The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-24
LEWIS, COACH OF. CLEVELAND RAM,. WONDER WORKER
Chicago Bears Beaten Twice. Giants Top
 Brooklyn
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY

(United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New York, Oct. 24.--(UP) The man of the hour in professional football today was Art Lewis, who was showed into one of the toughest spots in the National League a month ago as coach of the disor- ganized Cleveland Rams.
 Cleveland had lost its first three games, including an unmerciful ST. l3 licking from the champion Wash ington Redskins, when Lewis, as- sistant coach and tackle, replaced the venerable Hugo Bezdek. With a little magic and a lot of hard work Lewis whipped Cleveland into a team which today had 8 fighting chance to win the leagues western division championship.
 The Rams crowned their come back with 8 sensational 23-2l vic- tory over the league-leading Chi cago Bears at Wrigley field. In a breath-taking game in which the lead changed hands six times, the Rams fought their way to their greatest triumph since they joined the pro league last year.
 Good Lineman
 Lewis, who broke into the pro game only two years ago with the New York Giants, quit his job as line coach at Ohio Wesleyan this fall to become assistant coach and tackle for Cleveland. He is rated an outstanding lineman but his great job of rebuilding the Rams over- shadows other achievements.
 The Rams have licked the Bears twice (14-7 in the other gane) and Detroit, 21-17, In scoring three straight victories since Lewis took over. They now have @ 800 percent record and are pointing for next Sundays game against the leading Green Bay Packers with title as- pirations.
 Green Bay moved into the vest ern division lead by defeating Pitts burgh, 20-0. Cecil Isbell, the Texan from Purdue, led the Packers to victory with his running and pass ing. He dashed 37 yards to Green Bay's first score and was leading factor in ax air attack that netted 150 yards.
 Cleveland got away to e 6-0 lead over the Bears in the first minute and Q half of play. The Bears kept up @ steady counter attack but every time they regained the lead the Rams snatched 1t back quickly. At different stages of the game the Bears led, 7-6, i4-9 and 2l-16, but Corby Davis, ex-Indiana fullback, plunged over for the Rams winning score in the last few minutes of play.
 The Detroit Lions held third place by winning hard-fought, 10-0 vic- tory over the Chicago Cardinals. Regis Monahan's 34-yard field goal in the second period and Bill Shep- herds 21yard touchdown plunge in the third accounted for the Lions points.
 On Top
 The champion Washington Red- skins maintained their lead in the eastern division by outscoring the Philadelphia Eagles, 20-14. The Red- skins led throughout. Andy Farkas ripped over for two touchdowns and Riley Smith scored the other on a pass from Bill Hartman which net ted 61 yards.
 Playing their best game of the season the New York Giants re- mained on the heels of the Red- skins by scoring a 28-14 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Giants piled up four touchdowns be- fore the Dodgers came to life in the final period and scored twice. Ed Danowski kept up his whirlwind passing by completing 5 out of 8 for 92 Giant yards.
 A total of 114,145 persons saw the five games, with the largest crowd, SC, ,228, at the Giants Dodgers game. Other crowds were: At Washington, 30,000; at Chicago, 18.000: at De- troit, 17,917: at Green Bay, 12,O00.