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CLOSER THAN LATHER' Timton* Four Major Teams Still Have Chance For All-Victorious Seasons fattening j&fas ppofls Southern Cal, UCLA Redskins Baffle Lambeau Washington, D. C., Monday, November 3, ** Meet in 2 Weeks So 1952—. 1A-9 v ..i \ .• Wmm By Inability to Hit Stride Both Can't Survive By Lewis F. Atchison quarterback sneak, with the help By th« Associated Press The couldn’t it of a pass-interference penalty on Redskins make Pittsburgh’s NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—As the two in a row over Pittsburgh yes- 15, and then went n, Lose, or into a shell until the period. W say, terday, they final Draw politicians would the time has but succeeded in baf- By FRANCIS STANN come to start looking ahead. fling Coach Curly Lambeau, who Leßaron’s fumble, recovered by explain slipshod George Tarasovic on Washington’s Five coaches of the country’s is at a loss to the A DEVILISH INSTRUMENT, the field goal, and the Red- football that resulted in their 24- 30, set up Kerkorian’s 22-yard major football teams are skins are so vulnerable to it that you can forget about a division i doing 23 defeat before 25,866 fans at field goal early in the second just today. period. pennant flying over Griffith Stadium. That 22-yarder by Gary that They’re looking Hr Griffith Stadium. Lynn Chandnois’ 26-yard Kerkorian of the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday, ahead to the rest of their sched- Odds-makers rim moved the ball into scoring providing the who made the position, but Kerkorian ules and hoping they can remain Steelers three-point favorites were had to winning margin in a 24-23 thriller, was the kick when the Redskins held on fifth field goal kicked against the Redskins unbeaten and untied. Michigan pikers. The Redskins gave them 17 in and even then almost their own 13-yard line. the last two games—both lost by a of State. Maryland, Georgia Tech, made good total with a 16-point rally in a furious Donated five points. Southern California and UCLA Touchdown. fourth period. You couldn’t The next touchdown was strictly The Redskins are a team of many faults, are the teams still in the select the fault Redskins on effort, but a gift as Leßaron held back his | as Coach Curly Lambeau was bitterly ad- circle. their execution was something else One thing is certain w punt, waiting until enough Red- [ mitting in the wake of the Pittsburgh struggle, and that L mam again. skins wefe downfleld ' is, barring tie, either to stage a con- one a UCLA’s and would seem to be the lack of a place- Red Sanders or Southern In winning their second straight vention. It wasn’t a long kick but Cali- HLmip game Ray helpless | ment kicker of their own. They are losing to fornia’s Jesse Hill is going to be iiiiiiliiiiii fL at if after four consecutive de- Mathews seemed as teams with kickers, but not beating anybody disappointed before the season feats, the Steelers pulled their as a shooting gallery pigeon. But, usual last-half fade. But a 24-7 ! surrounded by burgundy jerseys. that way. ends. Their teams meet head-on * two weeks from , *„ ? »* . mi. IjJj , 1§j li lead was sufficient to he darted to his right, his They haven’t even got a dependable extra- Saturday and on ~-.v f cushion hold 5 reversed W off the Redskins, who didn’t 'field and, picking up two good point kicker, but you can say that the result probably will go the play whoever Pacific Coast Conference title and their best football until the cause blocks at midfield, went all the takes a crack at trying to kick after a touch- a bid to the Rose Bowl. was lost. The outcome dropped • way for a score. The run had a Francu sunn. down is on the spectacular side. Two of the Neither has a particularly tough Washington into a last-place tie demoralizing effect on the home Redskins’ three extra points yesterday—one by Julie Rykovich task this week. UCLAmeets Ore- with Pittsburgh in the NFL’s team. andat gon State and the Trojans go American Conference. The Redskins stuck out their the other by Eddie Leßaron—bounced over the cross bars against going off the hands of Steeler linemen. Stanford, the defending Time Running chin for the knockout blow, conference champion. UCLA, in- Out. offside on fourth down as Kerko- Lambeau properly blames his blockers. “Those fellows are cidentally, whipped the Indians a Unable to explain the Redskins’ rian missed a 35-yard field goal. to be pros.” he said bitterly. “They are supposed to couple of weeks ago, 24-14, so the f sluggish work, except that it can It was still fourth and seven as supposed j be corrected block and let a man result of Saturday’s game should BPf ii ifj by “practice, practice the teams lined up again, but this kick the ball.” But in reply to the question and still more practice.” said, placement throw some more light on the rel- Lambeau time the Steelers, unlike the Red- he also “Yes. I’d like to have another kicker. ative merits of the two leaders. insists the team has not yet hit skins, faked a kick and Mathews Get me Lou Groza.” its stride. But the pro race passed 14 yards the Tougher Road for Trojans. ran to eight-yard the halfway point yesterday and line. Chandnois nudged the ball Southern Cal <ilso must play time is running out. to the one-yard mark and Frank the Redskins not Washington THE SUSPICION IS that are a smart and Nitre Dame be- The players can’t explain how Rogel plunged over from that team, a suspicion which even George Marshall is beginning to fore closing out its season, so it, Mk,. they lose when a little better point. purely having mm w m r ¦ r share. “We can’t give away 17 points and win,” Marshall was on the basis of blocking and sharper thinking games, stands the better 98-Yard Drive Fails. fuming. “No team can do it. But that’s what we did—gave more could put them on top. They try, ' chance of getting beaten. ' and feel The Steelers stopped a 98-yard away 17 points on errors and stupid plays.” w? 1 w |P\ MBs |p worse than Lambeau. if As for Biggie Munn and his possible, after booting a decision. Redskins advance inches short of The Steelers may not be a better team but they were Michigan State outfit, the No. 1 But they don’t seem able to do a touchdown early in the final smarter. There was one play early in the third period, when team in the weekly Associated anything about it. period, but couldn’t get out of the Press the Spartans’ next 'hole after taking the ball. It was out in front. 17-7. It was fourth down with 7 poll, A cost Pittsburgh three opponents—lndiana, Notre blocked Redskins’ field goal them two points Jerry and came galloping a attempt gave the when Hen- yards to go from the Pittsburgh bench Dame Marquette—are Steelers’ their nessey and think- first nailed Jim Finks in the end sub. He may as well have been a Western Union boy because ing up ways touchdown yesterday. A play and means of keep- Washington zone. The opened the be- he all but carried his message in his hand. Nearly everybody ing the score down. Os them, fumble preceded the lated rally that caused lot the field goal. A wave of a of ex- the Redskins sensed that the next play, originally set up Irish .stand the best chance of brain paral- citement but didn’t change the except ysis enabled Ray Mathews to re- as a second field goal attempt, was to be faked. upsetting the Spartans. turn outcome. Jim Tatum’s Maryland forces a punt 70 yards for Pitts-! burgh’s second Leßaron threw a 40-yard pass It was. Ray Mathews grabbed the ball, arose from his face two toughest foes touchdown and an the on' offside penalty to Hugh Taylor for one touch- kneeling position, and ran to his left for a first down on the 51- their schedule when they get against the home back! team set up the visitors’ last score. down, and later pitched a 13-yard yard line. Fran Rogel took it over and it became 24-7, not a into action two weeks hence— pass to Charlie Justice for Mississippi another. point too much for Pittsburgh as things turned out. and Alabama. Ole Takes Blame for Boomerang. Taylor set up this by com- Miss has a couple of ties on its score Redskins when Lambeau took the blame for the ing back to take a short throw It was a suspect strategem the employed record but clean, otherwise is MUGGING VlCTlM.—George end, ill-starred field goal try by George from Eddie and going out of it still was a scoreless game, too. They had George Buksar try Alabama has only Sulima, Pittsburgh went down and out when hit by Dick Alban while lost to (42), Redskins’ Buksar from Pittsburgh’s 46-yard bounds on the Steelers’ 13-yard goal from 46 yards out. Buksar approached the ball as defensive back, immediately after taking a pass from Jim Finks in the second pe- a field Tennessee riod of yesterday’s game line after the Redskins had been line. If Bobby and his Georgia at Griffith Stadium.
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