Evening star., 1950-09-17
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good excuses for their defeat since
neither Steve Van Buren nor Al
WiStert, two of their greatest
stars, played because Of injuries.
Halfback Bosh Pritchard, another
top scorer, also was unable to
play. But the way Graham was
throwing that ball, it is doubtful
that the Eagles could have won,
even with their full strength.
Clyde Scott Injured.
The Eagles suffered another
costly loss near the end Of the
first half when Clyde (Smack-
over) Scott, feet halfback from
Arkansas, suffered a shoulder sep
aration which may keep him out
Of action for a month. SCOTS
sharp thrusts OF tackle and
around end accounted for a large
part of the Eagles yardage In the
first half.
The game was as rugged as it
figured to be, but there WASH t
much unnecessary roughness.
John Magee, Eagles guard from
Rice, was elected from the game
in the first half and this might
have been a deterrent. AS it was,
the Eagles drew three penalties
totaling IS yards, while the
Browns lost an aggregate Of SO
yards.
The Cleveland penalties were
far more costly, however, and
helped keep the score down. The
very first time the Browns had
the ball, clipping cost them a
touchdown. Don Phelps, a little
known but mighty fast back from
Kentucky, took punt from Frank
Reagan on the Cleveland 31-yard
lane and fed SO yards down the
sidelines into the end zone. But
an overzealous blocker had clipped
Reagan, the Eagles last defender,
and the Browns failed to cash in.
Eagles Score First.
The Eagles were the first to
score. settling for o field goal
by Cliff Patton after a flrst-quar-
ter drive begged down on the
eight-yard line. Patton's place
ment was from Is yards out.
Then Graham got busy. Most
of his first half-dozen passes were
over his receivers heads, but then
he clicked with 46-yard scoring
throw to Jones. Dub had man.
aged to get behind the Philadel-
phia defenders and he caught the
ball on the dead run, stumbling
along for a few yards before he
trotted into the end zone.
Forrest Grigg, a 280-pound
tackle from Tulsa. added the first
of five extra points. Grigg also
had shot at field goal from %
yards out, but didn't get much Of
that heft in it because 1t was
short, believe it or not.
The Eagles second touchdown
came with only a minute or SC
left in the second quarter. Lavelli
who seems to have a lot of the de-
ception that made Don Hudson
famous, outmaneuvered Reagan
and took Graham's pass in the
end zone.
Seven Straight Compilations.
But it was the third Cleveland
score that showed Graham and
the Browns at their best. Start
ing from the 20-yard line after
the second-half kickoff struck the
goal post, Otto completed seven
straight passes before throwing
one out of bounds.
Motley picked up a few yards
on a line plunge and Graham
then staged an exhibition remi-
niscent of what Eddie LeBaron
did in the All-Star game last
month. Vic Sears and another
big l1neman broke through and
trapped Otto far behind the line
of scrimmage, but the clever
Clevelander managed to elude
them and get his throw away.
Speedie caught the ball on the
|two-yard line and stepped over.
The Eagles got their only
touchdown early in the final
period when Bill MackrideS, Tom
my Thompson's understudy, con-
nected with a 17-yard pass to
Pete Pihos in the end zone.
Browns Storm Back.
Back Stormed the Browns with
two more scores. Graham got the
first one himself when he sneaked
over from the one-yard line after
setting up the touchdown with a
pass to Speedie.
Rex Baumgardner, former West
Virginia back, accounted for the