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Card-Pitt: the Carpits THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 25, No. 3 (2003) CARD-PITT: THE CARPITS By James Forr Pittsburgh Steeler owner Art Rooney called it the worst team in NFL history. Steeler co-owner, Bert Bell, said, “The season couldn’t have turned out any worse then this one.” They were referring to the infamously lamentable wartime amalgam known as Card-Pitt. For the Steelers, joining forces with the Chicago Cardinals was repayment of a debt, of sorts, to the NFL. Pittsburgh found itself in particularly dreadful shape prior the 1942 season, with the death of all-league guard Bill Simington and the loss of NFL rushing leader Bill Dudley and a number of others to the armed services. The league assented to the Steelers’ request to join forces with the Philadelphia Eagles for the 1943 season. The “Steagles,” as they were known, posted a respectable 5-4-1 mark. The Keystone State teams agreed to go their separate ways following that season. However, NFL Commissioner Elmer Layden had a problem. With the Boston Yanks joining the league, and the Cleveland Rams re-joining the league after finding themselves unable to field a team in 1943, the NFL had 11 teams. The league found it impossible to come up with a schedule that would meet the approval of all teams. So Layden called in his marker with Rooney and Bell and requested that their team merge again in 1944. Rooney apparently wasn’t thrilled with the idea but felt obligated to Layden. He agreed to join forces with another club on the condition that at least half of the team’s home games were played in Pittsburgh (during the 1943 season, the Steagles played just two games at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field). Finding a merger partner proved challenging. Prior to the NFL’s annual meetings in April 1944, rumors had Pittsburgh joining up with either Cleveland or the Brooklyn Tigers. Cleveland would have been a logical geographic choice; however Layden didn’t think it was fair to the Steelers to ask them to merge with a team that had been defunct a year earlier. Rooney rejected a proposal to team with Brooklyn, and he also was cool to the idea of merging with the new kid on the block, Boston. Finally, on April 22, Rooney agreed to combine his Steelers with the Cardinals, who had gone winless in 1943. The jointure would compete in the tougher Western Division, which included perennial powerhouses Green Bay and the Chicago Bears. Training camp began August 15 in Waukesha, Wisconsin under the direction of the team’s co-coaches, Walt Kiesling of Pittsburgh and Phil Handler of Chicago. The two men quickly found that they had something in common beyond football—a fondness for playing the horses. Rooney, who was known to place a wager or two himself, sometimes wondered which sport his coaches considered more important. In his later years, Rooney recalled that Kiesling, specifically, “carried the Racing Form more than the playbook.” Prior to the start of camp, the coaching staff made the questionable decision of going with a ‘T’ formation offense. Some of the Steeler players had been exposed to the ‘T’ a year earlier with the Steagles; but the Cardinals had used it very little. Moreover, Card-Pitt lacked a solid quarterback, which the coaches recognized. “We’ll sink or swim with the ‘T,’” insisted Kiesling, “and if we don’t come up with a quarterback soon there’s a chance that we might just sink.” But, betting men that they were, Kiesling and Handler were willing to take that chance. 37-year old Walt Masters went into camp as the #1 quarterback. The peripatetic Masters was an interesting man. A fine pitcher, Masters enjoyed brief stints in the major leagues with the Washington Senators, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Athletics. His NFL career had consisted of two games with the Eagles in 1936 and seven games with the Bears in 1943. In the interim, he had played and coached both baseball and football in Canada. Oddly, in the offseason between 1943 and 1944, Masters managed to age four years. “No one believed me last year when I said I was 33,” joked Masters in training camp, “so I might as well tell the truth.” 9 THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 25, No. 3 (2003) Despite the unsettled quarterback situation, those close to the team were not without optimism, at least on the surface. Rooney promised a solid, competitive team. Ed Prell of the Chicago Tribune predicted that Card-Pitt’s huge line, led by 260-pound Chet Bulger and veteran Conway Baker, would be among the best in the league. And Card-Pitt also boasted a promising young running back named John Grigas from Holy Cross, who had enjoyed a fine rookie season for the Cardinals in 1943. That optimism lasted until the first quarter of the first exhibition game. In a quagmire at Shibe Park, with Babe Ruth in attendance, the Eagles ripped off three first quarter touchdowns and slogged their way to a 22- 0 victory. In the aftermath of the debacle, Steeler co-owner Bert Bell must have wondered what he had gotten himself into. Not mincing words, Bell told the press that Card-Pitt was the worst team he had ever seen. The following week, with Steeler veteran Coley McDonough emerging as the team’s top QB, the new ‘T’ formation offense continued to sputter as Card-Pitt lost 3-0 to Washington. However, it was an impressive performance by the Card-Pitt defense against a team that had been favored by nearly three touchdowns. On the heels of that competitive showing against the Redskins, Card-Pitt opened the regular season portion of its schedule September 24 at Forbes Field against the Cleveland Rams, led by former Steeler head coach Buff Donelli. A crowd of nearly 21,000 watched the Rams jump out to an early 16-0 lead. But Card-Pitt struck back in spectacular fashion just before the half. Bobby Thurbon fielded a Cleveland kickoff on his own 20 and raced 65 yards to the Cleveland 15. As he was being tacked, Thurbon lateralled to tackle Eberle Schultz, who was trailing the play. Schultz took it the rest of the way for Card-Pitt’s first score of the season, giving the team momentum heading into the intermission. Those first Card-Pitt points opened the offensive floodgates. As if by magic, the ‘T’ started to click in the second half. In the third quarter, McDonough fired a 35-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Rucinski to cut the Rams’ lead to 16-14. On Cleveland’s next possession, Johnny Karrs fumbled on his own 13. That set up a short seven-play drive, capped by a Grigas one-yard touchdown run, giving Card-Pitt its first lead, 21-16. Early in the fourth, the Rams responded, as Jim Benton (who would finish with 108 yards receiving and three touchdowns) made a tumbling catch of a Tommy Colella pass in the end zone, putting Cleveland back on top 23-21. However, Card-Pitt showed some resilience of its own on the next drive, as McDonough eluded pressure and hit Johnny Butler with a 67-yard touchdown pass for a 28-23 lead. It was a moment to remember—Card-Pitt would hold a lead only once more the rest of the season. With four minutes left, Card-Pitt’s Bernie Semes intercepted a Colella pass at the goal line and fell forward to the one-yard line. At this point Card-Pitt, seemingly in command of the game, had several options. They simply could have run their offense and taken time off the clock. Or, worried about operating in the shadow of their own goalpost, they could have taken a safety and backed up the Rams with a free kick. However, Handler and Kiesling made the fateful decision to punt immediately, on first down. Apparently, they didn’t want to risk a turnover near their own goal line. But what happened next was just as bad. In what would become a leitmotif of the season, Johnny Martin shanked a nine-yard punt, and the Rams took over first-and- goal. Three plays later Albie Reisz found Benton for the winning score. Cleveland won the game 30-28, and Card-Pitt had blown what would be its best chance all year to win a game. The next week featured another exhibition game, this time at Forbes Field against the Giants. New York took command early and built a 16-3 lead (one of the Giants’ touchdowns was set up by a 12-yard punt by the beleaguered Martin). But Card-Pitt again showed resilience, mounted a comeback, and pulled off a surprise 17-16 victory against the eventual Eastern Division champs. The win was almost solely attributable to a Herculean effort by John Grigas. He rushed 22 times for 238 yards, which would have set an NFL record had it occurred during a regular season game. With 2:20 to go, he carried Giant tacklers along on a 14-yard run that tied the game. Conway Baker’s extra point won it. Nonetheless, with the exception of Grigas, the offense was stagnant. McDonough struggled as Card-Pitt completed just two of 17 passes. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports editor Harry Boyle labeled the Card-Pitt passing game “putrid.” He might have been right. But it would get even worse. On October 6, two days prior to Card-Pitt’s second regular season game at Green Bay, McDonough was inducted into the army.
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