The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-16
Nervous Grid Giants Lose
 By24 Co l4

New York, pec. ie--(Up)-Nelther the chicago Bears nor the New York Giants were satisfied today with the 2a Co lA Bear victory yesterday which gave the Monsters of the Midway their fifth National LeRs que championship.
 AS the game was played, the Bears won decislvely, showing more power and precision in every department, and tn normal conditions it would have been Q gratifying revenge for the lA to 0 beating the Giants gave the Bears in regular-season play.
 But it wasn't played under normal conditions; the shadow of an ate tempted fix" by gamblers hung over the packed Polo Grounds and the Giants were without the services of Merl Hapes hard.running back who was declared ineligible because of his part ln the would-be coup. Hapes was innocent of bribe-taking, but NIL Commissioner Bert Bell suspended him because he had been approached directly by Alvin Paris, the gambler who admitted he tried to fix" the game.
 Giants, Nervous, Upset
 Frank Filchock the Giants ace passer also was approached accord. ing to police who took Paris confess sion but he was allowed to play, He did everything Q football player can do toward winning Q game but it wasn't enough.
 The Giants were sullen and de- pressed before the game, and then their feelings seemed to turn to nervousness as they trotted onto the field before 5e,326 fans.
 They fumhled several times in the early part of the game before re- gaining their professional aplomb, and one of those fumbles cost them e touchdown. George Franck bobled on his own 3l-yard line, and two plays later Sid Luckman passed 2l yards to Hugh Qallarneau for . touchdown. Less than five minutes of play had elapsed.
 A few minutes later Filchock, who took . hard battering all day as he tried to pass, got off wobbly aerial that the Bears Dante Mangini in- tercepted on his own 30 and retur- ned for an easy touchdown. That made 1t l4 to O as Frank MaEnicki converted and rout appeared im- mipent.
 Tie Score In Second
 But rilchock pulled his team to- gether, and passed for Q Giant touchdown to Frank Liebel just before the first quarter ended.
 The second quarter was scoreless, and early in the third quarter New York tied the score as the game Filchock squirmed away from tack lers on the Bear five.yard-line, backed up to the 10, began to run, then stopped and passed for Q touchdown to Steve F1lipowoc2
 That was the last New York threat. Superior Bear power and weight began to tell, and the serious losses of New YOrk manpower began to hurt. Bill Paschal the Giants best ball carrier suffered a broken jaw against Washington and was still in @ hospital; Frank Regan, his re- placement, suffered broken nose and c concussion in the first half and was taken to a hospital at half- time; Hapes, expected to share the work with Regan, wasn't allowed to play, and Franck suffered Q Shoul- der separation in the first half and went to the hospital with Began.
 That left only Filchock and his passes, and it wasn't enough. The Bears knew what to expect. Filchock himself played with c broken nose in the last half, and every play was painful.
 MAmicki Salts Game
 The weary Giants were easy prey for . Bear slicker early in the last quarter. Luckman faded few yards as if to pass, then whipped right through the middle of the line for a ie-yard scoring run. The touch- down cliniaxed Q 69-yard drive.
 Maznicki kicked e 26-yard field