Evening star., 1947-10-15
Five Other Redskins
High Among Loops
Top Performers
By Lewis F. Atchison

Sammy Baugh is so far in front of
his National Football League passing
rivals they won't catch him on a
bicycle, but statistics released today
showed the thin man had five team
mates keeping him company on the
honor roll.
Hugh Taylor, back in uniform
after repulsing a slight attack of
flu; Dick Poillon, Sal Rosato, Bob
Nussbaumer and Eddie Saenz are
breezing along with the leaders in
various departments of play, which
helps explain why a team counted
out of the race by its critics before
the season began is tied for the
Eastern Division lead.
Baugh ran his passing record over
the week end to Al competitions in
81 attempts for 853 yards and nine
touchdowns, by far the most bril-
liant passing ever seen in pro foot
ball. Closest TO him in the East is
Philadelphia's Tommy Thompson,
with IS competitions in 63 throws for
478 yards and four touchdowns. In
the West, Bob Waterfield of the
Rams and Sid Luckman of the
Bears have five touchdown passes,
but Paul Christman of the Cardinals
has the most yardage, 553 yards on
IS out of IS throws.
Record-Breaking Pace.
At Baugh's present RATE he is al
most certain to crack all the rec
ords in the book. If Sammy has
been good before, this year appar-
emily is the greatest in an illustrious
career. One reason is that while
his blocking has been ragged at
times Baugh does have the best
receivers he's had in a long time
and they're hanging on to his
pitches.
Dick Poillon, whose slambang
style of play has captured the
fans fancy, is the East's high
scorer with Is points-one ahead
of Taylor and Steve Lach of Pitts
burgh. League leader is Pat Harder
of the Cardinals with 36, followed
by Bill Dudley OF Detroit with 80.
Sal Rosato moved into third place
in the ground-gaining department
with 130 yards, trailing league
leader Steve Van Buren, of the
Eagles, who has 224, and Johnny
Clement of Pittsburgh with 218
The Cardinals highly y-publicized
Charley Trippi tops the West with
1873 yards on 81 tries, followed by
Dudley with 1872 for 81 trips and
Tony Canadeo of Green Bay with
178 for 81 attempts.
Taylor held his high rank in pass
receiving, II for 291 yards and four
touchdowns. but Nussbaumer is In
the race with IL catches for 165
yards and two scores, while Saenz
has 7 for 1T and one touchdown.
Saenz apparently prefers infantry
tactics for scoring, especially on
kickoffs.
Saenz Leads in Returns.
Saenz leads the East in return
ing kickoffs, piling up 356 yards and
two six-pointers on nine trips.
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Redskin, is next with 237 yards on
10 runbacks, while in the West it's
Dudley with I'll yards on six tries.
Nobody in the West has yet returned
a kickoff for score. Saenz, incident
ally, ranks fourth among the East
ern scorers with 18 points.
The Redskins will be the under
dogs Sunday against Green Bay and
the Packers representation on the
list of leaders-siX players-is evil
dence that Curley Lambeau has one
of the Vests two best clubs.
Canadeo, third among the ground
gamers is second in returning
kickoffs, while Walt Schlinkman
is fifth and Ted Fritsch sixth
Indian Jack Jacobs is the Vests
leading punter and pass interceptor
Clyde Goodnight is we'll up among
the pass receivers but still has to
go all the way for a score.