Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-14
jenkins Is Seen Key
To Skins 0ffense:
Backs Abundant
By Lewis F. Atchison
S..s Stcff Correspondert

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14.-Jack
jenkins, a big, knock-kneed full
back. may be the key man In the
Redskins offense this season. al
though the Tribe has so many prize
packages romping over their semi
tropical training camp It's difficult
to foretel1 which will be the de-
tonator.
Remember Red Roberts of
Centre Colleges famous team?"
asks Clark Shaughnessy. HE was
the boy who really made 30 McMil-
lin famous. He cracked that line
like an eggshell when Centre needed
couple OF yards and he snagged
Bo's passes like an outfielder. He
was great and this Jenkins may be
lust as great. At least Jenkins is
big enough, tough enough and
seems to like the game well enough
to fill the bill, and I expect great
things of him"
Shaughnessy, who is Helping
Turk Edwards, gives out with a
long, low wolf whistle that would
make the boys at Fourteenth and
r envious when he thinks about
the backfeld situation. He claps
his hands, grins like kid St the
circus and then shakes his head
wonderingly. He VOWS he hasn't
seen anything like 1t in all his time
In football.
Backs to His Liking.
Shag likes thick, heavy-set full
backs and he has 'em this time
Imagine a backfeld with Indian
Jack Jacobs at quarter, Jimmy Gaff-
ney and Al Couppee at the halves
and Jenkins at fullback Or suppose
we used Jenkins at full with Eddie
Saenz and Steve Bagarus at the
halves? Imagine what We might do
with Sammy Baugh at quarter, Bob
De Fruiter and Dick Todd at the
halves and Sal Rosato at frllback.
tell you we've got the backs this
year"
This material rs so good, in the
coaches opinion, and SO abundant,
the backs are going to be hustled
along at lively clip, not nursed
and petted as they have been In
the past
When a boys got it he might as
well give 1t everything he's got and
II were Turk I wouldn't let I'D on
these boys. They're good and the
harder they work now the better
they'll be and the easier it will be
for them later on"
All of the coaches outspokenlv
are impressed by Jacobs ability to
hide the ball. He does a Thurston
with 1t every time and seems to get
a bang out of it.
Lone Star Dietz told me al InG'an
loves to bamboozle a white man
said Prexy George Marshall He
was telling me about the time
Carlisle stuffed the ball I'D under
Joe Guyons jersey and scored
touchdown while the Harvard
team was looking for It. They got
such a kick out of it they laughed
and joked throughout the rest of the
game and couldn't play foot ball.
They had fun but Harvard won the
ball game.
Jacobs Is Versatile.
Jacobs also kicks a mile and
heaves the ball ike a hot ineot A
Los Angeles sports writer said he
once saw Jacobs fire a pass sc hard
It hit the receiver on the chest and
Knocked him down.
But Jacobs doesn't throw anv bet
Ter, harder or more accurately than
jimmy Youel. from what this cor
respondent has seen. Youel NAV not
be experienced or polished as Jacobs
but when he turns 1t loose the ball
really Scorches the atmosphere. 1hev
Ike him here, players and coaches,
and you'll probably see a lot of him
this season.
al Couppee is the first Redskin
casualty Of 1916 The 225-pound full
PACK pulled a muscle in his right leg
reaching for one of Jacobs passes
Trainer Doc Bohm today said Coup-
pee would be out week and possi-
bly, longer.
The Skins were to cut practice
short this afternoon for their an
nual mugging party. Tonight they're
slated to see the Rams intra -soI,ad
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