Evening star., 1947-09-21
Dry Field Likely,
TribeUnderdoq
In Benefit Tilt
Washington Eleven
To UnveiI Sommers,
245-Pound Center
By Lewis F. Atehison

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country jaunt, the Redskins will
have one last chance at q 500 aver
age for their four preseason games
today at Baltimore, where they take
on the ponderous Green Bay
Packers at 2:3o pm.
Sponsored by the Variety Clubs
OF Baltimore and Washington, fea-
turing the colorful Redskin band
and wealth of entertainment be-
tween halves, the game is expected
to lure swarm of the faithful
from Washington anxious for their
first peek at the 1947 eleven prior
to the league opening next Sunday
Variety officials are confident the
net proceeds will add up to hand
some donation for the boys clubs
Of the two cities.
The Weather Bureau predicts
some sunshine in the afternoon with
the mercury hovering in the 70s,
but no rain. A dry field figures to
help the Tribe against the beefy in
vaders.
Sommers In Redskin Debut.
The Redskins expect to show off
their latest acquisition, 245-pound
Jack Sommers, center obtained
from the Los Angeles Rams, and
he should be useful in the middle of
the line. The latest pro fad of
loading the line with five tackles,
planting four fast, husky fullbacks
behind, and leaving the safety zone
to couple of fleet halfbacks has
played havoc with the Redskin
offense, but Sommers may help put
stop to it.
Sommers caught Coach Turk Ed
wards eye in the Rams intrasquad
scrlmmage at Los Angeles last
month when he did the kicking off
and handled the pivot work in ex-
cellent style. His 28 years were con-
sidered too many by the Rams, who
had younger centers in Fred Nau-
metz. rs, Roger Harding, "a and
Jack Martin, Is. Edwards says Som
mers can be 98 as long as he knocks
down rival linemen.
Sommers is the second player to
come to Washington from the Rams.
The first. Fullback Vince Pacewic.
was sent to Los Angeles on an "if"
deal and reverted to Washington af-
ter spending the training season
with the Rams. Pacewic has seen
much service during preseason
games and will be in evidence today
Baugh May See Action.
If Sammy Baugh continues to i'm
prove and shows as much life in
pre-game practice today that he
showed yesterday, he may play part
of the game, Edwards said. How
ever, Baugh will not be at his best
and with Bill Ward, Ernie William
son and Tom Farmer riding the
bench because of injuries the Red
skins will be underdogs.
Jimmy Youel and Tom Mont need
the work they are getting and even
if the Skins lose they stand to profit
by the experience their field gen.
erals will get. Youel's passing has
improved sharply since he learned
how to cool out his arm properly af-
ter the passing warm-up. Mont has
been somewhat t. excitable in his first
appearances against major league
competition, but the former Mary
land star has offset this by his
smooth ballhandling on running
plays. The youngster is getting to
be q magician palming off the
leather and should be lot Of help
to the club.
The customers from Washington
also will be straining their necks for
a gander at big Ed Offers in his new
tackle role, watching for Bones"
Taylor and Joe Tereshinski at end,
whooping it up for XII Aldrich in his
comeback at center. There is
plenty to look for, with more than
20 rockies on the roster and Ed
wards hopes the customers like what
they see.
Ex-Redskins Now With Packers
On the other side of the line the
Redskins will see a couple of former
teammates in Jack Jacobs, who is
doing most of the passing for Curley
Lambeau's eleven, and Johnny Ko-
watch, an end traded to Green Bay
only last Thursday. Tiny Croft,
290-pounder. also started his pro
career in the Tribes training camp
but never played q league game for
washington.
Ted Fritsch will be there, too, and
the Redskins still remember him
from last year when his powerful
runs wrecked them at Griffith Sta
diurn. But the little guy who helped,
Bob Nussbaumer, is on Washington's
side now, and is doing very well,
thank you.