The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
GIANTS WIN OVER
BEARS, IA 0
Clings To Western
Lead Despite Upset;
Green Bay Wins

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 R -
Steve Owens alert New York
Giants stopped the previously IN
beaten Chicago Bears Sunday, 40,
to take over the lead in the East
ern Division Of the National Foot
ball league in the most astonish-
ing form reversal of the Pro sea-
son.
Philadelphia gave New York its
chance to move out front by rally
ing with all of its % points m the
second half in handing the Wash
ington Redskins their first loss OF
the year, 1924.
Despite their defeat in the Polo
Grounds, the Bears chung to first
place in the Western half because
the Los Angeles Rams, the defend
ing champs, muffed a chance TO
go into a tie by bowling to Passin'
Paul Christman and the Chicago
Cardinals. 34-10.
Green Bay closed in on the
Bruins by overcoming the sudden
ly-stuoborn Detroit Lions, 1917,
pointing up the Chicago meeting
of the Bears and Packers next
Sunday as one of the high spots Of
the year.
Jock Sutherland's Pittsburgh
Steelers also took advantage of
Washington's tumble to make the
Eastern division a four-club scram-
BILE by lowering the boom on the
Boston Yanks, 1877, the fifth
straight setback for the cellarites.
The Polo Ground standing-room-
only crowd of $3.50 was the iarg-
est Of the five National League
turnouts totalling 171,59
Frank Filchock, who was ac-
quired by the Giants from Wash
ington during the off season, and
Frank Leibel, a pass-catching end
from little Norwich College, teamed
up on the husky Beans who out
statisticked the winners by a solid
margin. Leibel intercepted a Bear
pass to set up the first Giant
touchdown four minutes before the
end of the half. Two Filchock-to-
Leibel a%erials covered the neces
sary 38 yards. Early in the third
period, Filchock, fading back to
pass, was unable to find a receiver
open so he scampered 16 yards
for the second score.
Six times Chicago, spanked by
Sid Luckman's passing, penetrated
deep into Giant territory but they
never made it. Twice the Giants
held for downs, three times they
intercepted forwards and once
they recovered a Bear tumble,
Washington appeared to be on its
way to an easy fourth straight
victory with a $40 lead over tine
Eagles at half time but Tommy
Thompson tossed three touchdown
passes in the last half as Phila-
delphia scored four times to re-
verse the decision. Thompson's
final pitch to Jack Ferrante for
the winning margin came with
only 80 seconds to go to the dis
may of 1851 Skin fans at Grit.
fifth Stadium.
Christman gave Thompson q
good run for the days individual
honors with Is completed passe!
good for 221 yards and two Car
dinal touchdowns against the Rams
in a Comiskey Park contest wit
messed by 80, 1870 spectators.
Bob Waterfield, the outstanding
player of the year last year TO;
the champion Rams, passed te
Fred Gehrke for the only Los An
geles touchdown, kicked the extr;
point and booted a field goal Il
account for all 10 points.
Detroit handed Green Bay a BAG
scare and had the ball on The
Packers Is when the game ended
before the Lions succumbed to {
fifth straight loss. Curly Lam.
beau's men had to come from be
hind to win on Ted Fritch's II.
YARD held goal, his thlrd try with
in four minutes in the second quar-
ter OF a game played before 49,
564 spectators at Milwaukee.
Boston gave 10, 1877 Fenway Parl
customers something to cheer
about for the first time this season
by taking a rs edge over Pitts
burgh at the half but fumbled away
the ball game in the third quarter.
The Yanks bobbled the ball the
first three times they handled il
in tie period, resulting in success
sive runs of % and 20 yards for
Steeler touchdoWns.
Bill Dudleyl, the lop's tor
ground-gainer, carried eight times
for a total of IS yards, scoring
two touchdoWns and converting
two placements for added noints