Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12
Battle in Stretch
Set Up as Bears
.Tiefor Top Spot
Giants Rip Cords
For Lead; Rams,
Eagles, Colts Win
By the Ass0eIated Press

Football Leagues Western Divi-
sion race, thanks to a 1914 rout
lof Green Bay yesterday while
Detroit was falling before the
Washington Redskins, 1917.
Thus the Bears, who dropped
a 1921 decision to the Balti-
more Colts in their league OPP
ener, now have won six in a row
and have set the stage for a.
stretch battle that will feature
two meetings between the CO.
leaders.
The New York Giants opened
up some daylight in the Eastern
Division with a 1910 triumph
over the Chicago Cardinals be-
fore a throng Of 62.41O in YAM
kee Stadium - largest home
crowd in the Giants history. The
victory gave the Giants a Gil
record and dropped the Cardi-
mails into the second slot at So.
Only the Redskins (3-3) pose a
threat to the two top teams.
69,S28 See Rams Win
In other league action, the
Philadelphia Eagles turned back
the Pittsburgh Steelers, AT be-
fore 22,650 in Philadelphia: the
Los Angeles Rams rewarded a
Memorial Coliseum turnout of
69,S28 with a 30-6 victory over
the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
and the Colts handed the CIeve-
land Browns their fifth setback,
21-7, as 42.404 looked on in
Cleveland.
The Bears, playing before a
capacity Wrigley Field crowd of
49.172, lost Scatback Perry Jeter
with an injury on the first play
and then made use of End Bill
McColl as "decoy" right half
back and left the rushing load to
Fullback Rick Casares and Half
back John Hoffman. The strate-
gy paid off in pair of touch
down passes to End Harlon Hill
and another to McColl.
George Blanda connected with
Hill on a 23-yard scoring pass
and Ed Brown hit the same re-
tceiver on a 70-yard touchdown
play. McColl scored on a 6O-yard
pass play with Blanda on the
throwing end. Other Bears touch
downs came on 5-yard plunge
by Hoffman and 52-yard run
by j. c. Caroline with an inter-
.cepted pass. Blanda kicked a 90
yard field goal and booted all FIVE
conversions.
Tobin Rote passed for both
Green Bay scores, hitting Gary
Knafelc for % yards and Bill
Howton on a play that covered
40 yards.
Giants Reach Peak
The Giants turned in their
best performance of the season
in rolling over the Cardinals,
holding the Chicagoans in check
until the last 10 seconds while
scoring in every period.
Andy Robustelli blocked a Chi
lcago punt by Dave Mann and
tackled the sophomore halfback
in the end zone for a first-period
safety. Then Don Heinrich threw
Ia 6-yard touchdown pass to Ken
MacAfee in the second period to
give the Giants a 9-3 halftime
lead as Pat Summerall booted a.
30-yard field goal for Chicago.
New York wrapped it up in the
second half on a 12-yard touch
down squirt by Alex Webster and
an 11-yard scoring pass from
Charley Conerly to Frank Gift
ford. Seconds before the end
the Cardinals scored on an H.
yard pass play from Lamar Nc
Han to Ollie Matson.
The game was abruising battle
from start to finish. erupting into
IA fist fight involving several
players.
With less than 10 seconds toI
go Carl Brettschneider, go
pound Chicago center, threw al
punch at Ray Beck, 245-poundI
Giants guard. In the ensuing
melee Bob Konovsky, 245-pound
Cardinals guard, and Sam HUFF
230-pound Giants tackle, sluggedI
it out before officials interviewed.
Dick ModzeIewski Injured
Prior to that Linemen Dick
Modzelewski. Jack Stroud and
Bill Svoboda of the Giants and
the Cardinals Mann had been
sidelined with injuries.
Hank Burnine, top collegiate
pass receiver in the Nation last
year, was the hero Of the Eagles
triumph. Burnine caught a
I35-yard pass from Bobby Thorn
ason for a touchdown and set up
another on a 52-yard pass play
from Thomson, Halfback Ken
Keller diving across from the
l for the score. The Steelers
had taken an early lead on Quar-
Iterback Ted Marchibroda's l.
yard sneak.
Quarterback Bill Wade was
the big man in Los Angeles VIC
tory, passing 4 yards to Bob
Boyd and 38 yards to Elroy
Hirsch tor touchdowns. Fullback
Joe Marconi banged over from
the 2-yard line for another and
Les Richter kicked 10 and 81
yard field goals and Bud Nc
Fadin added another from as
yarus out.
Ronnie Waller, the former
Maryland star, spanked the
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