Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 10, 1945; Page 12

Griffith Stadium, Dec. 9 — The Redskins are meeting the Giants this delightful afternoon, with the Eastern Division title in view. The view here also takes in 34,788 customers, and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who is America's best-known Army man outside of Doc Blanchard.

DeCorrevant takes the opening kickoff and fakes the ball to Bagarus on a criss-cross at the 10-yard line, fooling everybody except Fox, Hein, Ragazzo and Visnic and three other Giants who grab DeCorrevant on the Redskins' 20.

The Redskins pick up six yards on a smash at center by Steve Bagarus. It was very deceptive football. Any time Bagarus cuts inside an end, it is practically devastating unorthodoxy.

On a quick opening play Akins gallops 22 yards through center into New York territory, and the way the Redskins are handling that Giant line the sickly feeling on the Giant bench can be described as mal de Mara.

The Giants are feeling better at this point. Akins fumbled and Sam Fox recovered for the Giants. The Giants send their offensive backfield back into the game.

Boy, that backfield was really offensive to the olfactory nerve! In three plays the giants accumulated two yards, and then, with perfect judgment, decided to punt on fourth down.

3-0 Redskins. Baugh held the ball for Aguirre on the 23-yard line and the Redskins swapped an $11 football for 3 points.

Herber aims a beautiful pass far down field to Liebell and it looks increasingly beautiful to the customers when Todd intercepts it. To this point, the Giants' passing attack is one of the Redskins' best weapons.

Sammy Baugh is playing no favorites. He sends Akins through guard for 19 yards and then he sends Todd around right end for 19 yards. It's very impartial quarterbacking.

George Franck gets off a punt to midfield but the Giants retain the ball because the Redskins roughed him. Getting their kicker roughed has been the Giants' most effective play of the game thus far.

Iron Man Herber just pitched a double-header. His pass was completed to Jack Doolan and Bob DeFruiter, who both have the ball, in loving embrace, and the officials will have to determine property rights.

They ruled that Doolan caught it, and those boos you hear are not to be confused with any general approval. Field Judge Austin called the play, and he could win an unpopularity contest at this moment.

The Giants take over on their own 2-yard line when Condit is stopped at right guard for no gain, and the gun ending the quarter goes off prematurely, probably from surprise. The clock still shows one minute to play. A moment later, when the gun is heard again, one skeptical fan inquires of Austin, "Are you sure?"

The intermission show has the Sant aClaus motif. There are nine Santas on the field, not including Field Judge Austin of the Giants.

A crippled Giant linesman is coming out of the game, but not fast enough, and the Giants draw a 5-yard penalty for having 11½ men on the field.

10-0 Redskins. Dye takes a pass from baugh on the 3-yard line and twists away from Petrillas and scores, and the band strikes up "Down by the Ohio." Next week: Cleveland.

Herber gets off a perfect pass to Carl Grate, who is alone in the clear and dashes 38 yards to the Redskins' 20. It came as a surprise not only to the Redskins, but to Mr. Grate, who is a guard, and therefore ineligible, and the Redskins get possession of the ball.

Deep in his own territory, Herber fumbles and Piasecky recovers the ball for the Redskins on the Giants' 17. And presently the Redskins will get another touchdown.

It took 'em three plays. DeFruiter got six at left tackle, Akins got 10 at center, and Akins picked up the last yard plus a push in the pus from Steve Filipowicz.

The Redskins get the extra point on a very involved play. Baugh, holding the ball for Aguirre, faked the Giants out of position by getting Aguirre's kick blocked, and then picked up the loose ball and ran it over the goal line, around right end. The Redskins are a well-coached team.