Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-07
|Lebaron foStarf
AgainstP Packers
Saturday Night
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star star Correspondent

BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON
Star star Correspondent
WINSTON SALEM. N. C.
Sept. Z. - Eddie LeBaron. WHIT
rates as the Redskins No.
quarterback. until further notice
will start against the Green Ba!
Packers here Saturday night a
the Washington eleven ends {
lsix-game preseason tour.
The Little Professor" vii
have Leo Filter, Rob Goode ant
Rookie Bert Zagers In the back
field with him. and this could b
the quartet that viii open tn
regular league season against thu
Cleveland Browns September rs
Right now, Coach Joe Kuharicl
lis shuffiing his men around Il
replace injured absentees, but h
might spend q long time lookini
for a better offensive unit thai
this group.
Elter's work has more thar
Justified the deal that brought
him to Washington from Pitts
burgh, along with Art DeCarlc
lin exchange for Tackle Little
mo" Modzelewski. A stocky 200
FOUNDER, Filter has been hitting
1.-THE holes like a sharpshooter
land driving for extra yardag'
after being hit in manner thai
has caught Backfield Coacf
Mike Nixon's eye. He's got
enough speed to handle the jot
and is beginning to come intt
his own after missing much Of
the early-season action because
of injuries.
Has Speed and Power
Filter carried the ball only l:
times for the Steelers last year
but gained 81 yards for Q f.;
average. Although there are nj
official figures on the few games
he has played for the Redskins
Its safe to say Leo is ahead Of
that pace.
With Filter, Zagers and Goode
LeBaron will have enough
speed and power to move the
ball, and he should have gooc
protection on his passes. al.
Though the line may determine
whether he gets enough. The
Packers are reported 70 be an.
other big team. like the Chicago
Bears, with enough power tt
give any rival trouble. The Red
skins scout report indicates that
Green Bays 24-l0 loss to the
Philadelphia Eagles last week
was due to mistakes by rockies
and poor pass receiving.
"They dropped five passes
that would have gone for touch.
downs" reported End Coact
Joe Tereshinki. who secuted thu
game. They'll be tough AND
|bruising, like the Bears, al.
though they don't have as much
speed"
GuglieImi 10 Get Chance
The Redskins are spending q
lot Of time on offense this
week and Kuharich expects to
give Ralph Guglielmi another
chance at quarterback as Lee
Baron's relief man. Ralph, and
Scooter Scudero, who got back
into uniform yesterday, may be
used on defense. although those
plans are indefinite. Scuderc
was supposed to be idle another
three or four weeks because oil
his rib injury, but is too i'm.
patient to play. He can run, anc
that's all that matters.
The Redskins want to enc
their tour with a victory, ane
Kuharich is expected to use hi,
biggest horses most of the time
Hal Norris, rookie halfback from
California who has been nursin,
a knee injury. was running fairly
well yesterday. but probably viii
not play. Tavern Torgeson. tn,
linebacker whose knee is still II
a cast, and Jim Monachino. 6
Ihard-running halfback, definitel,
won't play, according to the
coach. But everybody else seem.
ready to go.
With hundreds Of fans flock.
ing to their practices, and with
the Junior Board of Commerce
arranging endless appearances
for players and club officials, the
Redskins morale is sky high
They're kings Of Winston-Salem
and they're lappinp IL I'm.