Evening star., 1945-11-12
Jitterbug BalI-Toting
Captiyates Fans as
Skins sLace Yanks
BY LEWIS F. ATCHIsoN.

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Yankees checked their gats and
lead pipe at the gate and fought it
out with bare knuckles and pure
Drawn yesterday on the tinted turf
of Grifith Stadium and the conse-
QuenceS of the Tribes crushing 34-7
victory were threefold.
First, it held, It's one-game edge
over the Eagles in what is now a
strictly two-team scrap for Eastern
honors. Second, Steve Bagarus was
on the verge of squirming ahead of
Sammy Baugh as the towns No. /
football hero. Third, all Redskin
individual leaders added to their
prestige, with Joe Aguirre moving
into second place behind New York's
Ken Strong in field goals with a
brace of well-aimed boots.
Joe's two three-pointers and as
many extra points made him the
days high scorer but individual
honors were so widely distributed
it was impossible to single out any
one player for a badge of merit.
Bagarus' jitterbug ball carrying
captivated the customers fancy,
however, and when Buggsy snatched
Baugh's pass in the fiat and snaked
Al yards for the games first touch
down SIS seconds after the start of
the second half the crowd was ready
to tear down the stadium.
The Redskins seem to be in, as far
as Eastern honors are concerned,
although they have four remaining
foes to hurdle before they can claim
the crown. At the moment, though,
the pressure is on the Eagles. The
Skins play the Chicago Bears here
next Sunday and If they take
Comdr. George Halas' outfit into
camp, as they figure to do, they can
regard the return match with the
Eagles in a new and more COM
Portable light.
Skins Have Works, Says Kopf.
Herb >Kopf, Yankee coach, thinks
the Skins are a cinch to win.
They've got everything" he said
after the game. Their running
attack was good and the way they
mixed their plays was beautiful.
We couldn't figure out any defense
for them when we didn't know
what was coming, but with that COL
lection of backs I don't see why
anybody in the East should beat
them.
But this is a funny game" he
continued. I'VE didn't look any
thing like the team that beat the
Redskins a month ago. We lost by
one point last Sunday when we
should have won and today we all
but get chased out of the ball park.
There's only one answer-you've
still got to block and tackle, and
we didn't have either today. It's
going to be awfully tough to get
this bunch up again this season,
but those RedSkins-whew!"
1t was sluggish game, with en-
phasis on the first four letters of
the word and while the crowd
roared its disapproval of the fire.
quent penalties it would have had
something to rave about had the
whistle blowers followed the rule
book to the letter. That regulation
requiring linemen to keep their
forearms close to the body when
blocking, for example, can be
scratched out pronto.
Tribe Wins at Brawling, Too.
| The Redskins accused 265-pound
George Sergienko and Augie Lilo Of
roughing them up, and the Yankees
filed countercharges. Whatever the
reason, both teams mixed bit of
old-fashioned brawling with their
work and the Skins got 9 unanimous
decision. All told the Tribe drew
100 yards in penalties to the
Yankees SIS.
Hard. vicious line play, plus a
solid brand of secondary defense,
broke down Bostonis wagon. Six
Yankee backs tried their hand at
passing and completed only six of
II throws so we'll co-ordinated was
the Redskins teamwork in this de-
partment. The passers were rushed
continually and seldom did re-
ceiver get any time to himself In
the secondary.
l In the first period, for example,
Marvin Whited pulled down Pug
Manders on an attempted jump
pass with a tackle that made it look
: as though Pugs legs abruptly were
chopped out from under him. In
the second quarter Aguirre and
Johnny Adams smeared the same
!. Manders for a 9-yard loss, and half
the Redskin line broke through and
spilled Scotty Gudmundson for a
|5-yard setback. in the third, dur
ing the Yankees touchdown drive,
AL Piasecky got Ace Parker for a
12-yard loss and seconds later
!, Millner speared Johnny Grigas for
a similar deficit. The Skins made
it look easy.
) The visitors went 46 yards for
their score-counting ground lost
', en- route it was closer to rs, but
they almost got their six-pointer
on the kickoff when Johnny Martin
ran the ball from the 5-yard
line to the Tribes 46. Ace Parker's
= 41-yard pass to Don Currivan to
e put the pigskin on the 8-yard line
: and two plays later Twenty
r Grand" Davis lobbed another te
t the same Currivan for the score
t Aside from that one brief flash ol
= power Boston was absolutely impo.
tent.
Manders Is Hamstrung.
Manders, who ripped the Wash
ington line to shreds at Boston
could have gained more grount
}. through a cement mixer. Griga'
couldn't get going and Parker wa
so rusty you could almost see th'
t. barnacles clinging to him.
Aguirre gave his mates 3-poih
lead midway in the first period will
E. a 23-yard boot after Dick Todd hat
intercepted Parker's pass on Bos
: tons A and returned to the q
l. Boston dug in on its 18 and held
forcing the kick.
Joe's second came in the follow
l. ing period after an exchange o
kicks in which the Skins regaine,
the ball on Boston's 81. Todd ha,
presented them with another scorin
a opportunity by attaching himself t