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amount to a warmup or scout
ing" contest. the two teams come
to grips Sunday in the makeup
game.
Tickets for the title game,
priced at Sc, SIS and 81 for re-
served seats, will go on sale Fri
day, December II, and mail orr
ders will be accepted. the Browns
announced. Requests. accom-
panied by checks or money or
ders. should be addressed to the
Ticket Department, Cleveland
Browns, 405 Leader Building,
Cleveland (14), Ohio.
The Browns, in their eighth
straight victory, drubbed Pitts
burgh, 42-7, yesterday in Cleve-
land. It also marked the ninth
straight time the Browns have
won pro football title. They
started with four championships
in the old All-America Confer
ence.
1t was the climax to a brilli-
ant comeback for the Browns,
who were written off in October
after they dropped two of their
first three games.
Coach Brown has said, "We
did it on defense" Yesterday
Cleveland jumped on two Pitt
fumbles, stole Steeler pass and
within six minutes in the second
period had scored 2l points.
Hanulak Has Big Day.
The redoubtable Cleveland
quarterback, Otto Graham,
clicked on his first seven passes,
then gave way to George Rat
terman. who also had a good
day. driving the team to two
fourth-period scores. And all this
on top of the fact the six touch
downs were scored or1s the
ground.
Chet Hanulak, former Mary
land star just coming into his
own as a pro, scored three
touchdowns and paced the
Browns attack with 81 yards on
IL runs. Hanulak, who had
scored only once as a pro before
yesterday took the ball over
from 8, IL and 8 yards out for
his six-pointers.
Hanulak's performance justi-
fed the faith of Coach Brown,
who repeatedly said the speedy
back was budding star and
would make everybody sit UP
and take notice. He did yester-
day.
Defensively, the Browns have
allowed only 148 points, stop
ping their last eight opponents
with So.
Bears Upset Champs.
The Lions. with their title al
ready assured, played hot-and-
cold against the Chicago Bears
and were taken, 1924. Detroit,
playing without Quarterback
Bobby Layne, who Is nursing a
broken nose and bruises, fell
short with 21-point last period.
The Bears. by winning, grabbed
second place in the Western Di-
vision and finished their best sea-
son since 1850 with an 8-4 mark.
Among the rockies starring for
the Bears were Zeke Bratkowski
OF Georgia. another late-bloom-
ing star; End Harlon Hill of Ala
bama State Teachers and Tackle
Stan Jones from Maryland. The
result indicated the once mighty
Monsters of the Midway" are
back as a pro league power.
Bratkowski tossed two touch
down passes to End Jim Dooley,
and his passing took the team
most of the way for Johnny
Hoffman's game-clinching touch
down. Hill caught a 35-yard
touchdown pass from Rookie Ed
Brown. and Jones was a stand
out on defense.
The Philadelphia Eagles
grabbed second place in the
Eastern Division. overwhelming
the New York Giants, 29-14, with
a 20-point first half while New
York was held to a standstill.
The Giants didn't get a point,
a first down or a pass compile
tion in the half.
End Pete Pihos of the Eagles
caught eight passes for a sea-
sons total of so, giving him a
tie with San Francisco's Billy
Wilson for the leagues best.
In other games as the regular
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