Evening star., 1956-11-19
STATISTICS

pressive win Of the campaign
the amazing Redskins snapped
a five-game Giants winning
streak and made the race as
tight as a pair Of high-button
shoes. The rout--even more re-
markable in that it came at the
expense of a 7-point favorite-
brought the Washington eleven
within half game Of the fad
ing Chicago Cardinals and well
within reach of the pace-setting
Giants
In a race that seems to pro-
duce Crucial" game each sue
ceeding week, the Redskins now
face two big ones in a row and
on the outcome Of these largely
hang their title hopes. The first
pits Coach Joe Kuharich's war
riors against the Browns in
Cleveland Sunday while a week
later they invade New York for
the return game with the
Giants.
Giants Face Bears Next
The Giants have the unenvi-
able task of playing the Chicago
Bears Sunday and if the Bears
win as expected, and if the Red
skins beat the Browns, the Sec
ond Washington-New York game
could decide the eventual East
ern Division champion. The
Cardinals, who now have a 5-3
record compared to 6-2 for the
Giants and 4-3 for the Redskins.
must not be overlooked. But
they also have a date with the
Bears-December 9-that could
spell their undoing.
Thoughts of a title playof1
game in Washington certainly
aren't as far-fetched as they
would have seemed a few weeks
ago, for in watching the Red
skins whittle the Giants down
to size the fans got an idea of
the hard-hitting team Kuharich
had put together in California
before a couple of auto accidents
wrecked it temporarily. The one
he sent out yesterday was miss
ing Dick James on cffense and
Scooter Scudero on defense, but
it played like a champion.
Three times. now, the Red
skins have ruined winning
Streaks and beaten league lead
ers, and but for that wobbly
start. when the coaches were
trying to put the broken pieces
of their shattered eleven back
together. Washington might to-
day be out in front Of the field.
Personal Victory for DOrow
It was almost a personal VIC
tory for Quarterback AL Dorow,
who shook OF the stigma of an
''in-and-out guy" by taking the
Redskins on four touchdown
drives, completing 9 Of II passes
for 126 yards, two for touch
downs.
Dorow almost scored himself
in the second period, but he
fumbled, or rather the ball was
knocked out of his hands on the
goal line, trying to put 1t in the
end zone. Billy Wells recovered
in the end zone for the Redskins
third touchdown. The former
Michigan State star called a
smart game and had the situa-
tion well in hand at all times.
Wells scored another six
pointer, the games first, and
Johnny Carson and Steve Neil
niger went over after taking
passes from Dorow. But the play
that brought the biggest shout
from the crowd was Sam Bakers
tremendous 49-yard field goal
that gave the Redskins a ITO
lead in the second period and
seemingly clinched the game.
Appropriately. it was a record
kick for a Redskin as well as
Grifiith Stadium, for 1t enabled
Sam to tie Bill Dudley's all-time
Washington mark Of IL field
goals in one season. Baker put
a new mark in the book in the
third quarter with another three
pointer from the 28-yard line.
He helped get this shot by rum
ming % yards on fourth down
from kick formation.
EIteF Top Ground Gamer
1t was big day for the happy
eo-lucky guy from Oregon State.
for in addition TO his kicking. he
came through for first downs on
key plays in the last quarter to
help keep the Redskins final
touchdown drive alive.
But 1t was red-letter day for
all Of the Redskins. Name one
and you'll find a play in which
he figured Importantly. Wells.
replacing James. scored on the
Identical play that James
counted with against the Detroit
Lions last week. although Billy's
run was from the 15-yard line
instead Of the Al.
Leo Elter was the games lead
ing ground gamer with 81 yards
on 10 trips. He burst through
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