Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12
Statistics

for the division lead and both
teams will carry unbeaten rec
ords into the game. Detroit,
last years league champion and
Western Division pacemaker this
season, is the only other club in
the select ranks of the I'M
defeated after three games.
Yesterdays victory was the
Redskins first triumphant bow
here since 1948, when they hum
bled the same Giants, Al to 10,
and the question on everybody's
lips leaving the park was: Can
they beat Cleveland?
Convincing Against Eagles.
The Browns are coming here
with three convincing victories
tucked away, still the big team
of the division. Their easy win
over the Philadelphia Eagles
Saturday night in Cleveland
stamped them as the club to
beat for the title. It also should
make them heavy favorites over
the Redskins, who had to strug-
gle to get a 21-21 tie with the
Eagles the week before.
The Browns have everything
the Redskins have, and more of
it, except in one department.
They won't try any harder than
the Redskins, and it is this in
tangible factor that Coach Curly
Lambeau is counting on for an
other victory. The Redskins
never have beaten the Browns
but Curly thinks this may be the
year.
II saw every play of the
Observation-Disclosures game on
television and the Browns have
great team" Lambeau said.
They're simply great, but We'll
show up for the game"
Redskins SPIRIT Praised.
Curly credited the Redskins
spirit for the victory that kept
them unbeaten after the first
three league games for the first
time since 1916. They went to
the fifth game that year before
losing, record Lambeau hopes
to better.
"The boys didn't ease up once,
and that's what won the game,"'
the veteran coach said in re-
viewing the Redskins play.
Lambeau also used his one
two quarterback punch, a phrase
which sounded like so much
malarkey until yesterday - to
preserve the Redskins slender
lead. Eddie LeBaron was sent in
to direct the teams entire sec
ond-half assault, with instruc-
lions to stay on the ground and
take no chances on an inter-
copied pass. after Jack Scar
bath had pitched the team to q
lead in the first quarter.
This was a tribute to Lee
Baron'S Skillful ball handling.
and no reflection on Scarbath.
who won a host of new admirers
by two tremendous pitches to
Charlie Justice and Bones Taylor
for the Redskins lone touch
down in the first period. Most
of the Washington fans-there
were some gravel-voiced New
York supporters in the crowd
left the park convinced that
Scarbath is going to be all right.
The two passes covered SO yards,
catching the Giants hat-footed.
Field Goals Pay OF.
Two 16-yard field goals by Bill
Dudley. one in the first quarter
and another in the third, fin
iShed the Redskins scoring for
the day and proved sufficient.
Bill later missed a 42-yard try,
which was wide Of the mark.
The Giants scored on a safety
and an intercepted pass, in that
order. Don Doll, who unwilling
ly gave the visitors their safety
by being tackled in the end zone
after capturing a New York pass,
might have been the goat. In
stead he turned out to be one of
the heroes. killing the Giants
last hope by intercepting his
third pass of the game with a
(See REDSKINS, Page A-180