Evening star., 1948-09-08
Redskin Injuries Put
Burden on Farmer
As Left HaIfback
BY q stoff cerre,pondsn. Of Tn. s,.r

br SfoII SofreSpondenf OF The Stdr
EN- ROUTE TO BIRMINGHAM,
Sept. "a freight train wreck out
side Of Lafox, Ill, last night de-
layed the rambling Redskins jour-
ney to Birmingham, Ala, but after
what happened in the collision with
the champion Chicago Cardinals at
Denver Monday night the Tribe is
IN no hurry to meet up with the
Green Bay Packers.
Anybody looking for excuses for
the teams miserable showing
against the Cards would have to go
no farther than left half, where
Tom Farmer is the only able
bodied player left. When Tom
Mont hurt his arm and Dick Todd
was carried off the field with a con-
cussion, the Tribe had two men left
at the position. One was Farmer
and the other Dick Poillon, who
has slight but painful fracture
OF the cheekbone.
Farmer was supposed to have been
q fullback, beginning last Saturday,
but he'll stay at left half until fur
ther notice. Poillon will continue to
do the kicking and Mont will handle
the defensive assignments. Dan
Sandifer will be used on defense at
right half, with Bob Nussbaumer
and Sammy Behr on defense. Behr
showed up we'll against the
Cardinals and probably will get an
other chance to show his speed
against the Packers.
Old Stuff Fools Skin Rockies.
Farmer and Nussbaumer were ex-
hausted in the Cardinal game and
Sandifer, who played more than
anybody, was too inexperienced to
cope with the champs potent attack
The defensive backs played too deep
to suit the coaches, but with no
reserves to throw into the fray had
to be left in.
The Cards also showed the Skins
q puZzling defensive formation,
which the coaches said was old
stuff, but which completely bam-
boozled the rookie linemen. Jimmy
Councilman had men hopping in and
out of flve-man line, with four
line hackers playing up close and
frequently crashing the ends. The
Skins couldn't stop this maneuver,
nor could their own line hackers /.
Interrupt the Cards sweeping end
runs.
The strategy now is aimed at get
ting the squad in good shape for
the Bears, and tiff with the Pack
ers seems hardly the place for it.
None Of the Redskins will concede
the Cards are as superior as the
1920 count might make them seem,
but until they have their full per-
sonnel there will be no way of |
proving it.
Fullback Hefti Released.
The process of wedding out con-
tinues, with Fullback Jim Hefti be-
ing released today. One and pos
sibly two fullbacks will draw their
walking papers after the Green Bay
game. A tackle and gpard will be
dropped, but ends and centers are
set.
AS badly as the Skins need Howie
Livingston in their secondary-he
and Mont make a tremendous diff
ference-the former Giant won't be
ready until the Bear game at Balti-
more. The pair Of them would have
made difference against the Cards,
although 1t is doubtful the outcome
would have been different.
1t is extremely doubtful If Dick
Todd will play and If he does it
will not be for long. Harry Gilmer
will make only token appearance,
unless he has a note from the doc
tor okaying him for a long, rough
afternoon. Hugh Taylor's gams are
bothering him and John Adams and
John Steber are Just getting over
inset stOnachs