Evening star., 1947-10-20
Beaten by Green Bay,
Coach Hoping Tribe
Can Iron Out Flaws
By Lewis F. Atchison

scramble in the National Football
League. The Tribe has played a
full schedule-counting the pre-
season games-as ordinary football
campaigns 60, but It's still a long
way to December IA, and the Ma
ttonal League windup.
I'VE lost five games and still got
into the playoffs back in 1885," said
Coach Turk Edwards, "and If we
get together and start to play the
way we should we've got a chance
to make it this year. We had the
same kind Of team that year that
we have now-loaded with rockies
and didn't get going until late in
the season. This looks to be 1896
all over again, although I'd rather
we hit 1t up little earlier"
'36 Team Freshman Outfit.
In '36, delving into ancient his
tory, the Redskins had such fresh
men as Riley Smith, Wayne Milher,
Don Irwin, Ed Justice, Eddie Kahn,
Jim Karcher and Bob McChesney.
They developed into top-flight pros
once they got the hang of 1t, but,
as Edwards pointed out, you
wouldn't have given much for them
while they were losing those five
games. Maybe the current collec-
tion of Indians won't follow in the
footsteps of their illustrious pred
ecessors, but it's little early to say
positively.
This Eastern Division is as un-
settled as a travelling salesman to-
day and anybody who thinks he can
pick the winner is either psychic or
a fugitive from a straight-jacket.
The Skins still can win it. Give
them End Huge Taylor, who didn't
make the trip because of his recent
illness, and reverse a couple of the
breaks that went against them and
they would have taken the Packers
apart.
They can't be proud of yesterdays
performance in Milwaukee because
their own blunders contributed
heavily to their downfall. But then
1t seemed that every time the Skins
went on the warpath and were
threatening to do a little tomahawk-
ing they ran into the worst brand
OF ofhcialing this reporter has seen
In some time. While Washington
got the worst of 1t the Skins also
went free a number of times when
plainly guilty of infractions of rules.
Fumbles and Penalties Hurt.
Five fumbles, four within the 90
yard zone, and 10 penalties sum up
an afternoon of sheer futility. A
couple of boneheaded plays only
added to the damage, and one was
directly responsible for what proved
to be the winning touchdown. This
was a fourth-period forward pass
from Tony Canadeo to Nolan Luhn,
coming off fake end run and good
for q yards. The Skins had been
warned about the play, on which
Luhn faxed blocking role then
broke toward the opposite side of
the field. But they were all congre-
gated in the wrong place like cats
waiting for a mouse. It was Cana.
deo's only throw of the afternoon
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On the first play Of the game
Bruce Smith slipped around his
right end and dashed 81 yards to
Washington's 43 to start Green
Bays initial scoring march. This
maneuver also was anticipated by
the Redskin board of strategy. But
Johnny Lookabaugh, playing end at
the time, said one of the Packers
mistook him for an old classmate
and insisted on holding him for a
little chat while Smith went on his
way.
Jack Jacobs, one-time Redskin
who completed IL of % passes for
1856 yards, did most of his damage
Immediately thereafter, pitching to
Clyde Goodnight, Luhn and Good
night again to put the ball on the
Washington Z. F'ritsch took 1t over
on two plunges.
4s-Yard Field Goal.
It was Fritsch who sealed the
Skins fate with a tremendous 49,
yard field goal in the final period,
making the count 20-10 with scarce
ly five minutes left to play. A couple
Of minutes later one Of Sam Baugh's
passes bounced out Of Vince Pace
WIGS hands into those of Packer
Bob Forte, who breezed 68 yards for
another touchdown.
Ward Cuff, the old New York
Giant star, completed Green Bays
scoring by popping over 13-yard
field goal in the first period, raising
the count at that time to 1910.
Dick Todd set up Washington's
first touchdown with 50-yard run
back with one of Jacobs passes to
the 9. Baugh, VINO completed 10
passes in 80 attempts for 242 yards,
fired quickie to Lookabaugh in the
end zone for the score. Poillon
kicked the point and midway in the
third period booted the 18-yard field
goal that knotted the count at 10-all
Baugh's, Judgment on this play
was questioned because the Skins
could have gambled for q touchdown
and the lead. Early In the fourth
period, with Green Bay leading, IT.
10, Baugh used the same tactics but
Poillons kick was nullif1ed by pen
atty for delaying the game. His
next from the 28-yard line was wide.
Edwards Ordered Gamble
Coach Edwards took the RESPONSE
bility for ordering this last kick on
the theory that field goal would
have put the team in a position to
win the game with a late touch.
down. He reasoned that Baugh
might at any time uncork long
scoring pass, which, added to three
points, would have settled the out
come.
Washington's fumbles, to complete
the doleful picture, happened in the
first period, when Mckee bobbled on
the Packer As after taking a pass
from Baugh; in the second, when
Baugh miscued-after Jim PEBBLES
had grabbed Green Bay tumble on
the Packer 11-and Baby Ray re-
gained The ball for his side on the
IL; again in the second, when Forte
stole the ball from Bob Nussbau-
mer on the Packer II; and in the
last quarter, when Forte caught a
Baugh pass on the first bounce out
OF Pacewic's hands.