Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17
.Whizzer TALES
TwoToulhdowns
Against Eagles
Detroit Passes Click
for Ia Points in
Last Quarter Rally
By CLAYTON HEPLER


Whizzer White is the best all
around back in the National Pro-
fessional Football League. =
And because he is the Detroit
Lions today have 21-l7 victory
over the Philadelphia Eagles,
Owner Fred Mandel can look
forward to stable crowd at the
Chicago Bears game next Sunday
and 1906 fans can talk about
the most spectacular finish seen
this year.
Although he scored but one OF
them himself, the Whizzer was
directly responsible for the two
|touchdowns scored within five
minutes of the last period yester-
day at Briggs Stadium to turn
hopeless defeat into the most sat-
|isfying triumph the Lions have
scored this season.
Only eight minutes were left to.
play after Jim Castiglia, Eagle
|fullback, circled his left end for
La touchdown. Mike Basca kicked
the extra point that put Greasy
Neale's charges in a commanding
|17-7 lead.
THEN HE STARTED
And then it was that the
Whizzer started whizzing. Neale
had warned the Eagles that White
was the most dangerous man on
the field, and they were well aware
lof it after he scored the first
touchdown of the game, a score
that gave the Lions z to 3 lead
at half time.
| Even with the score so much In
their favor, Philadelphia took no
chances and sent the kickoff to
Dick Booth, who returned the ball
to the 28-yard line. 81
The Eagles expected passing
lattack, and they expected the
IWhizzer to do the throwing, for IL
wos his 35-yard pass to Booth
which set up the first marker.
(which was Just what he wanted.
Il On the first play, White called
|, a pass. but this time with Booth
on the throwing end. The Whizzer
himself gathered it in, twisted
AWAY from three Eagles and raced
for the goal line cutting over at
1.-The .10-yard stripe to elude Cas-
} tiglia.
Augie Lilo added the extra point,
as he did after every touchdown,
land the Lions were but three
tlpoints behind with seven and q
yIhalf minutes left to play.
EAGLES RECEIVE
u This time, however, Philadelphia
: was on the receiving end Of the
) kickoff. Mort Landsberg, former
l Cornell star, returned the ball to
the "a, and the Eagles got a first
down as Tommy Thompson COM
pleted pass to Bob Krieger on
t the SO.
Here the attack stalled, and Len
Barnum kicked out of bounds on
the Lion %. There were just five
. minutes left to play.
u The Whizzer carried the ball
and picked up four yards. The
!, Eagles were really concentrating
!, on White as the seconds licked
| away. On the next play, Booth
,lpassed to White out in the flat,
and the football miracle man wove
ibis way out of the clutches OF
three Eagles who swarmed on him
land went all the way to the Phila-
delphia 45-yard line.
J The Eagles were desperate IN
,their attempt to stop him now. and
White called the play that took
!, perfect advantage Of the situation
! and wor the ball game. Booth
t faded back to pass again, and hall
the Philadelphia team Lit out after
!; White.
! Over on the other side OF the
J, field, however, was Maurice Britt
and ii was to him that Booth threw
1.-THE boil. Britt gathered il in under
the frantic arms Of the lone Eagle
watching him and raced easily for
the all-important score.
The Lions tailed a touchdown