Evening star., 1950-09-25
Redskins Must Show
Better Football in
Home Start-or Else
By Lewis F. Atchison


The Redskins open their home
season against Pittsburgh next
Sunday and they'll show a better
brand of football than they did
yesterday in losing to Green Bay.
1921, at Milwaukee, or there1l
be some changes in the cast. Coach
Herman Ball didn't take the de-
feat. the first in two league games
after string of six wins, exactly
philosophically.
ut isn't good to lose any game, -
he commented, when it was sug-
gested that the loss might be a
tonic for the team. We've got to
win, and keep winning"
A sandlot brand of tackling, poor
blocking. a couple of questionable
officiating decisions and a souped
up Green Bay eleven brought
about the Redskins downfall. The
Packers. themselves. were enough
to handle the job. They left a
list of Redskin cripples long
enough to fill hospital, reviving
thoughts of the Tribes physical
beating at Pittsburgh a year ago.
Three Injured Early.
Ed Quirk. Hall Haynes and Joe
Tereshinski were injured in the
first half, and with them went a
large part of the Redskins defense.
Harry Dowda. limping on an all
ing leg. had to replace Haynes on
defense and try to play offense,
too. Herb Siegert filled in for
Quirk as a line-backer, weakening
the offensive line, and Roland
Dale, not Al himself physically,
took over Tereshinski's role on
defense.
Rob Goode, whose 80-yard
touchdown run in the third period
was new record run from scrim-
mage for the Redskins, was
knocked loco early in the game
but came back. Harry Gilmer and
Pete Stout were shaken up, and
Bones Taylor developed a double
charley horse in his left leg. Hardy
Brown was felled in the first half
with what may be a fractured rib,
and Eddie Saenz has a broken
finger, possibly two.
John Badaczewski was dragged
off the field in the final period,
and with him went the rest of the
defense.
tumble Ruling Hurt.
Ball thought penalties and FUN
bles were the Redskins undoing.
The key ruling, he thought, paved
the way for Green Bays first
touchdown. It was a pass from
Sammy Baugh to Goode, who was
hit by Carl Schuette, a 210-pound
line-backer, as he took the throw,
and fumbled. Ninety-nine times
out of 100 it would be ruled an
incomplete pass, but it was called
tumble recovered by Schuette
on Washington's 21-yard line.
Paul Christman, traded to Green
Bay by the Cardinals last week.
came in and missed three passes
before hitting Ted Cook with a
short one, down the middle, for a
touchdown.
From the pressbox, the turn
ing point seemed to be Billy Joe
Grimes 85-yard punt return for
a touchdown that gave the Pack
ers a lat lead in the second
period. Slug Witucki was down
under the kick but didn't lay a
hand on Grimes. Bill Dudley had
Grimes in his arms on the Wash
ington IS and let him get away.
After that the Packers had a I'VE
can't-lose" attitude.
If Green Bay needed lift it
got from an enthusiastic crowd of
14,109 cash customers who
whooped it up from the start. The
Packers didn't seem to be par
ticularly good team, but yesterday
they beat the Redskins at their
own game-spirit and aggressive
ness. They took advantage of
every break and almost every scor-
ing opportunity.
Livingston in New Role.
The Redskins scored first on a
44-yard pass from Sammy Baugh
to Howie Livingston. Livingston
took another throw from Harry
Gilmer late in the final period for
76-yard touchdown play that
ended the Tribes scoring. Goodies
80-yard gallop was sandwiched in
between.
Grimes plunged from the 2-yard
line for his second touchdown,
coming in the third period, and
the veteran Tony Canadeo went
over the 1-yard stripe, following
Dudley's blocked punt, in the
third.
The Packers let one of their
new hands, Larry Coutre, tote the
leather most of the 81 yards they
travelled for their fifth score, after
recovering Chuck Drazenovich's
tumble in the final period. Coutre
rammed through his own right
tackle-and rammed is the word
from the 1-yard line to score.
Baltimore Coach Cautious
Comparing Redskins, Browns
By Stoff CORRESPONDENT of The S,or
BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.-The
Cleveland Browns $40 victory
over the Colts yesterday, a week
after the Redskins beat the Balti-
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