Evening star., 1949-10-24
Top Clubs Of Pro Grid
Leagues Facing Test
Of Power Sunday :
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Amid
reports that the dove of peace
was fluttering around the profess
sional football scene again, top
teams of the National League and
the All-America Conference pre-
pared for a showdown of powe,
next Sunday.
While the Pittsburgh Steelers
entertain the Philadelphia Eagles
in a brawl for the NFL's Eastern
Division leadership on the COM
ing Sunday, the Chicago Bears
challenge the Western leader, the
Rams, at Los Angeles.
The big games in the AAC next
Sunday bring together the San
Francisco 49ers and Cleveland
Browns at Cleveland, and the Bal
timore Colts and New York
Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
Los Angeles rules supreme in
the Older loops Western section,
with perfect record of five
straight victories. The latest. a
35-7 verdict over the once-feared
Green Bay Packers yesterday, was
a mere tuneup for the battle
with the Bears. Los Angeles
whipped Chicago earlier this sea-
son, 31-16.
Giants Surprise Bears.
Chicago suffered a serious set
back yesterday when the New
York Giants broke a 1928 tie
late in the fourth period and
emerged with a thrilling 1923
upset triumph at the Polo
Grounds. The clincher was an
S5-yard touchdown spin by Gene
Roberts of Chattanooga, after
taking a screen pass from Charley
Conerly.
Also in the National League,
the champion Eagles staggered
the Washington Redskins, 1914,
at Philadelphia. while the Steelers
kept pace at Pittsburgh by over
coming the New York Bulldogs,
24-13.
The big upset in the All-Amer-
lea Conference came when the
Yankees knocked off the high
riding San Francisco outfit, 24-3.
This moved New York into first
place tie with the Clevelanders,
who were idle. and bounced the
'49ers into third place.
Cleveland has score to settle
with the '49erS, who walloped the
Browns in San Francisco earlier
this month, 56-28.
The National League had an
other upset at Chicago, where the
Detroit Lions punched the Car
dinals, 24-7. 1t was the first De-
troit victory OF the year, against
four defeats, ana prevented the
Cards from moving into a second
place tie with the Bears in the
Western Division.
Colts Suffer Seventh Defeat.
In two other AAC contests, the
Buffalo Bills defeated the Los
Angeles Dons at Buffalo, TIA,
and the Chicago Hornets handed
the Baltimore Colts their seventh
defeat Of the year, 17-7. at Balti-
more.
While the fans were watching
the action afield in the two big
New York games, owners were
scanning the gate receipts in the
first major clash between the Sta
dium and Polo Grounds inhabi-
tants. The Yanks drew 36,197
customers while 30,587 visited the
Polo Grounds a mile away.
In upsetting the Bears, the
Giants ran up 21-0 lead before
Chicago could get rolling. Johnny
Lujack and Sid Luckman, the
Bear passing aces. finally caught
up and tied the score at 1923
with 10 minutes left. Then Mis-
sissippi Conerly-who tossed four
touchdown passes-got off the big
one to Roberts. In all. Roberts
caught three passes for touch
downs.
The five National League games
drew 142,245 fans for an average
of 28,449. Los Angeles had the
largest attendance, 37,546. A
total of 80,614 turned out for the
three AAC games, or an average
of 26,871.