Evening star., 1950-12-26
Browns Owner Saws
Coach Will Be Back;
Brown Less Positive :
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 26.-Profes.
sional footballs new champions
the Cleveland Browns, are goint
to keep on building and win.
ming" Owner Arthur B. mickey,
Mcbride promised today.
Furthermore, he assured a re.
porter. the Browns coach in 1851
still will be Paul Brown, despite
persistent talk that Brown might
be interested in going back to col.
lege football.
Still elated over the Browns
story-book 30-to-28 defeat of the
Los Angeles Rams for the cham,
pionship of the National Football
League, Mcbride insisted:
Paul has never mentioned
leaving the Browns to me.
think he has the best coaching
job in the country. He's the boss
and answers to no one.
I'm not thinking of anything
but having him with us next
year."
Mcbride said he wants ''to stay
on top and see $4,000 to 10000
fans" showing up at the lake.
front stadium next year. instead
Of the fair to poor turnouts OF
the past.
Browns Off for Coast.
II still think this will be the
best pro football city in the coun-
try" he added.
Brown himself has not talked
as positively as Mcbride about
staying on. even though he il
working on a contract with five
years to go.
Brown leaves today for Sar
Francisco, where he will watch
the East-West game Saturday
then go on to Los Angeles tt
coach the American Conference
team in the first Pro Bowl game
January IA.
People close to the team say
Brown definitely will talk to rep.
resentatives of the University o.
Southern California while he i
in Los Angeles.
That's only one of three coach
less big schools believed inter-
ested in Brown. The others are
Ohio State and MINES a
Browns friends say Ohio State
still has the most appeal. He
coached a national champion
there in 1912.
Brown could scarcely have
asked for a more Notwithstanding
victory than Sundays defeat o1
the Rams. giving him his first
NFL title after four straight in the
All-America Conference.
Won Despite Tumble.
With 20 seconds left and the
Browns trailing, % to 27, Lot
Groza supplied the contest with {
comic strip close by booting 6
field goal.
What made the triumph se
amazing was that less than three
minutes before, the Browns greal
T-quarterback, Otto Graham
fumbled the ball on the Rams
17-yard line just when he seemed
to be engineering a winning
touchdown drive. The Rams re-
covered.
II wanted to crawl into hole
and die" Otto said. II wouldn't
have given anything for oul
chances at that time"
But the Rams, after stalling
finally punted and the Browns
charged down the field in serieI
of plays in those closing two min
utes until they set up the ball
from where Groza booted a 16'
yard field goal.
Due to Lose Players.
Already the Browns are heading
for home, excepting seven whit
will play in the all-star game a
Los Angeles. For next season, un
less the order goes out to draf
veterans, the lineup will be jus
about intact with two exceptions
| Ken Gorgal. a fine rookie at tn,
safety position, already has passet
his Army physical and will repor
for duty in a month. Weldor
Humble, a guard, is in the Marin,
Corps Reserve and may go.
Brown says he will select player
in the NFL draft without regare
! for treir military eligibility.