Evening star., 1948-11-08
Browns, Ayers Clear
Way 10 Big AAC Till;
Card d-Bear Tie Holds
By the Assoeiofed Press

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last two Novembers primping for
the All-America Football Confer
ence's championship game. But this
month finds the Browns preparing
for two clashes against the upstart
San Francisco 49ers with the West
ern Division title at stake.
The first Of these two crucial
games is slated for Cleveland's lake
front stadium Sunday. The second
of the do-or-die clashes is scheduled
for the 49ers' home gridiron two
weeks after the Cleveland meeting.
Both of these powers tuned up for
their important battle next week
with triumphs yesterday. The
Browns dumped the Baltimore Colts,
28-7, for their ninth straight victory
and 18th over two-year span. The
49ers racked up their 10th consecu-
tive decision, trouncing the Chicago
Rockets, 44-2l, to stay a half game
in front Of the Browns.
Edgar Especial Delivery Jones led
the Cleveland drive by scoring twice.
The loss knocked the Colts out of
first place in the Eastern Division
chase in favor of the Buffalo Bills.
The Bills tanned the Brooklyn
Dodgers, 1921. In the other con-
ference game the New York Yam
KEGS humbled the Los Angeles Dons,
1876.
The 49ers piled up a 37-0 lead be-
fore the hapless Rockets scored in
the last period against the reserves.
The pitching of frankie Albert, as
usual, highlighted the 49ers' attack.
Buffalo resorted to ground plays
in beating the Dodgers. The Bills
picked up 419 yards via the ground
route with Chet Mutryn sparkling
the drive with three touchdown
scampers.
Four Texans-Pete Layden, Jack
Russell, Bruce Afford and Spec San
ders - were the big guns In the
Yanks' triumph over the Dons. Lay
den pitched three six-point passes
to Russell and Afford while Sanders
scored once and passed for another
touchdown.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Cardinals
and the Chicago Bears, powers in
the rival National League, remained
tied for top honors in the circuits
Western division.
The Cards, defending champs,
stomped the oft beaten Detroit
Lions, $500. The Bears turned
back the Los Angeles Rams, 21-6
Charley Trippi and Elmer Angs-
man scored three touchdowns apiece
to lead the Cards in their slaughter
of the Lions. The Lions took a
60 lead early In the first quarter,
but the Cards went ahead, 7-6,
before the frame ended and added
81 more points in the second to
sew It up.
The Bears had a rougher time
in bagging the Rams. The Bears
nursed a 7-6 lead going into the
last period when j. r. Boone
scored twice on a 35-yard jaunt
and o 2-yard plunge to ice the
decision. The largest crowd of the
day-56,2 1853 fans-saw the game.
Philadelphtas red hot Eagles
crushed the New York Giants,
35-14. to maintain their half-game
edge over the Washington Red
skins in the Eastern chase.
The passing of Tommy Thomp-
son and the running of Steve Van
Buren was too much for the Giants.
Thompson completed nine out of
10 passes for 189 yards and two
touchdowns. Van Buren tailed
twice and bulled for 143 yards. The
victory was the Eagles fifth straight
The Pittsburgh Steelers stunned
the Green Bay Packers, 1877, to end
their three-game losing streak
Rookie Ray Evans ran and passed
the Steelers to a 24-0 halftime lead
and the Packers never recovered.
A total Of 150,7l4 fans turned out
for the five National League games
and S2,S11 for the four AAC scraps