Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Redkin Line Earns Tribute as Eastern Crown Is Captured
Halls Giants 0ffense
Almost Completely
In 17-to-0 Game
By LEWIS F. ATCHIsON

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BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.
The Redskins looked westward to-
day to Cleveland and next Sundays
championship finale with the Rams
after winding up affairs at home
yesterday with a ITO conquest of
the New York Giants before the
customary congregation of 34,788.
While they were mailing their fifth
Eastern flag to the masthead the
Philadelphia Eagles, preseason IA
vorites, ended their campaign in
second place with 35-7 romp over
the hapleSs Boston Yankees. Cleve-
land completed its regular schedule
the week before and took the day off.
1t was a sweet finish for a Red
skin eleven that began the season
behind a big question mark, lost its
first game to mediocre Boston
team, came on to win six straight
before defeat by the Eagles threat
ened to upset their title aspirations,
then racked up two straight shut
outs to claim the honors. 1t was
the Tribes second win of the year
over the Giants.
Before proceeding, here is how
the winning points were scored:
Joe Aguirre kicked a 23-yard field
goal at 1859 of the first period.
Sam Baugh threw a l9-yard pass
to Les Dye, who ran the remaining
5 yards for a touchdown at 9:26 of
the third period.
Atkins plunged IL yards for an
other touchdown after 6:32 of the
final quarter.
OppOrtunist Baugh Tallies.
Aguirre place-kicked the first extra
point, and Baugh scored the sec
ond, running the ball across after
Aguirres placement was blocked.
1t was Baugh's second score in nine
years of professional football.
The Tribe played its cards close
to the vest yesterday, taking no
unnecessary chances, but the most
important factor in it's victory was
the lines play Never did the Giants
get beyond their own 46-yard line,
and most of the afternoon they
spent bottled up deep in their own
territory. Arnie Herber, whose long
passes to Hank Liebel scored four
last-half touchdowns against the
Eagles last week, was utterly power
less in the face of Washington's
closely-knit pass defense.
Only five New York passes found
a receiver but the RedSkin secon-
Diary kept such careful watch over
them they netted meager 81 yards.
Junior Hovious, Bill Paschal and
Ward Cuff couldn't run against the
Tribes solid ground defense. Time
and again AL Lolotai knitted through
to spear the Giant ball carrier be-
fore he got underway. Jack Doolan,
who had brief trial with the Tribe
earlier this year. tried to slash of
tackle and found his vaunted speed
reduced to paddle-footed futility as
John Adams, John Koniszewski and
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over his interference with savage
thrusts. The few times the Giants
did succeed in prying open a hole
XII Aldrich, Bob Seymour or Bob
DeFruiter bolted up from the sec
ondary to seal it. The Giants had
less chance than a sucker in a shell
game.
Backs Run Giants Ragged.
Frank Atkins, Merlyn Condit,
Steve Bagarus, Sol Rosato and De-
Fruiter ran the Giants ragged as the
same line hacked openings for them
in the New York defense. But with
Tackle Frank Cope out with the flu
and Center Mel Helm hurt before
the end of the first half the Giants
didn't have chance. They held the
Skins we'll in hand for a half, but
the pace told in the last two periods.
The Skins went IS yards for their
first touchdown with Baugh passing
to Millner and Atkins and Condit al
ternately hitting the line. The pay
OF pitch was rife shot to Les Dye.
who escaped Bill Petrilas on the
5-yard line, then wriggled free from
Ward Cuff to 60 over standing up.
AL Piasecky paved the way for the
second by recovering Herbers
tumble on the Giant 17-yard- stripe.
DeFruiter, Todd and Atkins moved
the pigskin to the IL yard mark be-
fore Atkins plowed for the score.
New York merely went through
the gestures of playing out the re-
quired so minutes thereafter, hope
lessly beaten, and the Redskins were
smart enough to play conservative
football, retaining possession of the
oval most of the time and refusing
the Giants an opportunity to turn
certain victory into startling defeat
as they had done against Philadel-
phia week ago.
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