Evening star., 1951-11-12
browns-Giants Clash
Sunday May Decide
Pro Football Title
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE
Conference lead, if not
the championship itself. will be at
stake Sunday when the Cleveland
Browns and New York Giants tam
gle here in a National Football
League game.
Only one team has given the
Browns consistent trouble since
they joined the league last year.
and that's the Giants. And if
any team can stop the Browns
march to a sixth straight pro
title-they won four in a row in
the All-America Conference
that's the Giants, again.
The New Workers won two out
of three from Cleveland last year.
but lost a postseason playoff for
the conference crown by five
points. It was even closer in their
only meeting this year, with the
Browns winning, IA to 13, when
the Giants missed an extra point.
Cleveland CLIO held tight to
its slim lead yesterday by beating
the Philadelphia Eagles, 20 to IT,
with a second-half rally. while the
Giants (5-1-D were humping the
Redskins, % to IA.
Rams Whip Cardinals.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles
Rams pulled into a tie for first
place in the National Conference
by smashing the hapless Chicago
Cardinals. As to 81. The Rams
(5-2-0D now are all even with the
Chicago Bears (5-2-O, who lost
their first game in six years to
the Detroit Lions, Al to %.
In other games. San Francisco
scored in the last minute to turn
back the winless New York Yanks,
19 to IA, and Pittsburgh played
heads-up ball to- defeat Green
Bay. % to 7, in a battle Of also
rams.
At Cleveland, the Eagles took
a 100 lead at halftime, complete
ly out playing the Browns. This
made most of the 36,571 fans un-
easy, as the scoreboard showed
the Giants were trimming the
Redskins.
Browns Take Over.
After the intermiSSion. how
ever, the Brownsville had a net
of yards lost in rushing in
the first half-dominated the
play. With Otto Graham tossing
two touchdown passes and Lou
Groza kicking two field goals, the
Browns scored 10 points each in
the third and fourth periods for
their sixth straight win.
Groza's second field goal, a IA
yard effort. snapped a 17-17 dead
lock with 912 minutes left to go.
Philadelphia now has four losses,
and only a complete collapse by
the Giants and Browns can save
the once-proud Eagles.
The Cardinals, looking for their
second victory. held the high
scoring Rams to a TT tie at half
time in Los Angeles. But the Rams
blew the game wide open in the
third quarter by scoring four
touchdowns. Then they added 10
more points in the final period
for good measure. A crowd Of
29.995 saw Elroy Hirsch and Dick
Hoerner each register two touch
downs for the Rams. Bob Water
field of the winners was the big
gest point-maker. though, scoring
one touchdown. kicking six extra
points and a field goal. He also
passed for another six-pointer.
Layne Fires 4 Scoring Passes.
Bobby Layne, who learned to
throw a football in Texas, fired
four touchdown passes as the
Lions upended the Bears before
46.210 fans in Chicago.
Joe Geri was the star in Pitts
burgh's one-sided win over Green
Bay. He scored one touchdown
and kicked four extra points.
And, 10. the poor Yanks, who
now have dropped six games and
tied one. 1t seemed with one
minute to go they had a 14-to-12
victory all sewed up against San
Francisco.
But the Forty Miners, cheered
by 26,238 fans, gained possession
of the ball and Y. A. Title threw
two passes which covered 81 yards
for a game winning touchdown.
George Ratterman, quarterback
who just Joined the Yanks after
a tour with the Canadian League,
was used only twice during the
game. He was called in to set up
the ball for two conversions.