Evening star., 1946-11-25
Tribe Now Appears I'll
10 Force Decision in
East 10 Last Till
By Lewis E. Atehisorl,

The Redskins immediate future,
as a result Of their 27-10 win over
the Eagles, has more glitter today
than a jewelry store window. The
boys are dreaming again Of sugar
plums, not the kind you find on
Christmas trees but those crisp,
green ones, with signatures all over
them. They're back in second place
and back in the thick of the scram-
BILE for the National Football
Leagues Eastern Division title.
The race is almost certain to be
settled in the Giant Washington
game at New York two weeks hence.
1t almost always ends that way, as
regularly as though league rules
called for it. All the Skins have
to do is whack Green Bay in their
local windup Sunday and the
exodus will be on to New York.
Pittsburgh, mathematically, has
chance to tie, but 1t seems to be
an outside possibility. Even II the
Skins lose Sunday they can tie
New York If the current leaders
lose to the Rams. And there Is q
remote chance that Washington
will make q clean getaway with all
the sswag by winning its last two
games II the Giants drop two.
Youel Shines at Quarter.
The Redskins should be near top
form in their last two appearances
last in regular league compete
ton, that Is. Whereas they've
struggled along with no fullbacks
the last month, they'll have both
Jacque jenkins and Frank Atkins
next Sunday. Both could have
played yesterday, but Coach Turk
Edwards saved them for the two
tough hurdles ahead.
Better still the Tribe now has
another first-string quarterback In
Jimmy Youel, who actually seems
to be more dangerous in the slot
than Baugh. You may remember
how CLARK Shaughnessy said the
Information depended on its mid
die line, center, quarterback and
fullback for success? Well, that
line Is stronger today than 1t has
been since the squad broke train
ing camp in September.
Youel proved his worth as field
general yesterday by moving from
deceptive play for So yards and
the skins first touchdown, passing
to Eddie Saenz for a 36-yard gain
and another touchdown and by
generally conducting the ofiense
with the discretion and skill OF a
seasoned campaigner. -
Ki Aldrich finally snatched an
enemy pass and padded. 81 yards
fof the third score, and Sammy
Baugn. working with pony back
field, drove half the length of the
field for the final touchdown. Dick
Poilion plunged over from the !.
Skins Line Again Strong.
Youels ascendancy was rather
accidental. Coach Turk Edwards
started him so Baugh could size up
the Eagles defensive tactics be-
fore moving into action. But
Youel's smooth ball handling. ex-
celIent Judgment and ability to
translate instructions from the
bench into ground gaining plays,
forced Edwards to keep him In the
game. The coach was unwilling TO
break up a winning combination,
and ditto for Baugh.
i Edwards hasn't decided on the
strategy for Green Bay, he said
today. Youers fine showing doesn't
mean Sammy viii be benched. 1t
does mean the Tribe has two quar-
terbacks instead of one, and that
when Youel is in the game the
opposition will have to be more
cautious, because he not only throws
passes, but also runs the ball.
The Redskin line was In good
form again yesterday, but Mistuh
Steve Van Buren, proved more
potent than the Chicago Bears in
sparkling a ground attack that
netted 10 yards. He gave the GUS
toners a thrill early in the game
by shaking off a couple of Red
skins behind the line Of scrim-
mage and getting loose for So
wards before Dick Todd caught up
with him on Washington's IA.
The Redskin line held at that
point, but Augie Lilo made good on
9See REDSKINS. Page A-21.)