Evening star., 1950-10-09
One Defensive Lapse
Gives Giants Victory
In Years Best Game
By Lewis F. Atchison

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self-respect today, even though
they were virtually out of the Ma
tional Football League title race
after. dropping that 21-17 heart
breaker to the New York Giants
before 1928 fans on the soggy
turf at Griffith Stadium yesterday.
1t was their third straight loss
and the best they can hope for
now is to help decide which rival
will get into the championship
playoff.
Only by winning all their eight
remaining games can Coach Her
man Balls men muscle into the
title picture, and a glance at the
schedule makes it seem almost i'm
possible. The Redskins have two
games each with the Cleveland
Browns and Philadelphia Eagles
the best pro teams last year-and
one each with Pittsburgh and the
Giants. They had their chance
to beat the Giants yesterday and
let it slip away as Steve Owens S
squad chalked up it's third con-
secutive victory.
Breaks Go Against Redskins.
The fortunes of football were
against the Redskins in one of
the most freakish and yet one of
the best games seen here in sew
eral years. In the end, a mental
lapse cost them the victory as a
three-year-old deal backfired on
the Washington club.
|, The victim was HoWie Living
5ton, Redskins halfback. Co-hero
was Charley Conerly, Giants
quarterback who baited Living
ston out of position and threw
the winning touchdown to
Choo Choo Roberts in the final
period.
Three years ago the Redskins
traded Conerly, a draft choice, to
the Giants for Livington, who al.
ways had been as effective as q
court ORDER against them on pass
defense. Conerly had his best day
OF the 1850 season yesterday and
you could say the same for Harry
Gilmer, the slim, dead-game Ala
baman on whom the Redskins
gambled to make good when they
let Conerly go. Unfortuitely, you
couldn't say it for Livingston.
This Play Set Stage.
The turning point Of the game
came a couple of minutes before
the deciding touchdown when
Conerly, tackled low a yard be-
hind his own goal line, managed
TO get off pass to Forrest Grif
fifth, rookie halfback. on New
York's 36-yard line as he fell.
Thus, instead of having a two
point safety charged against them
and being obliged to kick to the
Redskins from their own 20-yard
line, the Giants got fresh start
and went 83 yards to score.
1t seemed strange to watch the
Redskins operating entirely with
out Sammy Baugh, but Gilmer's S
handling of the team was impress
sive enough for Ball to decide that
Harry will get the starting as
signment in the next game
against the Chicago Cardinals
two weeks hence. Gilmer took the
team 80 yards for one touchdown.
carrying the ball over himself on
a quarterback sneak from the l.
yard line, Immediately following
the opening kickoff.
He took the Tribe 90 yards to
give it 14-7 lead in the second
period with scintilating, 1O-yard
pass to Bill Dudley. Finally, he
gave them another scoring oppor-
tunity late in the third period
with a 60-yard pass to Hugh Tay-
lor, who made a sensational catch
between Emlen Tunnel and Otto
Schellbacher on the Giants g.
yard line. This advance begged
down and Baugh, who held the
ball for both extra-point kicks,
came In and held it for a 20-yard
field goal by Dudley.
Line Shows Up Well.
The Redskin line gave its best
performance in the league this
season in checking the Giants
running attack. Passes paved the
way for the first two New York
scores, with Griffith bucking over
from the 2-yard line in the first
period and Roberts hitting out
side right tackle for another mid
way in the third period.
The Redskins, given new hope
by Frankie Spaniel's 41-yard kick
Ioff return. made one last push in
to Giant territory after the visit
ors' final score. but a tumble by
Chuck Drazenovich, recovered by
Tackle AL de Rogatis of the Giants
on the 37-yard line, ended it.