Evening star., 1956-08-27
STATISTICS

Washington team was in for al
bad afternoon, even though
there was hope that the defense
might throttle the Forty Miners
hard-running backs and, through
some miracle, pull a second
straight preseason victory out
of the hat. 1t was a bad day
at Kezar Stadium for miracles,
even minor ones.
I'VE were shabby and ragged
at crucial moments" Coach Joe
Kuharich said, land that was
the difference.
For effort. the Redskins de-
serve an "a" but Kuharich
didn't exaggerate the poor quail
ity of execution. A couple of
times the patched-up backfield
played as though it's members
had been introduced to one an
other only a half hour before.
The big San Francisco line was
not impregnable, even though
the Forty Miners knew the Red
skins were reduced to a popgun
passing attack, but Rookie Don
Bailey of Penn State had neither
the passing ability nor support
ing cast to take advantage of
the situation.
Weren't Worried About Passing
Even with AL Dorow in there
we weren't worried about their
passing after we saw them
against the Rams" commented
Coach frankie Albert of the
winners. They only threw 10I
passes in that game so we got
ready to stop their running"
Dorow, of course, was not I'M
the game-not even in town. He
and Halfback Vic Janowicz, both
injured in auto crashes, were left
behind in Los Angeles hospital
Eddie LeBaron. No. / quarter
back who has been out for a.
month with Sprained knee, was
on the bench in civilian clothes.
helping out with the telephone
chores.
Any one of the three, especially
ILeBaron or Dorow at quarter
back. would have made a big
difference yesterday.
On top of that, Tackle VolneyI
Peters and Linebacker Chuck
|Drazenovich, nursing an injured
finger and hand. respectively,
were used in only a few plays.
And when the Redskins only
serious scoring threat of the day
blew itself out on San Francisco's
l0-yard line early in the fourth
period with the Forty-Niners
leading, 1870, Kuharich figura-
lively threw in the sponge and
ran in his third-stringers.
Perry Scores
Il knew then that we couldn't
score" Joe reasoned, land de-
cided we might as well take a
look at some of the boys"
But even against that patched
up outfit the Forty-Niners had to
call on all their horses.
"The Redskins were a better
test for us than the Browns.
Albert said. referring to last
weeks 29-17 victory over the
National Football League cham
pions. Il thought we beat a
pretty good team today"
Albert gave Rookie Quarter
back Earl Morrall of Michigan
State chance in the last period
and Morrall took the team 80
yards on eight plays for the
Forty-Niners' second and last
touchdown with two good Joes.
Perry and Arenas, supplying all
the power.
Ferry, the leagues leading
ground gamer two years ago and
fifth last year, scored IA points
for the winners on a touchdown,
two field goals and two extra
points. His touchdown plunge
from the 2-yard line broke a
scoreless tie with only lit left
in the first half, eliminating a
65-yard advance on IL plays.
"The Jet" booted a 42-yard
field goal with the wind at his
back in the third period, and
another from the 13-yard stripe
in the fourth. with Morrall hold
ing the ball each time.
The Forty Miners needed their