Evening star., 1951-10-03
Redskins Get a Lift
In News That Giants
Make Mistakes, Too
By Lewis F. Atchison

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By Lewis F. Atehison
! The Redskins, scolded and tolc
to go stand in the corner fol
losing to Detroit Sunday, will bt
glad to hear they aren't the only
team that makes mistakes. The
New York Giants, coming here
for the Redskins home inaugura,
Sunday. make 'em, too. ..
Jack Lavelle, Giants scout ano
ambassador of good will, SAID
Steve Ovens pupils would have
won no prizes in their 1913 tie
with the Steelers at Pittsburgh
Monday night. Mechanically, the
Giants were a bit on the ragged
side.
Our rockies inexperience hurt
Lavelle noted, "but you get a lot
OF experience in Pittsburgh. Those
Steelers educate you in a hurry
with their single-wing offense. ;
The Giants also seemed to have
made a bad deal in sending Bill
Swiacki to Detroit, where he
starred against the Redskins, fol
Guards Joe Soboleski and Johnny
Blitz. Swiacki is firmly estab-
liShed with the Lions while Sobo-
leski. who was with the Redskins
briefly. and Blitz have been waived
out of the league.
Giants Need More Guards.
Lavelle explained that the
Giants have six good ends. in
cluding Rockies Bob Wilkinson
from UCLA, Bill Stribling from
Mississippi and Bob Hudson of
Clemson, and needed guards. They
could afford to give up Swiacki
and were willing to take the gam
BILE. The club is still short of
guards, listing only four, and if
Fritz Barzilauskas is unable to
play Sunday the Giants may be
in trouble.
The Giants will have Charlie
Conerly ready again for action
this week. plus Kyle Rote, their
bonus choice and a good, all
around man. Conerly was in
jured in the exhibition game with
the Redskins at Birmingham, and
Rote was out with a twisted knee.
Add Emlen Tunnel and Stone
wall Jackson. who didn't play in
Birmingham, and it'll be much
improved team.
May Lose Yowarsky, Baugh.
Meanwhile. the Redskins may
lose Rookie Walt Yowarsky and
Sammy Baugh this week because
OF jammed shoulders. Both were
injured in collisions with Pat
Harder of the Detroit Lions, and
while Baugh has been used only
sparingly. Coach Herman Ball was
counting heavily on Yowarsky for
a defensive role.
The Baltimore Colts will sue
Commissioner Bert Bell and the
National Football League for the
restoration of the city's franchise,
Attorney William D. Macmillan
announced in Baltimore yesterday.
Macmillan representing the clubs
board OF directors, said the league
had no right to accept surrender
OF the Baltimore franchise last
January by Abe Watner, president
and angel of the club in 1850.
Watner forfeited the franchise
when he was not reimbursed for
$50, 600 in Colts bills.
Bell had told the directors the
franchise would be restored if they
put up 100000 by October /, part
OF the money to repay Watner and
part to settle territorial claims of
the Redskins.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of
Oklahoma remembers watching
the University of Oklahoma foot
ball team play Oklahoma A&M
in football before the State was
admitted to the Union.
The boys wore overaIls and
tied red bandannas around their
foreheads to keep the hair from
their eyes," the Senator said.
And the game was played in a
field knee-high with alfalfa. You
can imagine what It was like"
Senator Thomas has been a reg
ular at all Redskins home games
"and any other good games I can
get to-" since coming to Washing
ton in 1920.
Men who usually know about
such things say Paul Brown really
wanted to leave as coach of the
Cleveland Browns and return to
Ohio State this year. He would
have stepped out at the top, after
winning his league title every year
in pro competition. BY staying on
he has no place to go but down.
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