Evening star., 1961-08-21
MCPeak Vows
Worst Is Over
For Redskins
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star Staff Writer


Charleston, S. c., Saturday
night, George HalaS was be-
moaning the loss of his Of
fensive library and the result
ant lack of a well-rounded
attack.
Literally hundreds of plays,
painstakingly diagrammed by
the Bears staff and filed away
over the years, went up in
smoke in the fire that swept
their Chicago office last winter.
Bill McPeak didn't complain
about the Redskins lack of an
offenSe until after the game.
He summed it up in one word
lousy.
Unhappily, the situation fig
ureS to get worse before it i'm
proves, despite McPeak'S prom
ise that "you won't see us look
that bad again." The Redskins
are in Norfolk, Va, where they
will meet the Baltimore Colts
Saturday night. A week later,
on September 2, they face the
champion Philadelphia Eagles
at Bristol, Tenn, They will
close out the transforming
tour against the Green Bay
Packers, Western Division
champions, at Columbus, Ca,
September 8.
UnderdOgS Again
The Redskins figure to lose
all three, running their cur
rent losing streak to Is straight
in preseason play, and 13 since
they beat Dallas in a league
game last year.
There is nothing wrong with
them that a good, fast back, a
couple of blocking linemen,
and a defensive back or two
wouldn't cure. Against the
Bears the running attack, if
that is the proper word, netted
only 80 yards. The passing was
better and there is a glimmer
of hope that Norman Snead
will develop. You can't break
in much better than he did,
with a touchdown on his first
throw.
McGinniS Praised
THE only back who looked
like he wanted to run was Jim
McGinnis," McPeak said. "He
didn't do much, but he was
trying. It's more than I can
say for some Others"
Actually, fancy footed Char
lie Bivins, who scored two
touchdowns in the last quarter
to break the game wide open,
was the difference between the
teams. But it was the Red
skins reluctant tackling that
helped make BivinS looks good.
BivinS, a second-year man
from Morris Brown College
who was used Sparingly last
season, and then only to re-
turn kicks, fought his way into
the open to get loose for a 79-
yard touchdown run that gave
Chicago a 22-7 lead. Gary
Click had the last shot at him
he even had his arms around
him-but Bivins wriggled away.
McPeak did a slow burn be-
cause no Redskin came up to
nail Charlie after Click slowed
him down.
: McPeak was even more dis
turbed about BivinS' 90-yard
kickoff return for the Bears
final touchdown. Charlie fun
bled the ball before taking off,
and the coach thought the
r dSkinS had more than
enough time to get downfield
and smother him.
Cross Midfield 8 Times
The Redskins crossed the So
yard line only three times.
Twice they scored and a third
potential touchdown was
snuffed out by Reynolds Sec
ond tumble. They got it any
way, when Bivins fumbled back
and Linebacker Billy Rowland
recovered for the Redskins to
set the stage for Snead's touch
down-paSS debut.
Snead said he was lucky on
the pass. his first for the Red
skins, and that he thought at
the time the ball would be in
tercepted. But he underesti-
mated Bill Anderson'S ability
on the receiving end, and the
pass clicked for a 38-yard
touchdown.
! Anderson, one Of the few
bright spots in the Eedskins'
offense, set up the first score
on a 31-vard mitch from Gnp-