Evening star., 1950-10-09
Emphasis on Defense
Pays Off as Giants
Head Pro League
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-The New
York Giants. because they play
against the "book" and feature
defense rather than offense, are
making pro footballs two attack
ing mights-the Cleveland Browns
and Philadelphia Eagles-sit up
and take notice.
Rated no better than third Or
fourth in the power packed Amer
lean Conference. the New Workers
have utilized their -bruising
defense for three straight victories
and are the only team in the 13-
team circuit without setback.
Among their victims are the
Pittsburgh Steelers. 1877; Cleve-
land, 60, and. yesterday. Wash
ington's Redskins. 21-17. That
means Steve Owens outfit has
yielded only "a points, an average
of a game.
The Browns, who whipped
Pittsburgh. BOLT. Saturday, are
No 2 in the American Conference
with a 81 record. Then comes
Philadelphia, $500 victor over
the Los Angeles Rams Saturday,
in third place with 2-1.
Meanwhile, three teams-the
Chicago Bears. Detroit Lions and
New York Yanks-are tied for the
National Conference lead. All,
sporting 81 records, won yester-
day.
Lujack Stars as Runner.
The bears trimmed their cross
town rivals, the Chicago Cardi-
nails, 27-6; Detroit handed San
Francisco its fourth straight loss,
24-7, and the YankS outScored
Green Bay, 44-31.
At Chicago, 48,025 fans saw
Passer Johnny Lujack become
Runner Lujack as the Bears hum
bled Cdrley Lambeau's Cardinals.
The former Notre Dame quarter
back tailed two touchdowns and
ran for 80 of the Bears 229 yards.
In addition, he completed nine
passes for SO yards, but threw only
once in the second half as q
steady rain soaked the turf.
For Lambeau, who transferred
from Green Bay to Chicago this
season, it must seem like a long,
long season already. His team has
dropped two of three starts, both
by lopsided scores, and next week
travels to Cleveland for a tiff with
the aWesome Browns.
Rain also fell at Detroit during
the Lions-San Francisco game,
but Bobby Layne of the winners
shone brightly. Neither the driv-
ing downpour nor the poor visi-
bility seemed tc bother Layne.
who completed Is of 80 passes for
205 yards and two touchdowns.
Albert's Injury a Blow.
Layne, who is alternately hot
and cold, scored Detroit's final
tally on a 1-inch buck. The 49ers,
hobbled by frankie Albert's in
jury at the close of the first half,
never could get full steam up
and gained only SO yards run
ming. A far cry, indeed, from the
San Frisco powerhouses of yore.
The Yanks and Green Bay
failed to register a touchdown for
26 minutes, but then both teams
broke loose, combining for a half
dozen six-pointers in the third
quarter. However, the Packers,
despite 310-yard net along the
ground, were unable to erase the
Yanks' 17-3 halftime bulge.
George Ratterman paced the
New Workers. attack with three
touchdown passes. Sherman How
ard and George Taliaferro scored
twice for the winners.
A Philadelphia crowd of 24,134
saw four Eagles score tbs against
the beWildered Rams, including
the second longest run in the
loops history, 103-yard jaunt by
Russ Craft.
At Pittsburgh, packed house
of $500 watched the Browns
take advantage of eight Steeler
bobbles. Otto Graham, his aerial
circus neutralized. took to the
ground and tailed two touch
downs. Dub Jones also scored
twice for Cleveland, but it was Joe
Geri, Pittsburgh's triple-threat,
who stole the show with a bril-
liant display of running, passing
and punting.
Fifteen years ago - Jimmy