Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-26
FRUSTRATING GAME,
Brown Thinks lie Baron
Beat us Personally

Luck was with the Redskins,
Coach Joe Kuharich admitted
; after the Washington club upset
the Browns. 27-17. yesterday in
Cleveland. And Coach Paul
Brown Of Cleveland backed up
that statement.
The Redskins not only got the
breaks. but capitalized on them.
q But what q difference in the
q team that took q 62-3 drubbing
in Cleveland last year, and a
34-l4 trouncing from the same
: opponent on its home lot in
- Washington.
Brown called it a frustrating
: game"
Z I'VE played and tried hard. "
The said. @but something always
seemed to happen. There were
q some odd circumstances and the
q Redskins capitalized on our mis-
e takes. But they beat us, and
beat Us right out there on the
g field"
ns The Cleveland coach finds de-
y feat hard to take, harder than
i most contemporaries in the pro
league. But he gave Quarterback
Y Eddie LeBaron credit for wreck
4 ing his club yesterday. even
though 'IeBaron made good on
Il screwy things" M
~ std like to have had that little
y kid running for us today" Brown
commented. "The little guy beat
= us personally"
Brown indicated the Redskins
were lucky in completing the
first-period pass to Halfback
Leo Filter for 70 yards when the
throw was intended for End
Ralph Thomas. He said q Cleve-
land back missed his fourth
period blocking assignment when
End Gene Brito came steaming
in and snatched the ball from
George Ratterman in one OF the
days big plays. And Paul
seemed just a bit irritated by
Otto Graham's failure to COM
plete more passes in the first
half.
I'VE had guys SO wide open at
b the beginning. and Otto throwing
clear over their heads, it wasn't
even funny" Brown said. But
that's part Of the game and it
8 goes with the game. It's like
baseball where q hit can be a
home run by an inch or two or
foul ball."
Kuharich thought the fact
8 that the Redskins committed no
fumbles and lost the ball only
once on a pass interception was
Z . major factor in the victory.
: The Browns lost one tumble and
Norb Hecker's two interruptions
Tor Washington were extremely
costly to Cleveland.
Kuharich also was delighted ia
find that the Browns virtually
had ignored the possibility of a
D long range Redskins passing Of
s Tense TO concentrate on stopping
4 the running plays.
81 II +
Z The Redskins made too MANY
y mistakes for the coaches, but
& the line complained that the
s Browns linemen were Stunning"
g all afternoon, sliding, looping
3 instead Of charging head-on.
& I'VE couldn't use our audible
4 signals because we didn't know
8 where the Browns linemen
B would be-" Center Harry Ulinski
3 explained. Trying to outguess
q them was tough"
81 So
d Scooter Scudero almost got
b away with the kickoff, following
the Browns second touchdown.
II going from his own 1-yard
y line to the 20. But Scooters
q willingness to run almost got the
q Redskins in trouble on the kick
Il of following the Browns first
Z touchdown. He took Lou Groza's
4 kick 8 yards in the end zone
u and ran 1t out to his own o.
\ Luckily for the Redskins. Kenny
i KonZ. defensive back, held
8 Johnny Carson on pass on the
4 first play. and the Redskins got
4 the ball on their own 37-yard
s line.
g Fullback Rob Goode injured
q his knee In the first half and saw
s the last two quarters from the
3 bench in civilian clothes. He'll
& be X-rayed today.
3 La Verne Torgeson, veteran
81 linebacker who has been nursing
knee injury, was ready to play
yesterday but was held out as a
precautionary measure. He was
replaced by Hal Norris, rookie
from California, who wasn't kid
ding when he said he likes to
tackle.
"You watch the kid" Nixon