Evening star., 1950-09-10
O,OOOCrowd Likely
As Rival Champions
Meet in Philadelphia
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

Bell as the best balanced leagu
I can remember" the 13-club Ma
tional Football League swings int
action Saturday night with on
of the seasons prize attractions
the Philadelphia Eagles VS.. tn
Cleveland Browns at Municipa
Stadium here.
Ten more clubs play the mex
day, with the Chicago CARDINAL
sitting out the first open date
From on, it promises to pe a ra
race to the promised land of tht
championship.
An estimated 10000 fans will set
the Browns-Eagles fray and more
than game in the win column
will be at stake. The Browns, who
completely dominated the All
American Conference during its
four years existence. will carry the
prestige of that league into the
game. On the Eagles will be riding
the honor of the National League
over which they have ruled fol
two years. The heated division OF
fans concerning the relative merits
of the two leagues lifts this game
far above the ordinary.
Eagles Play Bears Today.
AS q final tune-up, the Eagles
invade Chicago today to battle the
Bears at Wrigley Field. About
10000 fans are expected for this
one, which has a significance all
its own. The Bears handed the
Eagles a surprise 1921 defeat last
year, Philadelphia's only loss in Il
league games, and today's game
viii be their only meeting in 1850.
A percentage of the proceeds Will
be donated to the armed services
for welfare work.
The Bears dropped a close de-
eision to the Browns in another
recent exhibition and while COM
parsons In such games are not al
ways true, the outcome Of today's
clash will be watched with in
terest.
Owner-Coach George Halas of
the Bears said today that he was
not sure whether Guard Dick
Barwegen, acquired from the Bal
timore Colts, would report to the
club. Barwegen was said to be
reluctant to leave Baltimore where
he has his home and business.
With or without him, The Bears
are expected to be as tough as
usual.
Redskins i'm Same Division.
Philadelphia and Cleveland are
picked to fight it out for the
championship Of their division,
while the Bears, Los Angeles Rams
and New York Yanks are rated
the top three in their group. The
new alignment of clubs erased
the old East-West divisions. The
National League, in effect, Is what
of the disbanded AAC
hoped for-two leagues. 1t is pos
sible now. for example, for the
play-of to be a
affair in New York or
Chicago. or for the two survivors
to come from at least the same
geographical section. The di-
visions are now known as the
and National Confer
ences and all clubs seem to be
stronger than a year ago.
The surprising and apparently
potent Redskins are in the Ameri-
can Conference and with five con-
secutive victories in exhibition
games on a coast-to-coast junket
now rate just a notch below the
Eagles and Browns. A veteran
and well balanced Chicago Card
inal eleven, and the always-rugged
Pittsburgh Steelers may have a
hand in deciding the winner.
The Cardinals. with fashy
Charlie Trippi, Elmer Angsman
and Pat Harder in the backf1eld,
and a stout line featuring Andres
Platos, Bill Fischer and Vic Ba-
nonis, are capable of knocking
of any opponent on a hot after
noon. With the veteran Curly
Lambeau at the helm, after q
29-year apprenticeship at Green
Bay. the Cards must be consid-
cred q factor in their conference.
The National Conference, COM
prised Of the Bears, Baltimore
Colts, Detroit Lions, Green Bay
Packers. Los Angeles Rams,
Yanks and San Francisco Forty
Miners. should produce some of
the liveliest football of the sea-
son. It shapes up as a wide-open
race with the speedy Yanks and
talented Rams figuring in the
running. The Rams have been
bolstered by the addition of Glenn
Davis while the Yanks, an ANAL
gamation of the old New York
Bulldogs and New York Yankees
have added speedy Buddy Young
George Taliaferro, George Rat
terman and a few others who
would look well on any coach's
team.
Lions Could Surprise.
. The real surprise of this con-
ference, however, could be Bo
McMillin's vastly improved De-
troit squad. Quarterback Bobby
Layne proved against the Red
skins that he can pass accurately
and Doak Walker, darling of the
Southwest college fans last year,
demonstrated that he can be as
troublesome to the pros as he was
ito college rivals.
San Francisco has the talented
frankie Albert at quarterback and
% couple of good backs in Joe
Perry and Strike Stryzalski, but
Coach Buck Shaw has a green
line that may not improve soon
enough to keep the club in the
race.
The only cloud in the leagues
sky is the threat of military draft
for younger players, particularly
several outstanding rockies: Tht
Redskins were the first victims
losing Quarterback Eddie LeBaror
to the Marines. Other than this
1t Is not hard to understand VIII,