Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-10

gusted with themselves thar
downhearted over their loss tc
the Cardinals, but none could
put his finger on the reason for
the sudden letdown.
I'VE could have lost to the
Browns or Eagles" one put it,
"but not to the Cardinals. They
didn't even belong on the same
field with us. We played a lousy
game"
Nobody disputed the latter
point, but Head Coach Ray Rich
ards of the Cardinals doesn' I
think he has a bad ball club.
The team wasn't ready for the
opening game. Richards said,
and lost to Pittsburgh. 14-7. and
he thinks it could have beaten
the Giants by more than 28-17
except for q dropped pass and
couple of missed blocks. From
now on the coach looks for his
team to be in the thick Of the
title race.
STORMY" Bidwill, president OF
the Cardinals and q Georgetown
graduate. said rumors that the
team will be transferred to Buff
falo are unfounded. Stormy said
George Marshall started the re-
port in Chicago, but this report
er also picked it up from q neu-
trail source during the Redskins
preseason tour.
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The Redskins held Dave Mann
well in check-he gained Is yards
on 10 trips-and didn't do too
badly against Matson. who
gained 70 yards on Is runs. The
Cards were able to move when
they we're in scoring position
while the Redskins were FUN
bling for the latchkey.
The speed that Coach Joe Ku-
harich warned his men the Car
dinals boasted in their secondary
defense was all there. The Car
dinals have intercepted Is passes
In three league games, and yes
terday Lin Crow Of use broke
up two potential touchdown
passes thrown by LeBaron and
Guglielmi. while Tommy Keane
and Hill were all over the field.
They seem to come from no.
where" Kuharich warned In
practice last week, and he was
right.
Bert Zagers misjudged Mann's
punt after calling for a fair
catch early in the third quarter.
then fumbled when he had to 60
after the ball. The Michigan
State rookie wasn't sure whether
or not he could let the ball go
after giving the fair catch signal.
even though it would bounce far
from him.
Mann's punts were particu-
larry hard to handle, having
plenty Of altitude and being so
short there was usually a COM
mittee of Cardinals waiting to
greet the receiver.
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Ralph FELTON,, Torgy Torgeson
and Chuck Drazenovich had a
big day for themselves backing
up the line, and Chuck was quick
to note in the dressing room
post-mortem that 1t was no of :
day for him. Chef Ostrowski
also played one Of his better
games at end.
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Eddie LeBaron complained of
feeling tired after the game, and
not because he had to run for
his life several times. He couldn' t
explain the letdown, but he
wasn't up to par. Ralph Guglielmi
felt better after getting into the
game on offense, even though
he had to wait until late in the
fourth period after al Dorow had
had his chance.
Scooter Scudero needed one
more block to 60 all the way
with Pat Summerall's kickoff
following the Cardinals first
period touchdown. Instead. one
OF his own men tripped him up
and Scooter had to settle for a
35-yard run to his own 40.
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Cardinal officials in the press
box were startled and unhappy
when big Don Boil recovered
Norb Hecker's onside kickoff fol-
lowing the Redskins touchdown
In the fourth period. Every
body seemed to know it was
coming, but the 262-pound Boil
outsprinted the Cards to the ball.
4
Quarterback Ogden Compton,
who replaced McHan at quar-
terback In the last period, was
recommended to the Cardinals