Evening star., 1950-09-18
Victory Raises Hope
Redskins Will Take
Role
By Lewis F. Atchison

py LEWIS T. AtCHiSon
Unwittingly. if not unwillingly,
the Redskins today found them
selves on the verge of being
groomed for the role Of giant kill
ers after chalking up 1914 vic
tory over the Colts yesterday at
Baltimore in their 1850 National
League debut. The giant in this
case is the Cleveland Browns. who
astonished National League fans
Saturday night by walloping the
Philadelphia Eagles, 35-10, at
Philadelphia.
The press box at Baltimore yes
terday buzzed with tales OF the
dazzling Browns and their all-star
cast headed by Otto Graham. If
the Eagles couldn't beat them.
who could? Nobody could think
of a better answer offhand than
the Redskins-rnaybe. The Red
skins certainly would have looked
no worse than the aged and Grip
pied Eagles, and with the Sammy
Baugh-to Hugh Taylor touchdown
duet clicking as well as it did yes
terday the Redskins would have
scored more than 10 points on
Cleveland.
But the scouts at Baltimore who
have seen the Browns were vir-
tually willing to concede them the
American Conference title and a
berth in the championship play
off. In fact, the conversation bor-
dered on a my big brother kin
lick your big brother" stage,
apropos a return game between
the Chicago Bears and Browns.
Maybe the Bears can do it, some
argued. but hardly any other club.
Browns Keep Ridicule File.
Off their best game the Red
skins would have a good chance of
knocking off the Browns. although
it was quite clear in Philadelphia
that the Clevelanders are point
ing for them. A careful file has
been preserved of all the remarks
and ridicule poked at the Browns
by George Marshall and other
members of the Redskins official
family.
Included is a clipping from
San Francisco, for example in
which Coach Herman Ball is sup
posed to have said the Browns
would be lucky to win more than
one game this year. The Browns
squad will be reminded of these
real and fancied digs at the proper
time to bring them to boiling
point.
Any one close to Ball knows it
isn't his nature to boast and that
he is far too smart to feed the
enemy such psychological ammu-
milton, but it makes no difference
to the Browns. They want to beat
the Redskins more than long
shot player wants to pick a winner.
Ball, however. is a near-sighted
coach who can't see beyond next
Sundays game with the Packers
at Green Bay and he thinks it
poses enough trouble without wor-
rying about the ninth game on the
schedule. After yesterdays As to
u shellacking by Detroit, the
Packers should be in an ugly mood.
Sluggish Exhibition.
The Redskins would have been
no match for the Browns yester-
day. They called the tune and
won almost as they pleased, but
it was sluggish exhibition for a
team that clicked with machine
like precision while rolling up five
exhibition game victories. The
rackling was sloppy and the
blocking inoffenSive at times, but
they had a scoring punch in the
clutch, which is all that counts.
Taylor took two touchdown
passes from Sammy Baugh, for
l27 and 81 yards, and another
from Harry Gilmer for 46 yards,
to lead the Tribes scoring parade.
Rob Goode carried screen pass
from Sam Sc yards for another
six-pointer, and Harry Dowda in
tercepted one of Y. A. Titles
throws and raced % yards for the
fifth six-pointer. 81"
For variety, Bill Dudley kicked
an 11-yard field goal. in addition
10 booting all the extra points.
The Colts got both of their
touchdownS in the third period.
Chet Mutryn rammed over tackle
for "a yards and the first, cul-
minating a 74-yard drive. Gene
Mazzanti's 7-yard plunge ended
an 81-yard manufactured by
Titles 39-yard pass to Johnny
North, for the second.
The Colts never were closer
than two touchdowns at any time.
When they got their first the
Redskins retaliated in exactly
three plays on Goodies touchdown,
and it sort of took the starch
out of the Baltimoreans.