Evening star., 1949-11-28
Feeble Redskins
Dazed byGiants'
Passer Coner|y
By Lewis F. Atchison

not wanting TO quit pro 1OOtDall.
It was apparent yesterday as his
New York Giants scored twice in
the fourth period to hand the Red
skins a 23-7 defeat at New York's
Polo Grounds for a sweep of their
'49 series. An attendance of 12,985
saw the game played on a snow
covered field.
II can't quit with a young club
coming along" Owen explained.
"It's true I've lost about 40
pounds, but I'm feeling much bet
ter. There's nothing like a winner
to cure coach's troubles. We
were short this season, but next
year We'll be back in the thick of
things"
The Giants underscored that
remark by moving back into Sec
ond place in the National Leagues
Eastern Division. behind the
Champion Philadelphia Eagles.
They need help to challenge Phil
adelphia seriously next year, but
they are building slowly and
surely. The of f-season signing.
trading and selling of players will
be critical for several clubs in 1850,
and the Redskins in particular
need smart front-office maneuver-
ing to get enough good material
to put them back on their feet.
On paper the Redskins were
better than the Giants-if you be-
lieve statistics. But they spent
most of the afternoon bottled up
in their half of the field for two
reasons. First, they failed to block
properly on key plays and. Sec
ondly. they couldn't hold the
Giants after working them into a
hole.
Giants Bounce Back.
The touchdown that marked the
games turning point, for example,
followed l5-yard penalty against
John Sanchez, former Redskin,
for holding. It put the Giants
back on their "a, seemingly in q
mess Of trouble. But two plays
later Charley Conerly passed to
Ray Coates for a first down on
the Redskins 43 and on the next
play he heaved the frozen pigskin
to Choo Choo Roberts for the
touchdown that gave New York a
1T lead.
The Tribe muffed another gol-
den opportunity midway in the
third period when the Giants were
nursing a slender 10-7 lead and
both teams were playing for a
break. Dick Poillon parked q punt
out of bounds at the Giants 3
and it seemed that it might be the
Tribes long-awaited opportunity.
AL Demao stopped Coates on a
line buck. but on the next play
Conerly threw a jump pass to Bill
Swiacki for is yards and six plays
later the New Workers were back
in Washington territory.
The Conerly-to-Swiacki combi-
nation looked as good as any in
the league. Conerly completed
only II Of his 80 tosses, but they
accounted for 218 yards and two
touchdowns and the cold, slippery
ball was no handicap to Swiacki
In catching key passes.
Two Records for Taylor.
Sammy Baugh, who connected
on is Of 81 passes for 131 yards,
sparked the Redskins lone touch
down drive, an advance that sue
ceeded after Dick Poillon's Al
yard field goal attempt failed. An
Off side penalty against the Giants
returned the ball to the Skins
after Poillon missed. The 65-yard
march followed, featured by Sam S
tosses to Tommy Mont and Eddie
Saenz before he unloaded the 38-
yard payoh pitch to Taylor.
The touchdown was Taylor's
eighth of the season. breaking the
previous Redskin record Of seven
held jointly by Wilbur Moore. cur
rent backfleld coach, and Joe
Aguirre, q former Tribe end. Be-
fore the final whistle, Bones also