Evening star., 1951-09-03
Bears Second Defeat
Adds TO Suspicious
Team S Over the Hill
By Lewis F. Atchison
Sfor Stcff CORRESPONDENT

Sfor Stotf Correspondent
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. s.
The Chicago Bears 14-0 defeat
by the New York Giants yester-
day at Men phis-second in three
games for the Bears-added to
suspicious that the once-feared
Bruins are over the hill. They
looked worse yesterday than they
did against the Rams.
The 93-degree heat in Mem
phis handicapped the Bears, out
it was just as warm for the
Giants, who lost Kyle Rote early
in the fray and didn't have Emmy
Tunnel and Stonewall Jackson,
two regulars, in action. The
Giants might have had at least
two more touchdowns, and they
were close enough another time
for Ray Poole to try a 38-yard
field goal.
Fred Davis, one-time Redskins
tackle now with the Bears,
summed up their predicament
with the observation that I'VE
have too many old men and too
many youngsters"
Gust Don't Have It."
I'VE just don't have it this
year" Davis added.
George Halas, Bears coach, no
little chagrined by the defeat,
said his team wasn't ready.
We're at least three weeks
away" Halas added. Yes. three
weeks"
He seemed to be thinking they
might be three years away.
Steve Owen, veteran Giants
coach. thought his men should
have had two more touchdoWns.
maybe three.
Bob Wilkinson fumbled a pass
from Charlie Conerly on Tie one
yard line and the ball bounded
into the end zone where Harper
Davis recovered for the Bears.
Owen thought his man was across
the goal line and that the play
should have been ruled a touch /
down or an incompleted pass
Owen also thought the Giants
should have scored when they
reached Chicago's three-yard line
in the second period. Paul Stem,
another former RedSkin, Davis,
Ray Bray and Wash Serlni were
the ones who held off this charge.
Stem was on the bottom Of at
least two pile-ups.
COnnerly'S Passes Click.
Conerly playing only IS miles
from the University of Mississippi
where he had such a great college
career, gave his home town fol-
lowers among the crowd of 1892
something to cheer about. In the
first period he passed 20 yards to
Joe Scott to the Bear % and a
couple plays later threw six yards
to Bob McChesney for a touch
down. In the opening moments
of the second period Conerly ran
"a yards and passed twice for 81 /
yards. Scott ran over from the
Chicago 19 and Poole converted
for the second time.
Ray Krouse, rookie tackle from
the University of Maryland. was
used only sparingly by the Giants.
and showed his inexperience on a
couple of plays. On one play, how
ever, the Bears teed off on him
and Ray held 'em off and forced
the play to go outside where it
was stopped.
Gene Schroeder. rookie emo
from Virginia. didn't see too much
action for the Bears. Used chiefly
on offense, Bobby Williams, rookie
quarterback from Notre Dame, s
overthrew one pass to him and
Johnny Lujack was short with
another.
The Giants didn't seem to have
much depth, but their defensive
line of Jim Duncan and Poole
at ends, Arnie Weinmeister and
AL De Rogatis, tackles, and Jon ,
Baker. center, didn't have any !
trouble stopping Bears running !
plays until the final period when !
they wilted from the heat. Il
The Redskins meet the Giants !
Saturday in Birmingham and un- {
less there is a sudden improve
ment in the Washington eleven ,
it'll get whipped again. The fol- !
lowing Wednesday they take on
the Bears at Kansas City and, as
bad as the Bears seem to be. ,
they'll be tough for the Tribe !
unless the Cleveland Browns take b
too much out of them next Sun {
day.
NOTES.-The Giants and Eagles
have signed for an exhibition
game at Hershey, Pa, September
24.-Dom Fucci, Kentucky safety
man and punter and defensive
end last season, signed a Redskins
contract yeSterday.-Rote was in
jured on a kickoff yesterday and
probably won't be ready to face
the Why Owen used
him to kick off is a mystery
Poole, booting off from the Is
yard line after the Giants drew
a 15-yard penalty, drove one to
the Bears 5-yard stripe. +
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