Evening star., 1950-11-13
3 NFL Teams Engaged
In a Wild Scramble
In Each Conference
(Picture on Page A-21.)
BY the Associated Press


only a month of the season re-
naming. the National Football
League found itself all scrambled
up today, with six teams in a hot
battle for championship honors.
The won-and-lost figures in
both divisions are exactly the
same for the leaders after yester-
days six-game program. Cleve-
lands Browns still are leading the
American Conference. while the
Los Angeles Rams displaced the
New York Yanks atop the Ma
tional division.
If the Rams are to stay in the
lead. they've got a tough job next
Sunday in the leagues big game
when they meet New York at
Yankee Stadium.
Los Angeles eased into first
place by blasting the Green Bay
Packers, 45-14, at Milwaukee,
while the Bears tanned the Yanks,
1920, before 50,103 cheering fans
packed into Wrigley Field at Chi
cago.
Browns Have Rough Time.
The Browns had a rough time
for three periods before subduing
the San Francisco Forty Miners,
34-14. at Cleveland. At New York
the Giants pulverized the Chicago
Cardinals. 51-21, while at Pitts
burgh the Steelers defeated the
Baltimore Colts. 17-7.
Thus Cleveland and Los Angeles
lead their divisions with seven vic
tories and two losses each. The
Bears and Yanks are deadlocked
for second place back of Los
Angeles, with six wins and two
defeats, The Giants and Phila-
delphia Eagles have the same
won-and-lost mark in their sec
ond-place tie behind Cleveland.
Next Sunday the Cardinals play
at Philadelphia, with Washington
at Cleveland, the Giants at Balti-
more, San Francisco at Chicago
Bears, Green Bay at Detroit-in
addition to the Yanks-Rams.
175,273 at Six Games.
A total of 1929 customers
turned out for yesterdays festivi-
ties, and the largest throng at
Chicago saw a real toe-to-toe
slugfest.
Trailing 14-7 at halftime, the
Bears surged back with two touch
downs in the third period and
another in the fourth to dump the
Yanks from their National Divi-
sion perch.
Johnny Lujack sneaked two
yards to tie the count at 14-all
in the third period, and then one
of Yank Ratterman's passes back
fired. John O'Quinn, rookie end,
formerly of Wake Forest. inter-
cepted the toss on the New York
five and scooted over the goal.
Ratterman passed for two touch
downs in the first half, but the
rugged Chicago linemen rushed
him vigorously in the last two
periods.
Fumbles wrecked the Forty
Miners chances when it seemed
that San Francisco might upset
the Browns. With the score tied
14-14, at halftime, Lou Groza sent
the Browns ahead with 22-yard
field goal in the third period
Groza then booted a 40-yard field
goal. A tumble and an intercep-
ton of a frankie Albert pass gave
the Browns two quick touchdowns
in the fourth quarter.
Giants Discard T.
At the Polo Grounds, the Giants
discarded the T formation and
single winged the Cardinals FOR
a total of $50 yards. Chuck Con-
erly Tipped two touchdown passes
as the New Yorkers scored the
most points by a Giant team since
1888 when they whipped Phila-
delphia, $50. Gene (Choo Choo)
Roberts set a new Giant rushing
mark of 218 yards in 26 tries.
| Los Angeles was held to field
goal in the first quarter by Greer
Bay. then rammed over three
| ttouchdowns in the second period
Fumbles and pass interruptions
set up all the frst-half scoring.
Norm Van Brocklin, the league S
leading passer, was limited to one
completion in II throws. The one
completion was % yards to Elroy
Hirsch for a touchdown.
Pittsburgh. led by Joe Geri,
scored II points in the first half
against Baltimore, then STAYED off
a determined Colts bid in the last
two quarters. Y. A. Title, Bal
timore quarterback. completed %
of AZ passes, to grab individual
honors. Titles tosses set up the
only Colt score in the third period,
when Frank Spaniel galloped Is
yards to score.