Evening star., 1945-10-29
7onid Redskins Soar Along IS Rams Loss Scrambes West

with Baugh Aerials
|HumbIes Giants
Slowly, but surely, the Redskins
are putting their jig-saw offense
together and finding a defensive
combination to hitch it to that 1t
might blast out another Eastern pro
football crown for old Marshal Nor
NAL. Yesterdays 24-14 win over the
Giants in New York didn't hurt the
cause.
You start with Sammy Baugh on
offense, of course, and go from there.
The Slingshot Man is having one of
his best seasons in the pro game
and whether he likes it or not, he's
winning games with the T and en-
hancing his passing record with 1t.
He completed 10 out of % pegs yes
terday, including two touchdown
tosses, to take a firmer grip on the
league lead.
Baugh will go down as one of the
all-time greats of football and as
Clark Grifith-with happy men,
cries of the illustrious Walter john
sons pitching genius-told Redskin
President George Marshall, "You
only get one Of them in lifetime" +"
Sans unofficial record thus far
shows 81 completed passes in SO at
tempts for 753 yards and S touch
downs. He won't break any season
records at that pace, but he'll pitch
the Tribe to the championship.
But Baugh is getting more and
more help from his backf1eld mates
as the season progresses. The i'm
provement in the ground attack has
elevated the Skins from a sputter-
ing 1-cylinder offensive affair to a
smooth 6-cylinder job with speed
and power. Bill De Correvont, for
example, gave heartening exhibi-
ton yesterday, and Steve Bagarus
at last flashed the form expected of
him.
Key Game Likely in Philly.
Wilbur Moore was simply Wilbur
Moore and although a leg injury in
the third period removed Frank
Atkins from the game and may keep
him out of action next Sunday, the
team still had plenty of running
power. With a solid ground game to
balance Baugh's passing, the Red
skins can win.
Key game in the title drive prob
ably will be the return engagement
with Philadelphia on the Eagles
home lot November Is. Greasy
Neale's gang still is in the thick of it
as result of its win over the pre-
viously unbeaten Rams and could
tie up the race by beating Wash
ington.
The Tribe has an edge on Boston.
despite its loss to the Yankees in
the opener, Washington figures to
take the return game at Griffith
Stadium two weeks hence, and Bos-
toms subsequent loss to Green Bay
and tie with New York give Wash
ington the upper hand in the won
and lost column.
Defensively. Turk" Edwards has
found a middle-of -the-line COM
bination in Johnny Adams, AL Lo-
lotai. John Konizewski and Zip
Hanna that is tough to crack. In
real rough games, the Redskins will
use four tackles in the middle and
back them up with three fullbacks.
Put Sal Rosato, Leo Presley. and
Cecil Hare Immediately behind the
line and you have road block as
effective as an immigration inspec-
tor. That situation is fluid, how
ever, anG will change from game to
game, but PRESLEY clearely showed
he's what the board of strategy has
been looking for and Hare and
Rosato have long since proved them
selves.
Baugh's Passes Pay Off.
Baugh got off to a bad start yes
terday, missing a wide-open shot
on Johnny Weiss that permitted the
latter to 60 the remaining 20 yards
for New York's first touchdown
Sam set up that touchdown for the
Giants by fumbling on his own 33
although it wasn't wholly his fault
Sam Fox, a Washington boy, re-
covered for the Giants and Marion
Pugh shortly after turned loose the
scoring pass.
The Giants second score was q
f1uke in the last minute of play
Pugh passed to Hank Liebel, who
was tackled and stopped, but man.
aged to flip the ball to Livingston
who in turn carried 1t over from
the 13. Actually, the play was ovel
when Livingston took the lateral
The Skins went 55 yards for theil
first score, with Baugh unhitchine
. a 42-yard pass to Bagarus and ther
the pay-off to Moore in the enc
zone Wilbur made a circus catch
, falling fiat on his face as he tool
the ball
: Washington went ahead near tht
end of the first half when drive
ran out of gas on the Giants 81
and Joe Aguirre dropped back ane
booted field goal from the 81.
! Washington covered the length
, of the field going for its secone
J touchdown, starting with De Core
! vont's 23-yard runback on the kick
off. A 27-yard gallop by Moore ane
14-yard run by Atkins preceded {
26-yard Baugh-to-Bagaeus pass tha
set up the scoring play. Atkins uset
all four downs going the final
yards.
Baugh did practically all the worl
: ; on the final score, running u yard
!, !, to New York's 6-yard line with al
, intercepted pass. He would hav'
! gone all the way, but old Mel HeiI
and Cuff lassoed him at that point
A pass to Wayne Millner directl.
through the goalposts paid off.
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