Evening star., 1951-08-13
Three Ends Hold Key
To Redskins Chances
In Game With Rams
By Lewis F. Atchison
SIor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. ia
couple of veteran ends. Danny
Brown and Ed Berrang, and
Rookie Gene Brito may hold the
key to the Redskins chances of
beating the Los Angeles Rams
here Wednesday night in the first
pro football exhibition game of
the season. Coach Herman Ball
today reaffirmed a previous state
ment that the Redskins will be
only as good as their ends as the
squad awaited the first of two
night drills that will wind up
preparations for the game.
If our ends rush (Bob) Water
field and Dutchl Van Brocklin
and hurry their passes before the
receivers are open, we'll have a
chance" the coach said. IF they
don't we'll probably get a good
licking"
In this situation the busy "B"
boys, Brown, Berrang and Brito,
will be key men. Ball wants to
save long Bones Taylor and Joe
TereShinSki for offensive work,
and Jim PEBBLES, who was inact-
i've last season, still is a little too
rusty to give a top defensive per-
formance against the Rams
Rookie Ends Are Backward.
Brown and Berrang may play
most of the defense for, aside from
Mean Gene Brito, the rockies
haven't shown much. The Loyola
youngster could help on offense.
since he catches passes as well as
he blocks and tackles.
And he plays either end. It's
okay with Ball if Brito puts on
show for the home town folks. .,
Balls conviction that the ends
could be decisive factors was
strengthened yesterday as he
watched Sammy Baugh and Harry
Gilmer complete pass after pass
against defensive backs still unx
certain Of themselves and slow to
react. Even veterans seemed con-
fused in one of the poorest work
outs in three weeks.
1t isn't difficult to imagine what
will happen when the Redskins,
having trouble picking up team
mates they're accustomed to play
ing against, encounter speedsters
like Tommy Kalmanir, V. T. Smith
and Tom Fears. Ball seems to
have that in mind.
Don't Use Hands Properly.
End Coach Larry Cabrelli is dis
appointed by his pupils inability
to use their hands properly on de-
fense. Rookie jim Martinkovic
gets across the line of scrimmage
well, but isn't aggressive enough
to do any damage once there.
Rookie Bob Chubb hasn't shown
much on defense and has the bad
habit on offense of grading a pass
instead of catching it with his
hands.
Brown and Brito have shown
the most improvement" said
Cabrelli. They're alike in many
respects. They're easy to coach
do what you tell EN- and never
make the same mistake twice"
Ball would prefer to use all his
rockies against the Rams and see
what they do against first class
opposition, but with George Mar
shall, president of the club, call
ing for victory, Herman must
play his top men and that mar
rows the field considerably.
TonightS workout will be held
at Occidental College and tomor-
row night the team will try the
Coliseum turf.
NOTES-Leon Heath, sidelined
with torn rib cartilages, and
Tackle jim Station, nursing a.
bruised knee. may be released
from the College All-Star squad
and sent here Neither will play
in the All-Star game and Ball
would have them examined and
sent Immediately to Washington
for further medical treatment if
needed Bill Dudley was back
in harness yesterday, and run
ming like a rabbit hound.