Evening star., 1951-10-24
Mi||ner Says Eagles
Won't Repeat Lapse
That Won for Giants
By Lewis r. Atchison

An eight-minute defensive lapse
In so minutes of bruising football
was the Philadelphia Eagles
undoing against the Giants and
Coach Wayne Millner is taking
steps to see that it doesn't hap
pen again against the Redskins
Sunday.
The one time Redskin end will
match strategy at Philadelphia
with Dick Todd, Redskin coach
and former Washington team
mate. and the Eagles fading hopes
of getting into the National Foot
ball League title playoff may be
riding on the outcome. And
there's little matter of personal
pride involved, too, for Wayne
used to be the Tribes end coach
and wants to show the Redskins
made mistake in letting him go.
The Eagles probably will be slight
favorites.
II can't put my finger on the
trouble" Millner told us over the
telephone, rehaShing the Giants
game, but We were going great
until the letdown came. 1t was
one of those things that can hap
pen to any team, but we should
have won after running up ITO
lead in the first half. One thing
that didn't help us was a hard
blow Russ Craft got on the head.
He's one of our most dependable |
linemen-one of the most under
rated men in the league-and the
rap he got didn't do us any good.
Van Buren, Ready to Play.
Millner said he didn't use Steve
Van Buren, in the second half be-
cause "Wham Bans" old ankle
injury began to bother him, but
the veteran back will be ready to
face the Redskins. The Tribe
may think it is seeing double when
Steve's brother, Ebert, who is an
inch and a half taller than Steve
(6.001a) and weighs the same at /
203 pounds. gets into the game. |.
Millner likes his style.
He can carry the ball, but |
we've used him chiefly on defense
because he knows how to back up
a line" Millner said.
Millner has alternated Bill
Mackrides with Adrian Burk at
quarterback, trying to give them
an equal amount of work. The
Redskins drafted Burk from the
defunct Baltimore Colts but traded
him to the Eagles for Rookie Jack /
Dwyer. Bo McMillin, ailing Eagles
coach, relied on Burk to do most of |
the work when he was at the helm.
Both need work" Millner said. /
"Burk was behind Y A. Title at !
Baltimore and Mackrides never /
had a chance here because of I
Tommy Thompson. We miss
Tommy, but I think We'll get by
with these boys
Rookie Shines as Pass Receiver.
AS for pass receivers, Millner
likes Rookie Bob Walston, 1872
pound, 6-foot-l la-inch draftee
from Georgia. who has 13 recep-
tions and ranks seventh in the
league. Teammate Pete Pihos has
caught 16 passes for 248 yards, but
Walston picked up 254 yards and
scored three touchdowns. Also
an expert place kicker, Walston
has kicked II extra points and
three field goals and is the leagues
third leading scorer with 38 points. i
He missed field goal by inches |,
that would have beaten the
Giants" Millner said. This boyf'
will be great before he's through. "
NOTES-Fred Benners. SMU
student who caused all that ex-
citement in South Bend couple
of Saturdays ago. was drafted by
the New York Giants a year ago.
. His class had graduated.
The San Francisco Forty Miners
are saying Hardy Brown is one of
the best line-backers in the league.
And this is the same Brown
released last year by the Redskins.
George Buksar, Redskins de-
fensive back who was obtained
from Detroit when the Lions got
Pat Harder, was recommended !,
strongly by Millner. Before
Millner joined the Eagles coach
ing staff, of course. Verl Lilly
whites 75-yard punt for the Forty
Miners against Cleveland is the
leagues longest official punt of the
season. But Horace Gillom,
Cleveland end, is credited with
one of 66 yards, and he stands Is
yards behind the line of scrim-
mage. -.