Evening star., 1953-10-08
Redskins Expecting
Tough Game Despite
Giants Poor Start
By Lewis F. ,Atchison

Early National Football League
results make the unbeaten but
once-tied Redskins the favoriteS
over the twice-beaten New York
Giants here Sunday.
The Redskins cripples are i'm
proving and the club should be
strengthened at end by the ad-
dition of Francis Polsfoot from
the Chicago Cardinals. The
: Giants, on the other hand, don't
expect to have Kyle Rote, a top
flight halfback, or Leo Miles,
speedy rokie defensive back,
ready for the game.
The Redskins are hot, or at
least on the warm side, after
upsetting the Cardinals and hold
ing the Philadelphia Eagles to a
tie, while the Giants should be
feeling low after losing to the
Los Angeles Rams and Pitts
= burgh Steelers. But Coach Curley
Lambeau of the Redskins isn't
counting on an easy afternoon.
He has an idea the game may
be the toughest of the new sea-
son.
1947 Giants Worst Season.
It's been a long time, 1892 to
be exact, since the Giants lost
their first three games. Steve
: Owens men that year lost to
the old Portsmouth eleven, 7-6;
Green Bay, 1870, and the then
new Boston Redskins, 1915. They
dropped their first two in 1884,
but came back to win the league
championship.
The nightmarish 1947 season
was Owens worst. His draft
riddled team tied Ted Collins
Boston Yanks in the opener, TT,
and lost the next seven in a row
before getting another tie, this
time with Green Bay.
Each succeeding game is the
big one" for the Redskins. in
Curly'S judgment, and he can't
think Of one more important
than Sundays engagement. For
he and his board of strategy ex-
pect the New Yorkers to play
over their heads in an effort to
crack the win column.
Giants Use Umbrella Defense,
The Redskins have worked
hard to sharpen a passing attack
good enough to blow the Giants
umbrella pass defense inside out.
owen uses Don Menasco, EN-
Tunnel, Frank Clifford and Tom
Landry in a half-moon forma-
:tion, with John Cannady roam
ing the wide open spaces in the
middle. It is very effective when
the boys are on their toes, and
Jack Scarbath, for one, may
have trouble with it.
The Giants defensive line looks
formidable, with Jim Duncan and
Joe Sulaitis at the ends. Sulai-
tbs is a transplanted guard. The
veteran Arnie Weinmeister and
Washington's own Ray Krouse
handle the tackles, with Bill AL
bright and Bob Peviani in the
middle. Peviani, the clubs No. 6
draft choice from Southern Cali
fornia, is the only rookie in
the line.
Giants Due to Click.
The Giants. picked by Lam
beau to be title contenders once
they get rolling, sputtered
against both the Rams and
SteelerS and seem due to click.
They held the Rams to a net of
II yards in the first half of their
game, and had a 14-10 lead on
the Steelers going into the final
. period of their game last Satur-
. day. In each instance the de-
: tense weakened, which is un-
usual. Offensively, Owen
coached teams generally don't
get into high gear until the lat
: ter part of October.
+: Two defeats aren't much of
a recommendation for the Red
: skins arch-rivals, but it doesn't
cheer Lambeau.
: I wish they had won those
two." Curly said. "It might be
an easier game for us and think
of how much more of a box
:othce attraction it would be?"