Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-20
3 Injured Redskins
Expected 10 Sit Out
Forty-Niners Game
By Lewis F. Atchison
Stcr Stoff Correspondent.


LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.-The
Redskins, crushed by the Los
Angeles Rams. 27-7, here
Wednesday night, were hit with
a triple blow today as they pre-
pared to take off for Sacramento
for their next exhibition against
the San Francisco Forty Miners
tomorrow night.
Missing from the lineup to-
morrow will be Guard Slug
Witucki, End Chef Ostrowski
from Notre Dame and Marv
BerSchet, rookie tackle from Illi-
nois.
All three were knocked out OF
action, at least temporarily, in
that rout by the Rams. Witucki
has torn ligament in his left
knee, which has been placed in
a cast. He won't see action be-
fore the game with. the Chicago
Bears at Columbia, S. c., Sep
TENDER 4. Ostrowski has a groin
injury and will miss tomorrow
nights game at least. Berschet
suffered a foot injury that will
Sideline him at least until the,
Detroit Lions game next week.
Hearty on Reserve List.
I. In addition, Bill Hegarty, for
mer Villanova end, has been
placed on the reserve list for this
season to permit his injured
knee to mend.
The 6-foot 2 wingman, who
scaled 240 pounds last year but
who reported at 215 this season,
originally was a Los Angeles
draft choice in 1852. He was
traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers
and the Redskins bought him in
midseason last year after he was
sidelined with a knee injury that
subsequently required an opera
ton.
Meanwhile, the Redskins, still
smarting from that defeat by the
Rams, have taken their demand
for mutual date for the start
of training to Bert Bell, commits
sioner of the National Football
League. And Bell, according to
George Marshall, agrees that it
is a good idea.
Takes Promoters View.
The president of the Redskins
and Curly Lambeau, his head
coach, reiterated that they are.
not offering an alibi for the loss
to the Rams, but both argued
that the one-sidedness of the
game was due, in part, to the
Los Angeles squads greater
preparation, and that the Rams
fourth straight victory in nine
games threatened to kill the
game as a office attraction.
Frankly taking a promoters
view of the situation, Marshall
proposed that Bell name the
earliest permissible time for the
II pro clubs to open their train
ing camps. Marshall said that,
even if the Redskins win their
point and Bell sets a starting
date. 1t will be up to the Rams
to Cooperate because of the
large number of their players
living in this vicinity.
"a Rams Live in Area.
"They have 81 players in this
area" the Redskins boss point
ed out, land nothing could pre-
vent them from getting together
on their own to workout"
Marshall pointed out that the
game has raised approximately
a million dollars for the Los An
geles Times Boys Club. He said
neither club should play league
opponent before the benefit
game to help keep it as an an
nual attraction for West Coast
fans.
Lambeau, up at 5 am. and
working on plans for strength
ening the Redskins, said he
couldn't "conscientiously have
brought the team along faster
for this game without injuring
1t later in the season." The
coach emphasized that he was
building a team for league COM
petition, but that he didn't want
to get walloped by the Rams
every year.
Lambeau repeated his earlier
assertion that the Rams were
near midseason form Wednes-
day night and predicted they
would fade later in the season.