Evening star., 1942-12-07
Bruins Figures
Best on Attack
And Defense
touchdown by Cords
SpoiIs Champs Mark
For Resistance
BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN,
Associated prass Ep1rte Wrifnr

CHICAGO, Dec. THE tale OF
statistics, which may or may not
tell the true story of a teams ability,
greatly favors the Chicago Bears
over the Washington Redskins in
their championship playoff Sunday
in the Nations Capital.
The figures were gathered during
a season whose theme song was the
broken record which repeated itself
right down to the end of the regu-
lar National Football League cam
paign yesterday.
The Bears, who trimmed the Chi
cago Cardinals 81 to 7-allowing a
freak touchdown in the last quarter
to spoil chances for the best defen-
sive scoring record in Is years-hold
these statistical advantages over the
Redskins for the 11-game season:
155 first downs to 149; 1879 yards
gained to 1921; 1893 yards by rush
ing to 1921; 1881 by passing to
1900; 376 points scored to 227; "a
points given up to opponents to 102;
SIG yards gained against them by
rushing to 848.
Washington's margin: 257 at
tempted forwards to. 1872; 137 COM
pletions to "a completion percent
age is lower, however,; II of their
passes intercepted to %; 45-yard
punting average to 80; 610 yards
lost by penalties to 905; 1903 yards
gained against them by passing to
l,179.
Facts Are Analysed.
Filtering out the facts:
/. The passing and punting OF
Sammy Baugh and the running OF
Andy Farkas must offset the tre-
mendous line-shattering power OF
Gary Famiglietti. Hugh Gallarneau
and Frank Maznicki, the whizzing
end dashes of Ray Mclean and
aerial work of the Sid Luckman-
Charley O'Rourke duo, which mixes
up a terrific deceptive attack from
the T.
2. The line play will be vicious.
and the game may be determined
by the men up front. The Bear
forwards are considered stronger,
especially in view of superior re-
serve strength.
g. Washington possibly has the
better pass defense. And the ac-
curacy of Baugh's passes is attested
by fewer interceptions, although he
has thrown more than the two
Bear pitchers.
4. The playoff should be one Of
the toughest in history. Abundance
of penalties show that both teams
play for keeps
The Bears turned pair Of fum-
bles into touchdowns and scored
again on a 37-yard pitch from
Luckman to Gallarneau in beating
the Cards yesterday. Their city ri
walls scored from yards out when
O'Rourke's attempted lateral was
snatched by Champ Seibold. The
Bruins needed to blank the Red
birds to rate as the greatest de-
fensive team since the New York
Giants of 1927
Hutson Kicks Winning Goal.
The Green Bay Packers shaded
the Pittsburgh Steelers, "a to n, on
Don Hutson's 28-yard, angled field
goal. Cecil Isbell tossed three
touchdown passes, none to Hutson.
The Giants great center, Mel
Helm, ended a 13-year career Of pro
ball as his team whipped Brooklyn.
10 to 0. Tuffy Leemans set up
touchdown, scored by Merle Hapes,
and Ward Cuff booted a 14-yard
field goal.
= Davey OBrien's passing records
while at Philadelphia were shattered
by Isbell He concluded the season
with "a touchdown f1ips-scoring by
this means In % straight games-to
break his own mark of IS last year,
made 145 completions to O'Brien's
1924, gained 2,001 yards to snap his
own record of 1,479 last fall.
Bud Schwenk, the Cardinal rookie
who broke O'Brien's collegiate rec
ords at Washington u, St. Louis,
shelved another held by the Texas
mite as a pro. Schwenk had 295
attempts to O'Briens 277.
Among Hutson's catalogue of new
records were placekicking 80 points,
scoring 1873 points and snaring IA
passes. The Packers set two team
marks by gaining 2,401 yards through
the air (the Bears made 2,002 In
194D and completing a total of III
passes philadelphia connected on