Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
Misleading Start

Misleading Start
The Redskins, now Us, were
q battling, bungling team from
the opening kickoff, which
Bobby Mitchell fumbled, to the
last play, on which Quar-
terback George Izo was thrown
for q 13-yard loss.
They started as II they
owned the football, controlling
it for 9:23 Of the first period
and they finished like raga-
mullins who got in the park
by crawling under the fence
Several times they seemed on
the verge of shaking off their
lethargy, but succeeded only
once, saving themselves tn e
ignominy Of a horsecollar.
The Redskins may have been
mystified by this, but Coach
Wally Lemm Of the winners
had q simple explanation.
I'VE knew we had to stop
Mitchell and Snead," he said
"If they could throw the bomb
on US they'd have the edge. II
they couldn't we would be al
least even with them"
The Cardinals. piloted by
clear-thinking Charley john
son, finished the days exercises
far more than even, outgainine
their hosts by exactly 40 yards
on the ground and by 1S1
through the air. Them fumbled
once, losing the ball, and three
Of Johnson's passes fell into
Redskins hands. but the losses
weren't felt as acutely as
Washington's.
InterceptiOns Snapped
For example, Lonnie Sanders
intercepted q pass for the Red
skins to give them the ball on
st. Louis 25-yard line in the
second period. Two plays later
Larry Wilson copied one of
Snead's throws in his own end
zone to get it back.
In the third quarter Bob Pei
legrini intercepted a pass deep
in Redskin territory and ran
81 yards to his 38. Four plays
later young Pat Fischer
grabbed a Snead throw and ran
~ yards to Washington's 81.
Jim Steffen offset this with
an interception for Washing
ton as the period ended. But
after the Redskins worked the
ball within 33 yards Of the
Cardinals goal, Jerry Stoval
latched on to another Snead
pass, and the visitors wasted nc
more time. In four plays they
covered rs yards, johnson pass
ing 81 yards to Sonny Randle
for q touchdown.
Randle'S score, making 1t
21-0, was his second Of the
day. The former virginian got
his first on a 28-yard pass
from johnson early in the
third period.
The Cardinals had to work
a little harder for their first
travelling SO yards following
James tumble. Short running
plays, with Bill Triplett and
Joe ChildreSs carrying the ball
and Johnson's short passes tc
Bobby Joe Conrad set up the
14-yard scoring pitch to Con-
rad.
Flat in Last Half
It wasn't as easy for the
Redskins after their initial ex-
cursion into alien territory
James, the games leading bal
carrier with 81 yards on II
carries, got half Of it on thai
opening drive and the rest ir
the second quarter. DickiC
caught one pass for II yards il
the final period, and it helped
set the stage for George Izo'!
28-yard touchdown throw tt
Pat Richter.
Izo got his chance in the
last IS minutes when it wa!
obvious that the Cardinals
shifty and nifty secondary wal
wise to the Snead-Mltchel
combination. Norman left thu
game with IL competitions in q
attempts for a mere 70 yards
Izo hit on only four Of his Il
tries and had one picked off by
Jerry Stovall. which paved the
way for the Cardinals fina
touchdown.
Except for the one touch.
down, spanked by Mitchell's 38,
yard kickoff return to mid,
field, the Redskins displayed NJ