Evening star., 1952-11-24
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in the third quarter, rallied to win
and move back on even terms
with the Cleveland Browns and
Philadelphia Eagles at the top of
the division. The outcome also
left the Redskins stranded in the
basement. with the Pittsburgh
ISteelers going into fifth place
with a victory over the Chicago
Cardinals.
The dressing room fracas in
volved Tackle Paul Lipscomb and
Guard Jim Ricca and it didn't
help the teams morale any. Ricca
was cut on the chin when it
struck the edge of a trunk as the
two big men grappled on the floor.
and seven stitches were required
to close the wound. Lipscomb was
unmarked and the two shook
hands later.
Play 3 Contenders Again.
The Redskins now have lost to
all three title contenders in their
division and figure to do it all
over again in the next three weeks.
The Browns are first on the list,
coming here next Sunday. Three
more defeats will give the 1852
squad a 2-10 record and the dubi-
Gus distinction of compiling the
poorest Redskins record in his
tory.
You can't convince the 21,125
fans present that the Redskins
were entirely to blame, however,
for most of the onlookerS were
fed up with the din of tin whis-
ties. 1t easily qualified as the
most over -officiated game of the
year. with the Redskins getting
none the better of it.
Officiating, however, didn't beat
the Redskins. They blew their
lead when their defense against
Fred Benners' passes collapsed
and Eddie Price, bottled up in
the first half with six yards,
finally got going. Eddie and Kyle
Rote sparked a 76-yard march
that led to Rote'S touchdown late
in the third period, putting the
Giants back in the game. It was
Price, the National Football
Leagues leading ground-gainer,
who rambled the last IA yards
for the Giants winning touch
down early in the fourth period.
Eddie finished with SO yards for
the day.
Mistakes Help Giants.
Redskins mistakes helped the
Giants get their second score, the
first being Eddie LeBaron's errant
pass, which was intercepted by
Tom Landry on Washington's 48-
yard line. The Redskins then held
the Giants to six yards on two
plays, but went offside on third
down, giving New York five yards
and a first down on the Washing
ton 81 to keep the drive going.
Price slanted off tackle for an ad-
ditional 13 yards and, after Ben
ners had passed to Bill Stribling
on the IA, went the rest of the
way.
There was nothing fluky about
the first New York score, how
ever, with Price chewing up the
Redskins line and Benners, who
relieved Charlie Conerly midway
in the second quarter, throwing to
Joe Scott for IS yards and to Rote
for IL to move the ball into scor-
ing position. Rote slammed over
|LipScomb's position for the mark
Ter, after Price had charged nine
yards through the line to the two.
The Giants missed scoring a
couple of plays sooner when Ben
ners overthrew Bob McChesney,
who was all alone in the end zone.
The Redskins seemed on their
way to victory in the first quarter
when they drove SIS yards to the
Giants Is before being thrown
back. LeBaron'S passes to Bones
Taylor and Leon Heath's 22-yard
run featured the advance, which
eliminated in 31-yard field goal
try by George Buksar that was
wide of the mark.
The Redskins held onto the ball
throughout most of the period,
surrendering it to their rivals for
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