Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-04
Redskins Beaten by Giants Now Hope Only to Tie for Title
Tribe, Playing Best
Ball Of Year, Loses
On Interception
By Staff Correspondent of This Star

os otdll Correspondent VI 1Hs star,
NEW YORK, Dec. At is ironical
that the Redskins came up with
their best game of the season yes
terday and blew a 1913 duke to
the Giants that all but eliminated
them from further consideration in
the mad scramble for Eastern honors
and berth in the title playoff.
Critics who have been bellyaching
about the Tribes luck should have
seen the Giants. An intercepted
pass-one of two-got New York a
touchdown in the first couple OF
minutes of play, and then, when Joe
Aguirre booted 36-yard field goal
that would have knotted the count
at 16-all and thrown the Redskins
into triple tie with the Giants and
Philadelphia, the officials came up
with holding penalty against a
lineman.
Thus, instead of still being in the
thick of it, the Redskins today are
hanging by their flngernails to an
extremely faint hope of tieing the
Giants for Eastern honors. On the
form it showed yesterday the Tribe
should win next Sunday, but that
would only give the Eagles a chance
to clinch the crown A tie is the
best bud De Groot's men can hope
for, and Philadelphia must lose to
make it possible.
Field Is Slippery.
The field yesterday was better
suited for ice skating than football.
1t was incongruous to watch back
field men slip and fall without being
touched. Ball handling was tough,
too, something like catching a bill
lard ball with wooden paddles, but
the Skins did all right in this re-
spect.
Sammy Baugh had a field day,
completing Is of IS passes, only
eight short of Davey OBrien's
record. for a net of 273 yards. He
made the Giants look silly on de-
Tense, and it wasn't all due to the
uncertain footing. Baugh finally
has learned how to use the T
effectively, and with any kind of
support he'll give any defense all
the trouble it bargains for.
The Redskins went 81 yards for
their touchdown in the second
period, and Sammy's passes ac-
counted for all but II yards. One
of the biggest factors in his sue
cess was not only exceptionally
good receiving, but the line plung-
ing of Bob Seymour. Andy Farkas,
who was shaken up severely and
left the game; Wilbur Moore and
Frank Seno came through with
sparkling performances, but Sey-
mour was the wheel horse
A better illustration of Sam S
effectiveness is a tabulation of his
passing on a third period, 87-yard
drive to the Giants 7, which finally
yielded a field goal by Aguirre
Pitching to Aguirre, who wrapped
his big mitts around anything
within IS yards, Moore, Seymour
and Farkas, Baugh piled up 108
yards. A holding penalty and 49,
yard loss on tumble, ground that
had to be covered again, helped him
roll up the yardage. But it's tough
to go that distance for mere
three points.
Trade interruptions.
Joe Seno set up what would have
been a winning touchdown for the
Redskins late in the fourth period,
intercepting Herbers short lob on
the Giants At. Baugh passed to
Moore for A first down on the u
and followed with another to Les
Dye that put the ball on the 20, but
his next was intercepted by Liv-
ingston, who almost got away for a
touchdown Frank Atkins brought
him down on Washington's As and
the Giants went from there for a
score, with Paschal slipping through
center for the touchdown from the
I2l2-yard mark.
New York's first touchdown was
gift. Frank Filchock tried a pass
to the right, but Bill Petrilas snatched
the ball, found himself well pro-
tected by interference, and ran %
yards to the goal line. Ken Strong
wiz doNCd lilC pcliAl, dlSo hAShCH
a field goal about five minutes
later when the Redskin line halted
the Giants II yards from a touch
down. But Strong wasn't any bet
ter than Aguirre yesterday.
Joes first boot was a perfect AZ
yard placement that split the up
rights from an angle and tied up
the game at 10-all.
New York gambled on a fourth
down plunge for first down and
missed, giving Washington posses
sion of the ball on its own 81. Baugh
passed to Seno for first down on
New York's "a, and when the Giants
refused to yield more ground
Aguirres big foot swung into action
And Joe almost tied it up again
in the last three minutes after his
first attempt from the 36-yard line
was voided by a holding penalty
against Fiorentino. Baugh put the
ball down for a 52-yard kick, and
the boot again split the stanchions
but this time it went under the
crossbar. L. F. A.
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