Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-26

Cards Still Pull
The Unbelievable
By MORRIS SIEcEL

EVERY NOW AND THEN the st. Louis Cardinals have
habit Of sneakng up with surprise punch to clobber
somebody when least expected
1t wasn't necessary for Bill McPeak to remind his
Redskins about this phase Of the Cardinal attack Too
many Of the Redskins especially McPeak remember from
personal experience what happened last year in ST. Louis
The Redskins unbeaten at the time, we're moseying
along with 1913 last-quarter lead when the Cards sud-
denly displayed their latent gung-ho attitude
The 1913 Washington advantage became a 17-l4
Cardinal lead 1t also became necessary for Bob Khsyat
to boot game field goal in the last minutes in
behalf Of the Redskins who fit to be tied but
who were lucky to get draw nevertheless.
THE CARDINALS COULD be in the same kind Of mood
for Sundays convocation at D. C. Stadium They tried
to bring off against the Packers last week in ST. Louis
but the Packers were not to be taken by SURPRISE by
any other means They won 30-7.
The Packers went in for scores the first five times
they got the ball last Sunday there were two moments
when the Cardinals played the defending champs on even
terms. They altogether too brief I'VE were even
up with m at the toss of the coin as late as the
opening kickoff" says Joe Pollock, their propaganda
minister.
only the second defeat the semester for the
Cardinals but it would have been licking No. they
not cornered the seelers 2-2S in Of those unbe
hevable finishes the week before
"It was just impossible for us to lose that game"
Buddy Parker, the steeler headmaster, moaned last
Sunday
THE CARDS WERE DOWN, 2O-s at one stage. but
coming down to the wire with only minutes left they
made it more respectable 1t 2317 when Seelers
began to lose the game their coach thought impossible
to blow.
The steelers punted from their down end zone but
Cardinal into kicker Ed Brown the Seelers got
an automatic first down their 90 This should have
ctnched It, but it didn't The Steelers couldn't bulge
and finally Brown, untouched this time punted to the
St. Louis 49, where the Cardinals put the ball in play
with about minute remaining.
The Cards had used up their timeouts and ran off
the next four plays without huddle Charlie johnson
was smeared for 15yard loss trying to pass and now
what became highly improbable Cards rally became
impoSsibe-we, almost. They had second and rs with
seconds remaining and the goal line rs yards away.
Three plays later with the Steeers trying to protect
against the dene passes they thought the would
try to kill the clock Johnson hit Joe Conrad in end
zone and the Seeers needed only the for their
embarrassment to be completed. They were down in
seconds later when Jim Baker kicked the extra point
to make it 24-23
1T WAS ANOTHER BIG moment in the young life of
Quarterback johnson, who not only has brought the
Cards four victories this season. but also brought
stability to the st. Louis offense.
For the first time years they've finally settled on
just one quarterback Johnson, chemical engineering
major from New Mexico State, is regarded as the best
they've had at the spot Christman pitched the
Cardinals the Chicago Species to the title years ago.
The Cards confess to of guilt for taking so
long to come up with varsity man. but they can't be
faulted for not trying Practically everybody who ever
wanted to become the Card quarterback got shot at it.
AT the beginning of the current season. for example
there were six former Cardinal quarterbacks ganfuly
employed with other NFL teams George Izo was here
Ralph Gughelmi in New York, King Hill in Philadelphia
Sam Etcheverry in San Francisco Lamar McHan at Bal
more and John Roach at Green Bay.
All of EN- started out second-stringers with their
new affiliations At St. Louis, they took being
regulars
There could be a special sense of urgency about
Cardinal victory the Redskins The visitors meet
the Browns and Giants four times the next weeks
The Redskn engagement looms their softest touch
in month