Evening star., 1952-11-21
Giants Not a Feudin,
Say They're Fussin'
Only 10 Win Title
By Lewis F. Atchison

There's no feudin', fussin' or
Illustration on the New York
Giants, as reported earlier this
week, but only football and a
pretty good brand at that. accord
ing to Bill Lauder. advance drum
beater for the club who is here
to arouse interest in. Sundays
game with the Redskins at Griffith
Stadium.
steve (Owen) thinks the
Giants will be in the thick of the
title race on the closing day of
the season, December a." Lauder
said. I'VE meet Cleveland that
day and it might be the payoff
game in our conference"
Trouble is, Bill continued, no
body beats Cleveland but the
Giants and if New York got help
In the form of another teams vic
tory over Paul Browns bruisers
the race would be a breeze. Even
going it alone, however, Owen is
confident the Giants will muscle
into the title game. Lauder said.
Giants Morale Not Low.
Word seeped out in big banner
lines earlier this week that the
Giants were demoralized, yelping
at one another and ready to throw
III the sponge. The STORY fol-
lowed New York's surprising 17-3
defeat by Green Bay. That was
supposed to be the cruSher. but
Lauder takes a. different view.
1T only helped bear out Steve's
statement before the season began
that any club in this league can
beat any other club on any given
Sunday"
Lauder turned a fire extinguisher
on a red-hot rumor that Stout
Steve was unhappy with Charlie /
Conerly's quarterbacking as a re-
suit of the loss to the Packers.
steve pointed out that the
Giants have won 25 games and
lost seven over the last three years
with Conerly at quarterback. u
Lauder said. He has an off-day
against the Packers and the wolves
want to take him out and shoot I
him. Conerly is all right. He's
a good quarterback and he'll start |
Sundays game" /
Win Over Browns Merited.
Lauder also scoffed at a sug-
gestion that the Giants victory
over Cleveland early this year was
due largely to the Browns Grip
pied condition.
That's nonsense" declared
Willie, 1--WE are the ones who have
been handicapped by injuries.
Dick Yelvington. a regular tackle. |,
missed three games because of
a knee injury and Johnny Rapaz,
our center. missed two for the
same reason. They should be
ready for spot plays against the
Redskins. but they aren't at their
best.
''Steve's had to use Tex Coulter
at center and Al DeRogatis as ain
offensive tackle. but there's
nothing wrong with that setup."
Kyle Rote is another case in
point. Lauder emphasized. The |,
Texan underwent a knee opera
tion last spring but didn't exercise
the knee sufficiently after recu-
perating and has been slow in
rounding into form. Rote is
coming fast. however. ranking
second to Eddie Price as the
leading ground-gainer with 299
yards on 50 trips with the bali.
Should Be "Up" for Redskins. +
Rote. who plays just about every I.
thing but the violin in both the
T and A-formations co-featured
by Owen. has been used at left
halfback during Johnny Amberg's
absence with a hip injury.
TIE Giants figure to be up"
mentally this week.. They have
two games with the Redskins, in
cluding Sundays contest. and one
with Pittsburgh before coming to
grips with the Browns in the
finale. All figure to be hard. close .
battles with the Giants under
terrific pressure.
That's when the boys shine
when it's really tough," Lauder t
concluded. I'VE win all the tough I
ones and blow those we should i
take in a breeze"