Evening star., 1953-01-11
Statistics

Rams and Bill HoWton, rookie
end of the Green Bay Packers.
got together on the brilliant IA
yard aerial that gave the crowd
of 34,208, plus a national tele-
vision audience, the greatest
thrill of the well-fought game.
The Oregon Dutchman threw
another touchdown strike in the
last quarter. good for 7 yards.
Second Loss for Brown.
The victory was the second
straight for the Nationals in this
third edition of the post-season
game. 1t was the second loss for
the Americans coach Paul
Brown. and gave Coach Buddy
Parker of the champion Detroit
Lions a triumph in his first try
at the laurel.
The wobbly little 12-yard
touchdown play which started
the scoring was a surprise en-
gineered by Fullback Dan fowler
of the Rams. fowler ran as if
to swing around his right end,
stopped and tipped the, ball to
Hugh McElhenny, rookie star of
the Forty Miners, who was alone
on the goal line.
Soon after, Van Brocklin, the
leagues leading passer last sea-
son, on his first play in the
contest unreeled a big one to
Howton. The throw travelled So
yards in the air. The youngster
from Rice caught it on the run
and kept going to put the Ma
tionals two touchdowns in front.
Harder Kicks Two Goals.
Fullback Pat Harder of Detroit
added three extra points and
contributed field goals from %
and 81 yards out.
The great defensive platoon of
the Nationals repeatedly stopped
Otto Graham and his American
mates - once eight yards from
scoring territory and again on
the Vineyard mark.
But in the final period Otto
managed to steer his team 81
yards in the longest drive of the
game and produced a touchdown.
Graham went over from l yard
out.
1t took Is plays for the Ameri-
cans, with Graham teaming up
with lanky Hugh (Bones) Taylor
of the Washington Redskins for
four, competitions good for 81
yards. The longest went for %
yards.
Fans Clamor for Finks.
But this was not one of Ora
hams better days, and the fans
in Memorial Coliseum kept up
a clamor for Coach Brown to re-
lieve Otto with either Pitts
burgh'S Jim Finks or Charlie
Trippi of the Chicago Cardinals.
Brown let Trippi in for one
series. Operating from a spread,
the series got nowhere.
With a minute and Is seconds
left in the game, Brown sent in
Finks, who had appeared briefly
earlier as a defensive back. 1t
was too late for Finks to do any
thing.
Offside penalties. fumbles and
the Nationals alert pass defense
continually harassed the Ameri-
cans.
Graham, Immediately after the
Van Brocklin 74-yarder, sent the
team sailing SO yards on four
out of five competitions, one for
A to Horace Gillom.
Fullback Eddie Price, of the
Giants, workhorse of the run
ming game, was a valuable man,
but the drive fizzled and was
pushed back from the g.
Again the Americans had the
ball on a recovery of a tumble
by McElhenny on the Nationals
16. They got to the 8 and
no farther.
Graham's Efforts Backfire.
Graham's tumble on his own
26 set up the first National
score, and an interception of
one of his passes led to the final
touchdown. Gene Schroeder of
the Bears picked off the throw
and ran it back 81 yards to the
Americans Is. Seven plays
later Van. Brocklin fired q strike
to McElhenny.
Graham completed 13 out of
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