Evening star., 1954-10-11
Redskins viii Stand
On Present Squadan
Hope for Better Days
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positions" If it takes all season.
And it undoubtedly will.
Two men dropped by Kuharich
after he took the helm from
Curly Lambeau came back to
haunt him. Bootin' Ben Aga
ianian kicked three field goals.
matching q club record estab-
lished by Ray Poole, and added
five extra points. Tackle Ray
Collins. dismissed two weeks ago
by the Redskins. Sparkled on de-
tense for the visitors. He might
have been guessing where the
ball was going, but he was
Johnny -the-spot.
Kicks 8 Field Goals.
Agajanian's three-p ointers
were kicked from the IA. 81 and
27-yard line. the last being ''in-
surance" against a sudden Red
skins rally that could have up
set the Giants apple-cart. This
boot made the score 1921. max
ing it necessary for the Redskins
to get three scores to overtake
their rivals.
Poole and Roosevelt Brown
successfully fumbled the kickoff
after the Redskins pulled up
within 10 points Of the Giants
at 24-14. But Yowarsky's recov-
cry was nullified by the off-side
penalty and Conerly took the
visitors 81 yards for another
touchdown. pitching to lanky
Bob Schneider for the last Is
yards.
Conerly led the passing attack
that saw the New Workers, max
ing their debut here under
Coach Jim Lee Howell, complete
10 of 38 tosses for 262 yards.
They began with two straight
competitions and a touchdown to
Schneider, a 6-foot-4 character
from little Bowling Green Col
lege in Ohio. Before the day was
over, he had caught three scor-
ing passes to equal a club record
shared by Gene Roberts and
Frank Liebel. His 18 points
matched another Giants mark.
Giants Lose No Time.
Conerly's first two passes COW
cred SIS yards. Herb Johnson's s
45-yard punt return set up Aga
| janian's first field goal. and
johnson scored the Giants Sec
ond touchdown on a 5-yard run
that topped a 41-yard advance.
Tunnel set the trappings for
this one with a 48-yard run after
intercepting AL Dorows pass.
Wells run, a dazzling effort on
a ck-opening play over left
tackle, failed to break the spell
Billy almost tripped coming
through the line, but kept his
footing and was off to the races.
The Giants. however, came right
back with a 64-yard advance for
a third touchdown. with Tun-
nelPs 24-yard kickoff return and
Conerly's 24-yard pass to Schnel-
ker doing most of the damage.
Conerly threw to Schneider for
6 yards and the fifth touchdown,
after Charlie Justices tumble
gave New York the ball on its
own 40. and Clatterbuck came IN
to pilot the team so yards for
the last score. The ex-Houston
quarterback passed to End Dick
wilkins for the last two yards.
Dorow Passes Miss.
There were times, specifically
three times before Agajanian
kicked field goals, when the Red
skins line stopped the Giants
ground attack.
The Redskins almost matched
them in this department, 166
for New York to 164 for Wash
ington, thanks chiefly to Wells
long run.
Dorow. getting his first crack
at the starting quarterback job.
completed only two of 10 for
wards for 20 yards, while Scar
bath completed five of his 10
tosses, two for touchdowns.
Scarbath also took the team
on it's longest sustained march
of the afternoon. a 73-yard adj
vance. Gaping it with a 7-yard
pitch to Barker for the Red
skins third and last touch
down.
Score by periods:
sianti ssdatins -------- - Z Il l6-ssil
Touchdowns-(G (Giants) schneider l3l,
Johnson, McAfee, wilkins.
Redskins-Barker f21, Wells.
Points after touchdown--(Giants) Aga
janian (placementS); Conerly (ruSh)