By Bob Considine
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, Dec. 14, 1942; Page 11

Just two years after absorbing the most humiliating defeat in professional grid histroy, the aroused Washington Redskins yesterday defeated their old conquerors, the Chicago Bears, 14-6, in the playoff game for the championship of the National Football League at Griffith Stadium.
A brilliant 50-yard touchdown pass by the great Sammy Baugh, and a grueling 44-yard advance through the rock-ribbed Bear line, with Andy Farkas plunging most of the way, gave the Redskins their victory over a Chicago team that had not tasted defeat in 24 straight games, 18 of of them in league competition.

Baugh's pass half the length of the field was caught sensationally on the dead run by Wilbur Moore, Redskin back, and when Bob Masterson added the extra point, it wiped out a 6-0 lead the Bears had taken early in the second quarter.

Tempers Flare Up
The Bear touchdown came wholly without warning in the midst of the first of Washington's stubborn marches toward the Bear goal. Lee Artoe, Chicago's All-League tackle, scooped up a fumble by Dick Todd in midfield and ran to the Chicago touchdown wholly unmolested. Then he failed to kick the extra point and the Redskins — still stung by the memory of their 73-0 loss to the Bears here in 1940 — went on the warpath.

In the bristling, fist-waving remainder of the game, the underdog Redskin team cut the Bears' line to ribbons in a complete reversal of form. Tempers flared throughout, but the officials kept the players in check and dished out a minimum of penalties.

The biggest gate in playoff history — $113,260.40 — was paid by the crowd of 36,006 which jammed Griffith Stadium to its doors. To the triumphant Redskins went a players' pool of $35,397.47, to be split up after the game. The feelings of the Bears were somewhat assuaged by a presentation of $23,598.32 — or $639.12 to each Bear voted a full share.

The Redskins gave their coach, Ray Flaherty, who becomes a senior grade lieutenant in the Navy on Tuesday, a farewell game he'll never forget, climaxing the contest with a goal line stand that frustrated a 78-yard Bears march. If it was the last game the pros will play for the duration, as some league owners insist, it was a fitting curtain for the best football procurable.

The Bears threatened in the first period when Ray Nolting intercepted a Baugh pitch on the Redskins' 27. But on the first play from that point, Nolting fumbled and when the officials clawed the pile-up down to the turf it was discovered that Ki Aldrich had recovered for the Redskins. Baugh promptly quick-kicked 60 yards to the Bears 17 and the danger dissolved.

An exchange of kicks gave the Redskins the ball on their 39 midway in the second period, after Dick Todd had brought Sid Luckman's pass back 10 yards. Baugh now went into operation and threw a wicked peg to Todd for a first down on the Bear 49, the first time the Redskins had been in Chicago dirt.

But on the first play from scrimmage, Todd fumbled, George Wilson, Bear end, scrambled after the loose ball but could not hold it. Big Artoe, however, muscled in through a pile of friends and foes, scooped up the vagrant balloon and ran 50 yards to the touchdown. No one was close to him. His attempt at the extra point missed hte left upright by yards.

The first Redskin touchdown late in the same second period, found its source in an interception of a Luckman pass by Moore. The Washington back ran the ball back to the Bear 42. Cecil Hare bucked it to midfield, then pierced the Bear line, with the help of huge Willie Wilkin to the Bear 39.

Baugh now drifted back and back to midfield, covering himself with his struggling protectors, feinted a short pass and then with almost the same motion flung the ball all the way down the field. Luckman stuck close to the flying Moore but Moore outraced him by a step or two, leaped into the air near the goal line, snatched the ball with upstretched hands and stepped over. Masterson's kick, which put the Redskins ahead, 7-6, was good all the way.

The second Redskin touchdown was all Farkas. He brough a long Luckman punt back to the Bear 44. It was an obvious set up for Baugh to go into action. Instead, Farkas banked twice and strained to a first down on the Bear 32.

Baugh, unable to find a receiver after drifting back nearly 15 yards, decided to run the ball and got back to the 32. Trapped again, Baugh slid angularly to the 24, then clawed his way over the top of a huge mound to a first down on the 20.

Again Farkas carried and got to the 15 before going down under a ton of Bears. He hit the other side of the Bear line on the next play, with Steve Slivinski leading the way for him, and got to the 8. Slivinski was hurt so badly on the play that he had to be carried off the field on a stretcher.

Farkas escaped the rough tackling, however. He cracked through to the 5, then hit the line, bounced off and forged on to the 1. Farkas took it over on the first attempt from there, and once again he climbed over the backs of the pile up. He was hit savagely as his head and the ball went high over the line, and the ball shot out of his grip. But despite the howls of the Bear players, the officials ruled that the touchdown had been scored. Masterson kicked the extra point.

Farkas, playing perhaps the best game of his pro life, was hurt on the kickoff following the second touchdown. Half conscious, he was dragged off the field to the roar of a tremendous ovation.

Passes Click
With three minutes left of the game, and the Bears in possession on their 20, Charlie O'Rourke went into action. Passes to Ray McLean and Maznicki brought the ball all the way to the Redskins 2, where Baugh pulled down Maznicki after it seemed that nothing could stop him from scoring. On the next play Wilkin stopped Osmanski with a crushing tackle.

Hugh Gallarneau now burst over for what appeared to be a touchdown, but the officials saw an offside Bear and moved the ball back to the 7. With a minute and half left of the game Osmanski drove hard to the 3, with fists flying in all directions. On third down Osmanski tried it again, but was knocked flat at the line of scrimmage. On last down O'Rourke passed, but the ball slid out of Bob Nowasky's hands in the end zone. That was the end of the Bears' long winning streak and the Bears' dynasty. The Redskins froze th ball very ably through the remaining seconds.

The 73-0 loss of two years ago had been atoned.

The Redskin victory moved them into the pro Bowl game, to be played against an all star Pro team in Philadelphi December 27 at Shibe Park, for the benefit of the United Seamen's Service.