Evening star., 1948-09-12
.Ex-Tribesman's S
Pitches Score
TaIIies
Field GooIs Pile Totul; ;
GiImer FuiIs on Pass
With His Lone PIoy
By Lewis +. Atchison
Stos Stcff corrsspendent

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept Ii
The Redskins bumped into q real
Indian today, Jack Jacobs. an old
playmate. and lost their scalpS, $50,
before a paid attendance of 21,000
subdued fans. 1t was the Tribes
first shutout since the Giants
blanked them, $40, in the closing
game of the 1916 season.
Most of the crowd came to cheer
injured Harry Gilmer. star Redskin
rookie, former Alabama great, and
possible cause celebre in q threat
ened law suit, but it had only one
opportunity. Gilmer was sent into
the game midway in the second
period and tossed one pass which
Bones Taylor dropped. That act
supposedly preached the National
Football Leagues contract with the
Chicago Tribune, sponsor Of the
All-Star game, and put the next
legal move up to the newspaper.
Gilmer was introduced before the
game and presented with q set Of
golf clubs and silver tray by the
Junior Board of Commerce, making
the day decidedly more profitable
for him than the rest Of his team
mates.
The Packers. despite the score and
glowing press notices. did not seem
to be 43 points better than the
Tribe. With Jacobs at the throttle
they ran up 164 yards from scrim-
mage to the Redskins 106 and out
gained them through the air, 2ll to
80, but 1t looked too easy. Several
Of Jacobs passes we're long throws
that might have been intercepted by
smarter, more alert defense. and
indeed it seemed that much of the
Skins troubles were caused by their
inability to decide whether to play
the man or the ball.
Two Long Passes Score.
Jacobs threw two tremendous
Michigan" passes, one to cagy Clyde
Goodnight and the other to speedy
Ed Cody, for touchdowns. Cody cul-
minated a 29-yard march with a q
yard plunge to score: Rookie Full
back Ken Roskie intercepted one OF
Tom Mont's passes and ran IL yards
fof another and Jacobs pitched 8
yards to Ted Cook, an. end, for .
tally.
t When the Packers were racing for
six points Ted Fritsch was kicking
field goals from the 80, Al and AZ
yard lines. 1t was enough all-around
power to discourage the most am
bilious team.
The Redskins crippled and dis
organized backield will have to take
most of the blame for defeat. They
missed blocks, busted signals and
forgot their good blocking manners.
Worst of all. the pass receivers quit
running while Sammy Baugh was
looking for targets and made the
thin man look as If he had a bad
day.
The Skins got bad break on
the second play of the game when
Ed Smith went from his own 20 TO
the Tribes lS when End Cook was
50 far offside be seemed to be play
ing in Washington's secondary. He
got away with it though, and
Jacobs made the score on an 8-yard
pass to Cook
PoillOn's Boot Fails.
The Redskins controlled the ball
most of the first period and bulled
their way from their own "a to the
Packers IL, without tossing a pass,
before the drive was stopped. Then
Baugh aimed one at Taylor in the
corner of the end zone that Tony
Canadeo barely fiicked out OF his
hands Adding TO their misery,
Dick Poillons field goal boot from
the Is was ruled no good. Baugh
said he thought 1t was well inside
the upright.
That was the Redskins lone scor-
ing chance. They got to the enemy
"a later in the period before bog
ging down, and Jim PEBBLES At
yard field goal attempt was wide
of the mark.
A penalty helped them reach
Green Bays 30-yard line In the
second period but Baugh couldn't
find any receivers and the backs
couldn't make any headway against
the stout Packer line, so that thrust
was repulsed.
Jacobs started the second scoring
march with a 53-yard heave to
Goodnight, who got behind Sandifer
for first down on Washington's
i27. A throw to Cook was good
for a first down OH the is and the
pay-off pitch was to Ed Cody who
was entirely surrounded by Red
skins.
| Fritsch booted his first field goal
before the Packers stole the ball
on their own As On the first play
Indian Jack pegged to Goodnight.
who got behind Rookie Carl Russ
and Bob Nussbaumer on the II and
went all the way.
It was $50 at the half, but
Fritschs 4l-yard boot made 1t Is
points for the Packers soon after
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