Evening star., 1952-11-17
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QuarCer OF yesterdays game Wnen
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS For
ty-Niners rallied to win. It was
Notwithstanding defeat and
from here on in the Redskins
merely will be going through the
motions of finishing out a long.
trying year.
A couple of bad plays ruined
what started out to be a red-letter
day in pro football here. The first
was a big factor in Hugh McEl-
henny's 46-yard touchdown run
that shaved the Redskins lead to
17-16. with about six minutes left.
and the second led to a pass in
Perception that paved the way for
the visitors third touchdown and
a victory that kept them in a tie
with the Detroit Lions for the
National Conference lead.
It was almost an unbelievable
finish, and an hour after the game
several stunned Redskins still sat
in their dressing room. staring in
blank wonder.
LeBarOn Chief Culprit.
Poor linebacking by Bob Sykes,
permitting McElhenny to break
into the open on his long scoring
dash, was the first Redskins mis-
play that helped nullify their
good work in the first half. Coach
Curly Lambeau criticized the line
backing play not only of Sykes.
but Andy Davis, as well, blaming
them for all three Forty-Niner
touchdowns, but they weren't the
only offenders.
Little Eddie LeBaron, who called
a smart game most of the way,
made the slip that turned into
a long. disastrous skid for the
home team. With the ball on
Washington's "a and less than
four minutes left. Eddie called for
a pass instead of the obvious run
ming play on third down with two
yards to go for first down. Le-
Baron would have been the toast
of the grandstand quarterbacks
if the play worked, but it didn't.
Instead, Sam Cathcart latched
onto the ball on Washington's 49,
yard line and ran it back to the
80. Two plays later Y. A. Title
passed to End Billy Wilson. who
brushed off Chuck Drazenovich
and Johnny Williams and went 81
yards for the winning touchdown.
Blew Scoring Chance.
The games turning point might
have been reached early in the
final quarter, when the Redskins
were stopped two feet short of
their third touchdown after a So
yard march. LeBaron, who had
fired a jump pass to Hugh Taylor
to put the ball on the three, sent
Drazenovich into the line on two
successive plays, but the aroused
Forty Miners couldn't be budged
and took the ball on downs.
Lambeau called the Redskins
performance their best of the
year, and indicated that if they
couldn't win on their best they
couldn't expect to win with any
thing less.
you can't get blood out of a
turnip," he remarked. That's the
best we can do with the material
we have"
McElhenny. the leagues second
best ground-gainer, lived up to
advance notices with 68 yards on
10 trips. and Fullback Joe Perry
added sc on Is attempts to ac-
count for the bulk of the Forty
Miners yardage. Perry put the
visitors back in the running early
in the third period with a t9-yard
sweep around right end for his
teams first touchdown. The fleet
fullback bowled over Harry
Dowda en- route and got up to re-
sumo his journey after being
knocked down on the 12-yard line.
On this play. Lambeau blamed
poor linebacking for allowing
Perry to get into the open under
q full head of steam. A pass
interference penalty against the
Redskins helped in the advance.
Until then the Forty Miners
hadn't seriously threatened and
had only three points on a 36-yard
field goal by Gordie Soltau, who
also proved he is a great pass re-
ceiver during the afternoon.
YOnak0r and Hennessey Star.
In fact, with big John Yonakor
and Jerry Hennessey making
little eat almost as many passec
as he threw. and the Redskins
line holding the highly-touted San
forwards on even terms,
the Redskins were making the
potential champs look bad. Title
had to go it alone on offense, with
frankie Albert on the bench with
(See REDSKINS, Page A-l8.)