Evening star., 1947-12-08
|Stee|ers Regain Lead /;
Bears, Cards Tied;
Redskins Beaten
By Lewis F. Atchison

BY Lewis F. Atchison
Another spipe-tingling finish In
the National Football League divi-
sional races Is coming up, with next
Sundays games expected to decide
the championship In at least the
Western sector. But with Phila-
delphia and Green Bay colliding in
the big game in the East playon
the first since the Redskins and
Giants tied in 1943, was possible.
The Tribe is out of 1t this year.
Yesterdays 1910 setback by a dis
tinctly grade B Giant eleven as
sured the Skins of their worst rec
ord in a decade. Not since the
wigwam was pitched on the cold
common of Boston has a Redskin
team dropped eight games, and with
Boston coming here next week for
the finale, things may get worse.
Steelers Retake Lead.
Pittsburgh regained the Eastern
lead yesterday by defeating Boston,
II to Z, while Philadelphia was
blowing q 1921 duke to the Chi
cago Cardinals. The Cards, in turn,
tied the Bears, who lost to Los
Angeles, 17-14.
Thus, Pittsburgh, which has COM
pleted its 12-game card, is sure Of
at least a tie for Eastern honors If
Philadelphia defeats the Packers.
Should the Eagles lose, the title
automatically goes to the Steelers.
If the Eagles win the playoff will
be played December 81 at Pitts
burgh and the league championship
game will be showed back to De-
cember % at Chicago.
The Cardinals exploded for six
touchdowns in the second half to
rout the Eagles. Charley Trippi
sparked q 78-yard march for the
first six-pointer and Paul Christ
man followed up by tossing So and
Il yard passes to Trippi and Billy
Dewell to set up another. The
turning point came when Nal
Kutner intercepted pass which
bounced of Neal Armstrong;
finger tips and went Sc yards to
score.
Waterfield Pass Margin.
Bob Waterfield brought the Rams
to life in the final period to upset
the Bears in a grudge battle be-
tween the teams. A 20-yard throw
from Waterfield to Dan Hickey
gave Los Angeles its winning
margin.
The Steelers used fake field goal
formation to send Joe Golding over
for touchdown that helped upset
Boston. Pittsburgh scored early in
the game when Tackle Jack Wylie
blocked Howard Maley's punt on
Boston's 8-yard line. The ball rolled
into the end zone where Johnny
Mastrangelo, Steeler guard, re-
covered for a touchdown.
The Redskins took another biff on
the chin yesterday because the Sec
ondary played in too close against
the long throws of Paul Governali
and Art Faircloth. Governali threw
a 2-yard toss to Howie Livingston
for the first six-pointer and heaved
another to the same player for Al
yards and another score in the
opening period. 80
sSss Field Goal Saves Shutout.
Dick Poillon booted a 17-yard field
goal to save the Skins from a shut
out, and at that time it seemed to be
good strategy because Baughs was
getting plenty of protection on his
passes. Baugh's ailing finger didn't
bother him enough to make diff
ference, but the Giant secondary
bothered his receivers plenty.
Governali's next throw was good
for 80 yards to Ray Poole for another
touchdown, and his last went to
George Cheverko for 6 yards and as
many points.
Faircloth, an alumnus of Ana
costa High School, tossed a 13-yard
aerial to Cheverko- for the Giants
final score.
The Redskins missed a couple of
six-pointers when Bob Nussbaumer
was knocked into the goalpost by
Livingston on one pass, and when
the officials ruled that another was
caught out of bounds on the side of
the end zone.