Evening star., 1948-09-03
Morale Of Redskins
Helped by21-to-1O
Victory Over Rams
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Coach Turk Edwards and his lieu
tenants, not to mention the players
we're open to criticism. 1t worked
beautifully. The 13 passes com.
pleted by Bob Waterfield and jim
Hardy netted 1875 yards, but most Of
the gains were short and did nc
damage. The longest, a 44-yarc
throw from Harry to Howard Hickey
brought the Rams from their IL tc
the Redskins A and there the line
held.
:. And speaking of lines, Sammy
Baugh's prediction that if the for
wards came through the Skins would
WIN, panned out. The line was great
The only lapse was costly as Kenny
Washington, the Rams big Negro
back. cut outside right tackle and
got away for a touchdown. The
Skins were disorganized for the
moment, or Washington would have
been stopped. Don't undcrrate the
veteran Washington, whose high
knee action still makes him dam
gerous runner, but Jim PEBBLES and
Clyde Ehrhardt both had shot at
him and missed. They don't miss
often.
Davis No Bother to Skins.
Glenn Davis? Sure, he played
but not much. Dick Poillon kept his
kicks away from the former Army
flash and when Davis did take the
ball he was almost blotted out like
en- ink spot. He did get a fair
chance at one punt late in the final
period. 1t rolled and he picked it
up on the 10, only to see Fred
Boensch highballing at him. He
faded back, cut for the sideline and
wound up on his l with Mike
Roussos, Paul Mckee and Tom Mont
playing patty cake with him in the
dust.
Davis was no threat last night.
The Redskin ends. notably Rookie
Charley Newman, blocked him when
he tried to get into the open and
Waterfield couldn't find him. Mr..
Inside" carried the ball only four
times for a net gain of l yard. He
kept getting a busy signal on the
Redskin line.
Jack Banta, former Redskin,
stepped "a yards to be the leading
ground gamer for Los Angeles, but
the Redskins had four better than
Banta-Eddie Saenz. Dick Todd,
Nussbaumer and Tom Farmer. No
telling what Saenz would have
chalked up if he hadn't broken his
foot in the second period
Baugh Outwits Rams.
Mont didn't get chance to show
his quarterbacking talent because
Baughs aching back held up. The
old gentleman did respectable job
Of outwitting the foe. tossing only
18 passes and completing eight for
80 yards. The second time the Red
skins had the ball, Baugh took
them from their 26 to the Rams 20
without pass. The opposition in
sisted on playing flve-man line.
40 Sammy simply sent Saenz, Sal
Rosato and later Quirk through the
line, When the Rams shifted into
q seven-man line, Baugh tossed his
first pass to Nussbaumer for a first
down on the 8. .'F
The Redskin line outplayed the
Ram forwards from start to finish
There never was doubt that
Adams, Koniszewski, Steber, San
chez and Co. were the masters, as
the SO yards gained on the ground
shows
:. Todd set up the first Washington
score. taking Baugh's pass for 81
yards and first down on the Ram
13 After an exchange of penalties.
Baugh passed to Mont, who slipped
through Don Paul. Pat West and
Jerry Cowhig for the score.
Another run by Todd. returning
Waterfeld's punt, set up the final
ecore on the Rams %. Todd raced
around end to the 3 and Quirk took
over.
Waterfeld's 29-yard field goal
scored the Rams first three points
in the second period and for a
while it seemed that the game might
be repetition Of the 1914 Ram
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