Evening star., 1951-10-22
Giants browns Clash
Heads Pro Leagues
Slate Next Sunday
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The New
York Giants, only team holding an
advantage over the Cleveland
Browns, take their unbeaten rec
ord to the gridiron of the once
defeated National Football League
champions in the pro circuits No.
l game Sunday.
The Giants. with a 1913 tie by
Pittsburgh the only blot on their
record, chalked up their third vic
tory of the campaign yesterday
with a great third-period scoring
splurge that downed the Phil
adelphia Eagles. 1924.
At the same time, the Browns
defense also proved their best Of
fense as they blanked Pittsburgh S
Steelers. ITO. for their third sue
cess in four outings.
| Since their organization, the
Browns have been defeated only
seven times and two of the set
backs were by the Giants last
year-the first year Cleveland
played in the NFL. The other
four defeats were in the oefunct
All-American Conference.
Giants Hot in One Period.
Steve Owens boys whipped the
Browns. go and 1913, in regular
season games but bowed. 8-3. in
the American Conference playoff
Then Paul Browns Cleveland out
fit beat Los Angeles in the league
tplayoff. 1923.
The Giants packed all Of their
scoring against the Eagles yes
terday into the third period and
the first minute Of the final quar-
ter with Ray Poole's 12-yard field
goal providing the deciding mar
gin.
Touchdowns by Bill Stribling,
EN- Tunnel and Eddie Price in
the third Offset a great perform
ance by the Eagles rookie end,
Bob Walston. The Georgia prod
iuct counted Is of Philadelphia S
points on two touchdowns, a field
goal and three conversions. He
also set up another with brilliant
catch Of one OF Adrian Burk's
iaerials.
Coach Browns defensive unit
was the big factor in Cleveland's
Ishutout of the Steelers. In addi-
ton to staving of two Pittsburgh
scoring threats, the defensive
players scored the two touch
downs. Lou (The Toe) Groza's s
l7-yard field goal produced three
points and marked the 18th sue
cessive game in which he has
kicked a field goal.
Browns Capitalize on Breaks.
The Cleveland tallies were
scored by Horace Gillom after a
blocked punt and Warren Lahr
On an intercepted pass.
Meantime, the battle for the
National Conference lead was
reduced to a two-team affair
tChlcago's Bears and Los Angeles
A week ago five teams were tied
Inc Bears. with Johnny Luiack
co-ordinating his passing with
the running of Rookie John
Dottley, defeated San Francisco
1877. A 67-yard run by Dottley
on the end of a 10-yard pass
from Lujack produced one TD
and the ex-Notre Dame ace
sneaked over for the other after
the 200-pound fullback had
smashed II yards to the one.
The Rams. exploding for all
OF their points in the second half
defeated Green Bay, $50. Dan
fowler. 220-pound rookie, went
7S yards; Bob Waterfeld hit
Tommy Kalmanir with a 38-yard
pass and Norman Van Brocklin
connected with Elroy (Crazy
Legs Hirsch for 81 yards for
three touchdowns-all in seven
minutes. Jerry Williams scored
the final one.
LuJack was injured in the
fourth period and carried from the
field.
BOD Celeri's aerial work was
instrumental in bringing the New
York Yanks from behind four
times as they tied the Detroit
Lions. 24-24. Leon Hart account
ed for two of Detroit's touchdowns
catching Is and 7-yard passes for
scores.