Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-22
ATCHISON'S
ANGLE
The Giants Is Alive
DY LEWIS 2. ATcHIsoN
N WAS A FEW wears a.,


rched sports lore by announcing "he Giants Is dead"
But the then-manager Of the then-Brooklyn Dodgers
meant the baseball Giants, not the muscular of
Manhattan who labor for Tim Mara The football Giants
are not only alive and kicking but running passing and
tacklng very well As of now York to be the
team to beat for the Eastern Division pro football
The Cleveland Browns who edged the Giants, e-s
IN their seasonal debut tough defensivey say the
scouts whove watched them But for offensive power
wen as . stout defense, New York has 1t.
The Giants have poise. experience and team speed"
said Joe Teresh the Redskins coach who secuted
New York in its $50 victory the Pittsburgh Steeler
Frank Clifford is clutch back who gets the yardage
when needed and Bob Schneider is having outstand
ing season at end. Bob's great end in my book"
This Is the team the Redskins face Sunday at
Yankee Stadium. It doesn't shape up holiday week
and in the big city for the Redskins.
IT WILL BE interesting to what happens at
Chicago Sunday when the Cardinals match Ollie Matsons
speed and Lamar McHan's passes against Clevelands
tight defense The Browns have been winning defense
plus Lou Groza's magic toe They've got the horses
Billy Reynolds Chef Hanuak Jim Brown, ETC.. but stll
miss Otto Graham at quarterback.
Kuharich still contends Graham's secondary reac-
to the pass he made when the original receiver
was covered made the team click. Few will deny that
Otto in class by himself when it to convert
ing potential loss into gain-usualy good one In
Tommy OConnel, transfer from the Chicago Bears,
At Plum of Penn State and John Borton Of Ohio State
teams, not another Graham.
How is 1t that the Browns were knocked OF by the
lowy Philadelphia Eagles2 Well there Is story that
after the facas in Cleveland couple Of Sundays
Chuck Bednark the Eagles 235pound lnebacker, walked
up to several Browns who had given him trouble and In
rather colorul language promised to take Of them
in the return game Whether 1t Bednariks threat or
Commissioner Bert Bells stern ACCOMPLISHMENT to forget
fighting and play football" the Browns didn't manhandle
their opponents as they did in Cleveland.
$3.50
GETTING BACK TO the Redskins, Kuharich insists
that football Is unpredctable the Giants will pose no
Of a problem for his boys than the Cardinals More
than $4,000 eyewitness at orith Stadium will attest
that the Cardinals presented quite problem in sweeping
to their AHA triumph Maybe Joe meant 1t will be no
worse In New York, although the Giants had trouble
getting a 24-20 win in the first game here.
The Redskins most pressing problem is to find pair
Of good defensive backs They be good
quarterbacks Kuharch used Dick James there against
the Cards. The feeling here that the 5-foot-l0
speedste the teams most valuable rookie last year. was
too short to cope with tall pass receivers
Backneld Coach Mike Nixon says size has nothing
TO do with It, that small who reacts quickly can
be valuable tall one.
Besides" Mike pointed out, flames is as big most
defensive backs in the league He can Jump about four
feet In the air"
There are number of good 5-foot10 defensive backs,
such Yale Larry and Jim David Of Detroit But most OF
the good ones, like Dick Moege Of the Forty Miners
En- Tunnel Of the Giants and Jack Christensen OF the
Lions over six feet
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT the Redskins aren't going any
where until they shore up their wobby defense The good
running Of Jim Podoey Ed Sutton and Don Bosseler Eddie
LeBarons and the good play OF the line
will be frutess until they do
Even after Kuharch finds the right combination, II
he ever does it'll be time before they play well as
q unit.
Bob Seymour one Of the "old" Redskins from the
fp40s a spectator at Sundays game discussing de-
tense with George Marshall Seymour played with Wilbur
Moore Dick Todd and Sammy Baugh all Of whom played
offense as we'll as defense They knew every move the
others would make
1T got so we could read one anothers minds sey-
moW said
with group like that Kuharich wouldn't have to
worry about the Giants game any other He could
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