Evening star., 1944-10-25
IForkos, Overcoutious, Must
Step Fast to DisDIuce Seno
BY LEWIS r. ATCHIsoN.

You're going to see a lot of run
ming by Andy Farkas from now on,
or somebody misses his guess
meaning me. Andy has been pretty
careful of his knee until now, with
Coach Dud De Groot's blessing. De
Groot, in fact, kept the wraps on
him when Andy was chafing at the
bit and anxious to cut loose. Up
until last Sunday he had Farkas
running outside, trying to avoid
heavy traffic down the middle lane,
but the signal has been changed.
Andy has been told to go ahead
and show 'em what he can do.
Farkas is a peculiar player, hard
to inspire. Around the league they
say the little guy is one of the hard
est running backs in the game when
he wants to be, and the softest
touch when he isn't in the mood.
The boys who tackle him ought to
know after dealing with him in all
situations.
Take a Chance, Andy.
Andy's big trouble seems to be
overcautiousneSs. He looks both
ways, so to speak, before crossing
the line, and won't bull his way
through pile-up when little more
pressure might spring him into the
open. You can't blame him for
guarding against a recurrence of
She knee injury, which, in turn,
stems from a deep-seated desire to
play football several more years. He
has plenty of heart, because we've
seen him fight back when he could
have quit without criticism, but he
seems to be travelling in second
gear
Farkas showed flash of old form
a couple of times against Brooklyn,
and it was enough to put the idea in
De Groot's head that he should be
given the green light, And if he
happens to have a good day against
the Chi-Pitts he's likely to heat up
and stay hot the remainder of the
season.
Andy has a good reason for COM
ing through Sunday, a reason by the
name of Frank Seno. The fleet
footed former G. w. ace threatens to
shove Farkas into the background
completely and permanently, and
with three games gone and only
seven left, it's conjectural whether
Farkas will be able to displace him.
You saw a sample of Seno's work
against Brooklyn when he almost
went all the way for a touchdown.
He's been that dangerous all season
and now rates the starting post
over Andy.
Seno's only bad habit seems to be
dancing and shifting while trying to
pick hole through a wave of
tacklers instead of driving straight
ahead. Those tactics were used by
Steve Bagarus, but Frank isn't quite
as quick as Steve, although his STRAIT
egy paid off last Sunday.
Seno is good on pass defense,
where Farkas admittedly is weak,
and has improved immeasurably
backing up the line. He comes boil
ing up like squall when a running
play is aimed at his territory, and
if he doesn't make the tackle he
usually cleans out the interference.
Beating him out is going to be siz-
able task for Farkas, but if Andy
gets his dander up you're going to
see some grade-A halfbacking by
him.
They're All Tough, Says Dud.
Instead of general shake-up
after last weeks disastrous trip to
New York, the Chi-Pitts merely re-
leased Walter Masters, veteran
quarterback. and signed Steve
Marko, Philadelphia sandlotter. Re-
ports from Pittsburgh indicate the
Rooney-Bell entry is bouncing on
the bottom, from a morale stand
point, and will have to show a COM
plete reversal of form to make it in
tereSting against the Redskins
De Groot, however, takes nothing
for granted.
THE toughest game of the sea-
son always is the one coming up"
he says.
Turk Edwards, who will undergo
an tonsillectomy today in an ef-
fort to relieve an ailing shoulder,
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