Evening star., 1950-10-04
Giants Tough Defense
Spells More Woe for
Redskins Sunday
By Lewis F. Atehison

Always tough for the Redskins,
the New York Giants are in
position to lay it on the home team
Sunday when they pay their an
nual visit to Washington. One
touchdown in two games, scored
by Pittsburgh, is the Giants de-
fensive record. The Redskins
sorry offense of the last two weeks
gives little reason to believe they'll
dent it. Offensively. the Giants
seem about ready to jell.
They always get better as they
go along" Coach Herman Ball of
the Redskins said. II heard they
weren't impressive in their ex-
hibitions but they seem to be doing
all right in league games. It's just
our luck to be catching these teams
when they're ready to roll"
Ball seems up against stone
wall in planning the offense for
Sunday. His ground attack won't
move without blocking and the
Giants showed what they can do
to a passing game at Cleveland
last Sunday when Otto Graham
spent most Of the afternoon gaz-
ing up into the sky.
Dudley May Call Signals.
Added to Balls worries is the
fact he may have to do without
Sammy Baugh and Harry Gill
mer, his two quarterbacks. Baugh
has Clipped bone in his right
elbow and probably will miss the
game. Gilmer was to visit ply
sician today to see whether he'll
be able to play. He strained the
ligaments in his right knee in the
Pittsburgh game.
Ball said that If neither Gil
mer nor Baugh is ready, he prob
ably will shift Bill Dudley to quar-
terback.
Dudley took hand at the quar-
terbacking chores yesterday. and
although the role in the T-for-
nation was strange to him he did
well enough handling the ball. AS
a passer Dudley leaves something
to be desired and he can't expect
to rattle off the signals like
veteran, but he might be the
smartest play caller on the squad
and in an emergency could shift
into the single wing.
It is ironic that the first year
the Redskins tried to skimp on
quarterbacks. keeping two instead
of three and watching one pine
away on the bench. they had
both injured in one game. It
won't happen again.
A Tough Defensive Outfit.
The Giants not only have one
of the best defensive coaches in
the pro league but he, in turn,
seems to have the material to do
the job. Otto Schnellbacher, who
played with the Yanks last year
and was picked up in the pro
draft: Tom Landry, whose case is
similar; Emlen Tunnel. the speedy
Negro; Joe Scott and Harmon
Rowe give Owen plenty of ball
hawking talent to stop the passes.
The line, featuring Johnny
Mastrangelo and Arnie Vein
meister. 235 pounds each. and both
refugees from the old AAC Yanks,
seems big and fast enough to
stop the Redskins ground attack.
1t has the experience the Red
skin forwards seem to lack and
it showed plenty of drive against
the Browns. Ball still thinks the
Redskin line can give a good &C
count of itself if it gets the lead
out of its shoes. but he knows
as well as the next person that
| if it sits and waits for the Giants
to charge. it'll be murdered.
The only ray of light in the
Redskins cloud is the New York
casualty list, which includes Mas
trangelo, twisted knee: Tunnel,
twisted ankle; Eddie Price, pulled
leg muscle; Harmon Rowe's
severely bruised ribs; John Rapacz.
slight conclusion, and John Can
ady. strained sacroiliac. You can
almost wager. however, that all
will be ready Sunday.