attack,
although it collapsed like a sack of
wheat in the second half. But on
Sunday afternoon, he and Turk"
Edwards sent their boys onto the
field with plan of defense that
clicked to perfection and Paschal,
thorn in the side of the Skins during
the two previous games, was stop
ped dead in his tracks, while Ward
Cuff, usually tower of strength on
offense, found the Redskin line on
top of him, everytime he got his
hands on the ball.
Two highlights of the game, to
me, were: Andy Farkas' completed
pass to Bob Masterton, the only
pass, believe, that Andy ever
threw while wearing Redskin uni
form, and Sammy Baugh's run back
of an intercepted pass. Sammy,
who, in my book, played his best
game of the year, grabbed one of
fluffy Leeman's high ones out of the
air and following his interference
perfectly, lit out for pay dirt. He
stumbled and fell on the six-yard
line but got up again and crossed
the goal line, but the official blew
his whistle the second Baugh hit the
ground and the ball was called dead
at that spot. If that official had not
been so quick on the trigger, and
Harry Wismer, broadcasting the
game (he's one of the best in the
business) said the constant blowing
of the officials whistles reminded
him of railroad freight yard, Sam
my would have scored his first
touchdown of the year.
Next Sunday the Redskins meet
the Chicago Bears for the champ
ioinship and, if Dutch Bergan can
take his ambulance, ETC., to Wrigley
Field and perhaps wangle little
Penicillin Chat wonderful new
drug from the Army, the Redskins
will just about take the Bears too.
Add Bowling Notes: I've missed
seeing Harry Carper's name
amongst the high scorers in either
the Eagle~or Catholic Leagues late
ly. Maybe his having to pinch hit
on the delivery truck has had some
thing to do with it. In fact I've
heard it rumored that he lost his
bowling eye when he spilled that
box of groceries he was deliving
on the third floor of an apartment
house a little while ago.