Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05
Redskins Must
Patch Lineup
For Packers
Team Opens Drills
In Winston-Sulem;
Squud Cut Planned
BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON
Star stan Correspondent

| Star stan Correspondent
WINSToN-SALEM, N. c.,
Sept. 5.-The Redskins faced q
dual handicap Of patching up a
lineup for Saturday nights
game here with the Green Bay
Packers. and of reducing the
squad to a more workable figure
as they opened drills today for
the sixth and final game Of
their exhibition tour.
Two and possibly four men
will be dropped within the next
couple of days, although Coach
Joe Kuharich plans to wait
until after the Packers game
before trying to get down to the
| 35-player limit in effect for the
first two league games. Injuries
will weigh heavily in his deci-
sion. Kuharich is confident that
If he'd mad all of his first-string
defensive men available for the
Bears game in Memphis the
score would have been much
closer than 1910 in Chicago's
favor. The coach Is satisfied
that before the league opener
against Cleveland the Redskins
will have a solid team on the
field.
Greeted by Fans
Evidently the loss to the Bears
didn't dim Winston Salem's af-
lection for their "television"
team, for an estimated 1900
fans were at the airport last
might to greet the Redskins.
Watching the Washington games
week after week on TV has made
the fans here as familiar with
the squad as if they lived in the
Nations Capital. and the Red
skins will be sentimental favor
|ites over the Packers.
Kuharich was disappointed by
the score, but not too discouraged
Iby what he saw. La Vern Tor
|geson. whose right knee is in al
cast to help mend torn liga-
|ments, and Nick Adduci, regular
defensive back. didn't play
against the Bears. And Dick
Alban was put out of commits
sion early with badly bruised
arm. Alban should be all right
for the Packers game.
Vic Janowicz, who went in for
Ia half dozen defensive plays, and
Jim Monachino. who twisted his
knee again, were two who would
have helped on offense. Be that
Jas it may. the Redskins played
Ishabhily in spots or the score
would have been much closer.
They blocked poorly, and some
times not at all. and showed
Signs of their old weakness-bad |
- several times when
Bears runners got loose for long
gains after being trapped behind /
the lice of scrimmage.
Fans Disappointed
Memphis fans were disap-
pointed because Ralph Guglielmi
didn't play after they were led
to believe that the hero of the
All-Star game would make at
least token appearance. Ku-
harich. however. said there was
no understanding that Guglielmi
would play, and he thought it |
unwise to send a rookie quarter |
back into a game almost beyond |
redemption. 1t would have put
the youngster under unnecessary
pressure. Kuharich thought.
Instead, the Redskins coach
elected to go with AL Dorow
most of the way, with the excep-
ton of one series Of plays in the
third quarter when Eddie Le-
Baron took over.
The Bears later told friends on
the Redskins that Coach George |
Halas had them "sky-high for
this one" The Chicago club |
stacked up as the best the Red
skins have faced. even though |
their rookie backs made nu-
merous tactical mistakes.
But the Redskins blamed their |
own mistakes for the defeat. Four
pass interruptions and the loss |
of the ball on two fumbles meant |
literally handing the game to the
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