Evening star., 1954-10-25
Statistics

270-pound Redskins middle
guard, threatened to muddle the
strategy even more. But f,Imbles
recovered for apparent touch
downs by the. stout Georgetown
alumnus were erased by a fast
whistle and an of side penalty.
The game was still up for
grabs early in the fourth period.
with the Giants nursing a TIT
lead and not playing as though
they belonged in a triple tie for
the Eastern Division lead with
the Pittsburgh Steelers and
Philadelphia Eagles. Then the
Redskins made their move and
lost.
Reverse Play Backfires.
George Rosso had intercepted
Charlie Conerly's pass on the
Washington 16 and Quarter
back AL Dorow had used Billy
Wells and a pass to Ed Barker
to move the ball to the Redskins
At when Coach Joe Kuharich
sent in a reverse play on second
down. Scooter Scudero ended
up with the ball back on his own
39-yard line for an 8-yard loss.
Dorow tried to get it back with
a pass to Bones Taylor that was
knocked down and the Redskins
had to kick.
A touchdown at that point
would have put the Redskins
back in the game, might have
inspired them enough to get an
other for an upset victory. But
it wasn't in the cards.
"I've never seen a team come
up to so many key plays and
miss as this one did," Kuharich
said after the game.
Coach Jim Lee Howell of the
Giants said the reverse play was
a sound call, because Rookie Cliff
Livingston from UCLA. who
should have been taken out on
the play, couldn't stop a similar
maneuver the week before
against the Chicago Cardinals.
The blocker supposed to get him
yesterday missed completely.
Dorow Liked Call, Too.
Dorow liked the call because
Livingston, several plays before.
had followed q wide play around
to the right and would have
been lost on a reverse.
The play that worked for the
Giants and ,clinched the game
followed after EN- Tunnel, who
was racked up a couple of times
during the afternoon and still
continued. took Justices punt
on the Giants "a.
The Redskins line, which
played well even though the
Giants got 1856 yards on the
ground, smeared Conerly for q
4-yard loss. Rote dropped Con-
erly's pass. making it a gambling
third down and IA. Charlie
then put the chips on a late
divide with Eddie Price carrying
the ball. and the former Tulane
fullback picked up 10 yards and
q first down on the 40.
Conerly threw eight yards to
Kyle Rote before the Giants got
a doubly good break. Frank Gif :
ford fumbled and at least three
Redskins who easily could have
recovered, didn't see the ball.
Instead. one kicked it, drawing
a 15-yard penalty that moved
the pigskin to Washington's SO
yard line. Price put it on the
26 and Conerly threw his third
touchdown pass of the day to
the same man for the clincher.
The scoring toss to Price was
an improvised shovel pass, which
came when erly wa S
harassed by at least three Red
skins who seemed about to down
him for d sizeable loss.
Pass Defense Better.
The Redskins pass defense
looked better, even though Con-
erly threw four yards to Bob
Schneider and 81 yards to Buford
Long for quick touchdowns early
in the second period. Coming
after Ben Agajanian's 10-yard
field goal in the first quarter,
that gave the Giants a COM
manding 17-point lead, and put
the pressure on the Redskins.
Agajanian missed a 39-yard
try that was wide In the third
period.
With Jack Scarbath on the
bench because Of an ailing wrist.
Dorow played the entire game on
offense for the Redskins and,
with q few exceptions. handled
himself well. The former Mich
igan Slater completed IL out Of
% passes for 154 yards and car
ried the ball over from the two
yard line in the third period for
his sides lone score. Five Of his
passes were intercepted, however.
Dorow missed an earlier scor-
ing opportunity. after Dick Al
ban intercepted Conerly's pass
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