Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
Bears May Switch
To Running Attack
Against Redskins
By Lewis 7. Atchison
ssor S,off Correspondent

COLUMBIA, s. c., Sept. a.
The Redskins have worked hard
to perfect what they hope will
be an alright pass defense for
their game here Saturday night
with the Chicago Bears. But
the coaching staff was wonder
ing today if they'll run into the
same problem they faced a year
ago when the Bears abandoned
the airwaves and ran to a 81
"a victory at Griffith Stadium.
''It looks like the same kind
Of team" said Herman Bali, who
secuted the Chicago pros last
week against the Philadelphia
Eagles. They threw 46 passes
and ran only Il times against
the Eagles, but maybe they'll re-
verse their strategy like they
did against us last year."
The Bears had good reason for
going to the air against the
Eagles. who stack up as one of
the better defensive teams in the
National Football League. The
Detroit Lions gained only IA
yards on the ground against
Philadelphia, and when the
Bears got only Is, air travel
seemed more convenient.
Blanda the Triggerman.
George Blanda, who completed
% Of IS passes for 316 yards and
three touchdowns against the
Eagles, probably will be the trig-
german against the Redskins.
Rookie Zeke Bratkowski, ex-
Georgia ace. tossed only two and
missed both, but had a fancy
44.6-yard average for seven
punts. Ball got the impression
that Blanda will be the Bears
No. /. quarterback. with Brat
kowski serving his apprentice
ship in substitute role.
Harlon Hill, rookie end from
Alabama Teachers, was Blanda's
favorite target against the
Eagles. He's fast, Ball said, and
scored one touchdown. Harry
Jagade, the fullback obtained
from the Cleveland Browns in
the trade for Curly Morrison,
and Rookie Bucky McElroy from
Mississippi Southern did most of
the ball-carrying, what little
there was of it.
Kincaid to Play.
Blackie Kincaid of South Car
olina probably will be in the
Redskins starting defensive line
up Saturday night, along with
another rookie, George Rosso of
Ohio State. Kincaid is rugged
and seems to pop up in the right
place at the right time, but lacks
speed. The defensive setup is
far from permanent and Coach
Joe Kuharich is moving men
around quite a bit.
The pass-catching of Johnny
Carson. Georgia rookie who snag-
ged five aerials, and the running
Of Dale AtkeSon, who has no col
lege background, also attracted
attention yesterday. Both were
recently acquired from the Cleve-
land Browns for Don Paul.
The casualty list was extended
by one when Scooter Scudero,
rookie back from San Francisco,
stepped into a hole and sprained
his ankle. The extent of damage.
has not been determined. It
didn't look serious, but Scudero
probably will miss the game here.
NOTESIMax Reed, former
Redskins line coach who holds
similar post at South Caro-
lima. thinks the Washington club
may come along with more work.
:. But he doesn't envy Kuha-
rich his job of taking over the
squad so late. with so many new
men and trying to incorporate
so many new plays. That's
tough in any league" Max said.
Kincaid has made more pub
lie appearances than a candi-
date for governor. He had
five to his credit going into to-
day. Sam Morley will rejoin
the Redskins Sunday. Car
son has good, big hands for
catching passes. He's not