Evening star., 1948-11-08
Tribe Must Take All 5
Games Left 10 Retain
Eastern Title Chance
BY Lewis r. Atchison

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pionship playoff are of the thin.
est variety. The Washington clut
can't afford to drop another game
from here In to do 1t and the
expert poll-takers and five re-
naming opponents are against
them.
AS Sammy Baugh remarked, II
was discouraging to look at thu
scoreboard yesterday when the
Tribe was ringing up a 23-7 vic.
tory over the Yankees in Bostor
and see Philadelphia rolling up q
35-14 count on New York. Phila-
delphia's win merely emphasized
that If the Skins do take the East
ern crown, it'll have to be an in.
side job-inside the wigwam-witt
no other help.
Philadelphia has beaten every
team in the East and Greasy
Neale's pupils have only the Detroit
Lions left to face in the West.
We've got to beat the Lions next
Sunday sagely observed Baugh
"and beat everybody after that. IT..
a tough job"
Odds Stacked Against Skins.
The Skins think they can do 1t
even though the odds are stacked
heavily against them. Philadelphia
has a comparatively easy schedule
from here in, meeting Boston twice
Pittsburgh, Detroit and the Red
skins. Washington, on the other
hand, must face the Lions, then
=. the Eagles, Chicago Bears and po-
tentially powerful Los Angeles Rams
on successive Sundays. The Red
skins then wind up their regular
season against the Giants in New
York December -.
Coach Turk Edwards knows the
herculean task ahead, but he also
thinks his squad can do it If 1t
knuckles down to business. Yes
terday's victory eoualed the Tribes
record of five wins last year-one
better than l946-but bettering past
performances is only secondary
Edwards wants to win the title.
The Redskins championship hopes
almost vanished completely early in
the first period yesterday when
Baugh was hurt when tackled by
Jim Tyree. For a moment 1t seemed
that Sam was out of commission for
the rest of the day and possibly
longer. AS Sam limped off the field
one almost could see the Tribe
hopes going with him. But it merely
was the recurrence of an injury to
the tendon above the ankle and
after DR.. Alexandra Castro taped 1t
up Sam went back into the fray.
Bagarus' Leg Passes Test.
The staff also had an anxiods mo-
ment when Steve Bagarus, making
his latest debut with the team. took
short pass from Baugh and was
nailed by Mike Micka. Micka, a
former Redskin. happened to hit the
nimble-footed Bagarus on the leg
that was broken by Jack Jacobs last
year and planted him fiat on his
back. You could see Bugsy's exhul-
tation as he bounced up-unhurt.
They sent for Fireman Tom Mont
when Baugh was hurt and all he
did was run 81 yards for a touch
down on the first play. 1t was a
lake pass and Tom cut down the
sideline and veered diagonally to his
left. miraculously keeping his feet.
TO go all the way. End Joe Tere-
shinski threw the key block on Bill
Chlpley to let Tom 60 free.
But Baugh came. back to throw
28 passes. completing IL for 17s
yards to keep himself at the head
fof the passing parade. Mont tried
only three and completed two for
l8 yards.
1t was Mont, too, who held the
ball for Dick Poillon's fourth field
goal OF the year in the first period.
1t was a 16-yard boot and gave the
Tribe 90 lead, which looked good
until Boston came back with its
touchdown in the second period.
FumbIe Lets Yanks Tally.
A couple of breaks paved the way
for each of these scores. The Red
skins got theirs on a poor kick by
Roy Zimmerman after bottling up
the Yanks deep in their own terri
tory. Zimmerman'S punt was not
good and the wind caught It and
blew it back to BoSton's IS where
it was downed for a net gain of six
yards.
! Boston, however, stopped the Red
skin advance on the Yanks' forcing
Mont to resort to the strategy of a
field goal.
Clipper Smiths men got their
lone score on break midway in the
second period. Jimmy Castiglia had
Just plowed over tackle for six yards
to Washingtons' Al and was going
back for more when the ball was
knocked out of his hands and Frank
Barzilauskas recovered for Boston
on the ~. On the first play, Zim-
norman passed to Ralph Haywood,
who went all the way to pay dirt.
Boston penetrated Washington
territory only twice thereafter,
lCdIllAIlS Vic ohlllS OG UclOIG UtlIlS
thrown back in the third period and
the 13 in the last minute Of the
final quarter. Dan Sandifer inter
cepted Frank Nelson's pass in the
end zone as the gun ended the
game.
Redskins Get Two More.
Baugh took the Tribe SO yards
for it's second touchdown, touching
of the march with two throws to
Bob Nussbaumer that moved the
ball from the Washington II to Bos-
tons SO at the start of the third
period. Baughs 7-yard pass to
Poillon completed the drive.
Long John Adams set up the
final Redskin score late in the
final period, wrapping himself
around Frank Seno's tumble on the
Boston IA. Poillon picked up five
yards through the line and Baugh
after losing a yard on tumble,
made it up BY firing the scoring