Evening star., 1953-11-16
Statistics


month, and two games with the
Steelers. Both teams are sup
posed to be tougher than the
Bears on their records. which
are much better than Chicago's
two victories against five de-
feats and a tie.
The Redskins go to New York
to play the Giants next Sunday,
and visit Pittsburgh the follow
ing week.
Coach Curly Lambeau summed
up yeserday's defeat succinctly
enough.
I'VE just got the pants
whipped off u.s." the coach said.
Macon Carries Mail.
Eddie Macon, whose last name
is a f1ve-letter synonym for
speed. did most of the dam
age. The nimble-footed Negro
from College of Pacific had the
1882 fans on their feet several
times during the afternoon with
brilliant kick returns.
Macon, who hadn't been much
help to the Bears before yeSter-
day, reeled off two runs of 10
and 80 yards on kickoff returns.
He took one punt IS yards to the
goal line only to have the score
nullified because a teammate,
Billy Anderson, was caught clip
ping Slug Witucki at midf1eld.
Eddie dashed 13 yards to help
set up the Bears third-period
touchdown, and he topped off a
busy day by taking a pass from
George Blanda for 9 yards and
the winning touchdown in the
final period.
But Macon'S speed wasn't the
whole story. The Bears line out
played the Redskins forwards
almost from start to finish. Two
stout, goal-line stands by the
Washington eleven we're the lone
exceptions. The Redskins stopped
the Bears foot short of touch
down on the first play of the
second period. and they appeared
to have held again for at least
two downs in the third quarter
when John Hoffman was piled
up at center on second-dow
smash. This time, however, the
Bears were given the touchdown.
Bears Pile Up Yardage.
Between times, Hoffman and
Fred Morrison alternately cut
the Washington line to shreds,
powering an attack that piled up
237 yards on the ground.
Hoffman ran 35 yards for
the Chicagoans' first touchdown
early in the first quarter. His
third-period score, Macon's six
pointer, and two field goals by
Blanda. good for 80 and 27 yards,
respectively, completed the
Bears scoring.
Meanwhile, the Redskins were
| in the thick of the scramble,
even if outplayed. They had a
chance to tie it up with six min
utes to go when Bill Dudley
came in to try a 27-yard field
goal. Dudley, who had booted a
35-yard three-pointer in the
third period. was wide of the
mark.
The Redskins spotted the
Bears a 10-point lead, came on to
overhaul 'em and go ahead by a
21-13 count, but fizzled in the
last quarter. They got two
touchdowns in the second period
on passes from Jack Scarbath to
Charlie Justice and Bones
Taylor, both on the sensational
side.
Referee Says It Counts.
Justice caught his throw in
the end zone, juggled it momen-
tarily and lost it when hit hard
by S. j. Whitman. The referee
ruled, however, that Choo Choo
held it long enough to make the
score official.
Scarbath'S throw to Taylor
was a beautifully executed pass,
good for II yards. Bones took
the ball behind Linebacker
Johnny Helwig and with a two
yard lead was off to the races.
That pass was the ex-Maryland
quarterback's best in nine out Of
81 competitions. Scarbath fin
ished with 205 yards gained on
his passes, while Eddie LeBaron,
who was used sparingly, COM
pleted none of three.
The Redskins third touch
down was a gift-the donor
being Gene Brito, who set it up
by stealing the ball from Nor
rison on the second play of the
third quarter. The Redskins
got the ball on the Bears 27-
yard line and, with Justice pick
ing up % yards and Rykovich
three on four downs. Leon Heath
bucked over from the 2-yard line
for the touchdown.
George Halas. the Bears
owner-coach, said his club had
the Redskins pretty well secuted,
especially the line. Considered
a passing, rather than running
team in previous games. the
Bears switched tactics yesterday
and it paid off.
Morrison Top Gamer.
I'VE thought they would put
two men on Jim Dooley at end
to try and stop our passing"
Halas said after the game. so
We decided to run. We had it
figured correctly"
Even more embarrassing from
a Washington viewpoint was the
fact that the Bears clobbered
the middle of the Redskins line.
(See REDSKINS. Page A-17o