CLASSIFIED ADS RADIO—COMICS—TELEVISION AMUSEMENTS toenittg Jsraf fpcfls MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1951 U« Rams to Get Third Title Shot After '49 Loss in Mud, 50 in Snow Win, Lose, or Draw Defeat of Lions Hoyas Seeking By LEWIS F. ATCHISON IN A CITY WHERE only two major sports have flourished over a long period, it’s a bit unusual that Washington has had Brings Playoff Third Straight two of the all-time greats within a generation. We refer, of course, to the late Walter Johnson, of baseball fame, and Sammy Baugh, no less solidly established To Los Angeles As Host to CU among football’s immortals. Baugh, the greatest passer the game ever Browns Going After AU Roanoke to our of Opposes produced way thinking, will cut his Sixth niche a little deeper next year, which will be Championship; In Loop Tilt Tonight; his 16th season of professional football, a Price Tops Rob Goode GW Games Week record unequalled by any other player. Dur- Top ly th« Associated Press ing the season just closed, he equaled the 15- Georgetown tries for its third NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—The mark shared Mel Hein and straight basketball triumph to- year previously by Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles night, a modest feat that has Johnny Blood. Rams will give a repeat perform- escaped the Hoyas since they won Sam probably will be the team’s No. 1 ance next Sunday of the 1950 their first three games last sea- unless the Redskins National Football League title quarterback again, grab son. The opposition will be from game, but neither team can guar- a first-year phenom at next month’s draft Catholic University in McDon- antee such a thriller as marked meeting. There will be no objections from ough Memorial Gym on the Hill- Lewl> F. Atchison. their clash last year. this corner—if the old gent operates as top, starting at 8:30. The Rams yesterday clinched smoothly as he did after he took over late in October. In another game here tonight, the right to meet the champion American University will enter- Baugh’s decision to return was made last week at a con- Browns by downing the Green tain Roanoke College in a Mason- ference with George Marshall, Redskins’ president and Sam's Bay Packers, 42-14, for the Na- Dixon Conference clash at AU, greatest admirer. tional Conference title as the pen- starting at 8:45. The AU jayvees “If still here next and want nant hopes of Detroit's Lions and you’re year me to come back, will face the Maryland freshmen the Chicago Bears were dashed in I’ll do it,’’ the 37-year-old Texan told Marshall. “But if you’re at 7:15. the final games of the season. going to sell the club, I think I’ll just stay in Texas.” oeorge Washington will present The Browns, champions in each Later Baugh told this “He’s been real to me. the week’s feature attractions reporter, good of their first five years, including when when it entertains five-time Ill help him all I can as long as he wants me to.” four in the defunct All-America Southern Conference Champion Conference, will meet the Rams N. C. State tomorrow night at for the title in Los Angeles. A SEEMINGLY, BAUGH HAS no coaching ambitions. He’d Uline Arena, and Duke and its year ago in Cleveland, they staged rather rope calves than anything else and when he turns in his All America candidate, Dick a nip-and-tuck battle, with the uniform for chances are he’ll football As Groat, Friday, also at Uline’s. keeps, quit entirely. Browns winning, 30-28, on Lou Terps to Visit for Marshall, having disposed of his laundry several years ago, Groza’s field goal in the last min- Lexington. Maryland concludes he’s more or less stuck with the Redskins for lack of something ute of play. i ts pre- holiday schedule when It makes to occupy his time. Third Straight Try. its annual two-night stand in “I’ve been in this business too long to give it he said up,” It will be the Rams’ third Lexington, Va„ meeting VMI to- “What would I do now?” recently. chance in as many years at the morrow night and Washington and be Baugh’s evolution as a top-flight T-formation quarterback pro prize, they’ll looking and Lee on Wednesday. The Terps forward hopefully to a "fast to comes rather late in his career. He didn’t like it when the figure climb in the standings track.” They lost to the Eagles at the expense of the host teams. change from the old single-wing was made under Dud DeGroot two in the mud years ago here: Princeton, which has routed in 1944, and this distaste was reflected in his work. He didn’t last year the Browns nosed them wwHweowwJ'WXflWBMww:-: mJWWWIMM Rutgers and Lehigh in its only carry out his refused to call in series and was out in the snow at Cleveland. The fakes, plays wary starts, plays twice in this area of used so game will be shown on a Nation- NAILING A STEELER^Lou Karras, Redskins this pitchouts—the pitchouts successfully this season. tackle, finally brought down Chuck Ortmann of the Pittsburgh Steelers on this week, meeting Navy at An- wide television hookup. The m b“t not before the Herman Ball, former coach and another Baugh admirer, stadium. ex-Michigan star gained 11 yards. Others in the photo are Neil napolis Wednesday afternoon and showing in Washington will be Eff* *ame/cVx (85) probably summed up Sam’s old-style quarterbacking best. and Bob Hendren (48), all Redskins, and Lynn Chandnois (14) and George Georgetown here Thursday night. over WTTG starting at 4 p.m. n (”5*> Pl*B,*?tma°u halfbackif3.#vWf,t and Y®wars^ sbur£b guard, respectively. Chandnois was one of the standout* in the that carried The single game will be tho "I think he would look over the out a half- last-period rally defense, pick While Los Angeles was whipping Pittsburgh to victory. last for the surprising Middies back and say to ‘I can pass on that and the Packers yesterday on five until the himself, son-of-a-gun,’ m Dixie Classic in Raleigh. then do it,” Herman said. “Next he’d look at a tackle and de- touchdown passes by Bob Water-! Navy has won four straight, in- cide he could run over him—or around him—and try that. A field and a 99-yard-touchdown cluding two over Dartmouth and run by Jerry Williams, the Lions Harvard on the road. fellow who could pass like Sam didn’t have to worry too much fell before San Francisco the Georgetown, victor by a close about strategy. The opposition did the worrying because every- Forty-Niners, 21-17, and the Bears margin over Loyola of Baltimore time Baugh put his hand on the ball it was a touch- potential bowed to the Chicago Cardinals, and by a double score over down.” 24-14. Randolph-Macon, will try for its The results left Detroit and San third in a row over Mason-Dixon Francisco tied for second place, Conference teams. SAM EXPLAINS his emergence as a tricky field general The Hoyas a half game back of Los Angeles. have not won three rather soundly. "I used to think about hitting the receiver straight since Cleveland, with the American they dropped Geneva. St. Francis all the time—think about he “but this pass patterns,” said, Conference title already wrapped and Mount St. Mary’s in their year I concentrated on running the ball. I trted to figure up, finished out the season with a first three games last season. what I’d do next, and tried to mix ’em up a little bit.” 24-9 victory over the Eagles In Della Ratta a Hawkeye. Philadelphia. It was the Browns’ Catholic U., with a It can be said of Baugh that he would never call a play he victory over 11th straight win since they lost Gallaudet against five defeats, didn’t understand thoroughly and consider for a logical given their opener to the ’Forty-Niners. will have the top point producer situation. “He asks we want to run a this always why play way In other games, the Pittsburgh on the floor against the Hoyas or that way,” Clark Shaughnessy once said. “And he won’t use Steelers struck for three touch- tonight in Joe Della Ratta. who it if he doesn’t think it’ll work. You’d call him stubborn, I downs in the final period for a has a 24-point average in five 20-10 triumph over Washington games. The Cardinals suppose, but it’s a good way to be stubborn.” have shown and in New York the Giants de- improvement in their last two One night during a chalk talk under Billick Whelchel in feated the Yanks, 27-17, as Full- games, routing the Blue and tak- training camp, the retired admiral announced that a new back Eddie Price won league ing Washington College to double wrinkle would be added to a certain play. Sam studied it for a ground-gaining honors and estab- overtime. moment, then declared, lished a new league record for American U., with a 3-2 record, “It won’t work and I’m not gonna call it.” number of times carrying the ball. will have its hands full with Roa- Price accumulated 132 yards in noke, Sam often was brutally frank in stating his opinion of despite the latter’s record 31 attempts on a slippery, ice- of a lone victory four de- Redskins’ material and he showed a lack of confidence in some against coated field to extend his season feats.