Evening star., 1949-09-28
WheIcheI Seeks Cure
For Redskin Faults
As SfeeIers Loom
by Lewis +. Atchison

oy LEWIS =. AtCutSOH
This is strictly third-hand in
formation. because only the Car
dinals and their coaches know
what went on in their dressing
room between halves of last Mon
day nights game with the Red
skins, but the following could ac-
count for what happened to the
Tribe.
Cu-Coach Phil Handler. or it
might have been Buddy Parker,
because he was one Of those scout
ing from the press box, walked
to the ever-present blackboard. \
This is the defense they're
using" he announced, drawing
circles and KS on the board. If
they come back into the same
thing this half we shouldn't have
any trouble with 1t. You know
what to- do"
Tribal Defenses Faulty.
The kickoff went to the Cards
and six plays later they had the
game-clinching touchdown. What
happened? Simply that Charley
Trippi picked up 43 yards on two
well-spaced lateral passes from
Padl Christman, Elmer Augsman
got Is outside end and Pat Harder
went the final IA on what was
evidently a trap play. Nothing
happened, except the Redskins
defense failed to click.
Individually the Redskins weren't
as bad as 38-7 sounds. Collectively
they failed to function consist
emily. Coach Billick ,Whelchel is
\ trying to find out why they failed
in order to avoid a duplication
against q tough, durable Pitts
burgh eleven next Monday night.
In the first half Al Demao, Herb
Shoener, ''Keg" Badaczewski and
Bob Hendren stopped the Cardi-
mails In the line-except for, one
trap play in which Trippi went 20
yards to set up the games first
score.
In the second half the same
group, plus Niemi and Jim PEBBLES
on some plays, helped tighten up
the line, but 1t was In this half
that the Cards piled up most of
the 265 yards they gained on the
ground. During this time they
were double -teaming-that is, two
of their linemen were hitting one
Redskin, and throwing lateral
passes the Skins couldn't stop.
Either the Tribe didn't guess what
! was coming or simply didn't have
the defense to stop it.
It was unfortunate. too, that the
usually reliable Dick Poillon's
punting was the poorest he's ever
shown. He was kicking in the
fangs Of oncoming Cardinal line
men all night. The blocking was
poor, but he seemed slow, too.
getting the ball away. He was
forced to kick deep in his own
territory time and again, and
had no luck at all. Trippi re-
turned one punt 18 yards to set
up the Cardinals second touch
down. Two more punts that went
out of bounds on the Cardinal 40
and Redskin 37-yard line also
opened UP scoring avenues for the
victors.
Trippi Lucky With Kicks.
Trippi, on the other hand.
didn't kick well either, but was
lucky. His high punts were hard |
to handle, and on at least one
occasion the Redskin backs were
snoozing. That was when they let
Bill Blackburn ground the ball
on the 1-yard line without trying
to block him out of the play.
But all that was ancient history
today as the Tribe busted itself
with preparations for Monday |
nights game. The loss Of Hal
Crisler, rangy pass-catching end,
who has lame shoulder, is a blow.
Crisler hopes to get back into the
lineup by Monday, but the doctor
thinks 1t would be inadvisable. If
Joe Tereshinski continues to grab
passes the way he did against the
Cards, Sammy Baugh and Harry
Gilmer may get along nicely with
out Crisler.
The Skins are working this week |
at American University, and with
no other serious injuries should
IA II, 0ood shane fnf. the SfaelerS