Evening star., 1946-08-04
Tribe Squad Held Besi
Ever, But Will Face
Improved Rivals
By Lewis F. Atchison

Preliminaries disposed of, tn,
Redskins will take 1t on the Ian
Thursday for their California dig.
gins where Coach Turk Edward,
and his staff will begin work or
their 1946 entry in the Nationa
Football League.
A squad OF As players, plus Ed
wards and Assistants Wayne Mill
ner, Herman Ball and Max Krause
will leave Union Station at 5:2(
Thursday evening, arriving at Los
Angeles the following Sunday morn.
ing. The party will proceed immedi-
ately to Occidental College on the
outskirts of the city where training
camp will be pitched. The first test
will be against the Pacific Coast
All-Stars at San Diego, August 30
but the big objective is the game
with the Los Angeles Rams In the
Coliseum September 6. After that
come the regular preseason fire.
works and the championship grind
Edwards, properly awed by the
tremendous task ahead, refuses To
make any rash promises he can't
fulfill for the Districts cave dwell
ers, but he isn't losing any sleep
over the caliber of men he's taking
west. There are some question
marks. to be sure, but the atmos-
phere at the redecorated wigwam is
decidedly optinistic
Well be tough" Turk said last
night, And if We get the right men
for couple of positions we'll be
champs. This is the kind of club
you're glad to be coaching and not
playing against"
Pruning Squad to Be Problem.
But Prexy George Marshall
summed up the situation best by
pointing out that the problem this
year is not the quality of our plav-
ers, but Of making the right de-
cision in selecting the 33 men we'll
keep throughout the season. We are
taking nothing but first class mate.
rial to camp"
This Is far and away the best
squad the Redskins ever have had
Marshall continued The nearest
comparison you can make is the
1912 team. but this 1916 outfit has
all the quality of our AZ cham
pions, and we have strengthened
the weak spots. No team in the
history Of football. professional or
collegiate, ever had three passers
and kickers who could equal Sammy
Baugh, Jack Jacobs or JIMMY
Youell. Dick Poillon and Dick
Todd. who used to be Baugh's re-
lief men in passing and kicking
aren't even listed in that category
this time.
This is the first time we've had
a replacement for ri Aldrich al
center and we've got a couple OF
pips in AL Demso and Clyde Err
hardt. We're stronger all the way
down the line and I don't think
we'll have to make any apologies
for the team we bring back from
California
Other Clubs Much Improved.
But the Redskin boss men aren't
overlooking one other little item
namely, that nine other clubs In
the loop have improved consider
ably, particularly the four in the
Redskins division. Marshall won
ders what all the shooting is about
In the Angelo Bertelli case in Bos-
ton, what with Herb Kopf able to
put Johnny Grigas. Babe Diman-
chef, Bolev Dancewicz and Paul
Governali on the field in one back
field.
The Giants are loaded and some
OF the Trihesmen wonder out loud
IT Frank Filchock, their erstwhile
teammate, will be able to beat out
Francis x. Reagan for q backf7elo
berth. In addition, Steve Owen /,
coming up with Merle Hapes. q
gentleman from Mississippi who i.
loath to remain long in one place
with football tucked under his
arm. The Eagles have a lad b,
the name Of Joe Muha to heir
Steve Van Buren, tote the baeeagf
and even Art Rooneys lowly Pitts.
burgh steelers. with the eminent
DR.. Jock Sutherland back at the
helm, are reported on their way I'D
In this kind of company the Red
SKINS will have to be good, or be
left behind and the confidence per-
vadlng the Tribes tepee is hearten.
ing. But no matter which team
comes home with the hambone this
year, 1t figures to be more deserving
OF the honor than. any club to win