Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
Redskins Embarrassed Before Full House
Future Bleak
After Rout
ByCowboys
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star Staff Writer


The Redskins are en-
barraSsed. Losing to Dallas by
q 1910 margin yesterday at
D. C. Stadium was bad enough,
but to have it happen in broad
daylight before 1888 fans-a
record for Washington - was
downright Notifying.
The performance didn't win
any new friends, and it's ques-
tionable whether there will be
any more SelloutS in the last
five home games, starting next
Sunday with the Browns.
cit was the --LATEST game
we've played since our first ex-
hibition against the Rams" an
unsmiling Coach Bill McPeak
said. I'VE never got untracked.
We couldn't get going"
If ever a future looked bleak,
it is the Redskins. But Nc
Peak isn't running up the
white flag. He thinks this is
a better team than two straight
defeats indicate. And the Red
skins, who dropped a notch
from the. top behind the
Giants. still are in second
place. But the lack Of a
breakaway runner, a punter
and general bench strength was
evident yesterday.
Jackson Impressive
If there is q ray Of hope,
1t showed up late in the fourth
period wearing No. %. This
was Leroy Jackson, the No. =
draft pick. Leroy's appearance .
was brief but promising. He i
caught q pass from Galen Hall,
pinch-paSsing for Norm q n Q
Snead, for 8 yards. Then he !
swept end for II more to the :
/, setting up Halls sneak for :
a last = second, face saving :
touchdown. It was a showing
that calls for an encore against .
the Browns, and McPeak Is In :,
a mood to grant it.. !
Hall, who took over from 2
Snead late in the last quarter, n
had his troubles, although he v
completed four of six passes A
FOR A yards. But fans well W
coined the changes II only as 81
evidence that the r e dSkins c,
have not lapsed into q do r
attitude. A smatter- ir
ing Of jeers in the second half ii
seemed to imply that many Is
thought they should have been W
made sooner.
1t would be easy to do If n
the Redskins had the surplus d
material, but McPeak went
with his best as far as he 81
could. Only then did he push 3
the emergency button. o
Nor is all Of the trouble CEN a
tered in the backfield. The
offensive line was no tower of :
strength, as shown by the 60
yards gained rushing, Some
hnemen were pushed around
like blocking dummies as Jer.
ry Tubbs, George Andre and
Chuck Howley led the Cowboy
defense in jamming Washing
toms ground plays.
Breaks and Heartbreak
1t was a game of breaks and
heartbreak for the Redskins.
They fumbled at inopportune
moments, missed passes that
might have meant touchdowns
and drew penalties on key plays
that snuffed out promising
drives. Snead'S was as cratic
as a student typist, and for
the first time this year he
failed to throw for at least one
touchdown. Billy Barnes, who
only four times last
year, made two damaging bob
bles. The first set UP q Cow
boy touchdown and the second
cost the Redskins six points.
Snead completed IL Of 81
aerials for 1873 yards. The Dea-
con, and almost his entire re-
ceiving corps. were gimpy in
practice last week and their
timing obviously suffered. Fred
Dugan got in for only one play,
but Dick James was an effec-
tive replacement.
James caught five passes for
u yards and almost got away
with the days most brilliant
playa trick pass midway in
the second period. But Don
Bishop barely tipped the ball
away from him at the last
second. A touchdown would