Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
Redskins Chill Browns Title Hopes;
Bears and Giants Threaten Leaders
2d-PIuce Teams
Show Power in
One-Sided Wins
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The two unbeaten kingpins Of
the National Football League,
the Detroit Lions and the Chi
cago Cardinals, are finding their
thrones threatened by rumblings
of revolt from below.
The Lions chung to first place
in the Western Division yesterday
but barely averted a tie with the
San Francisco Forty Miners when
Quarterback Bobby Layne booted
a clutch 17-yard field goal Just
II seconds from the end for a
20-17 victory in Detroit.
The Cardinals, outrushed 229
yards to 125, had to capitalize
on six pass interruptions, a
blocked field-goal attempt and
two tumble recoveries to down
the Philadelphia Eagles. 20-6. in
Philadelphia. and retain first
place in the Eastern Division.
Bears, Giants ROmp
Meanwhile, their closest pur-
suers, the Chicago Bears in the
Western Division and the New
York Giants in the East, dis
played their mounting strength
with -lopsided victories. The
Bears, accommodating a massive
2o9 yards on the ground, 26S in
the air and rs first downs, buried
the Baltimore Colts, 1927, in
Chicago to gain revenge for an
early season defeat.
The Giants, now playing in
Yankee Stadium, entertained
their largest home-opening
crowd, 4S,108, by trouncing the
Pittsburgh Steelers, 1910. on the
timber arm of Chuckin' Charley
Conerly. The 32-year-old quar-
terback threw three scoring
passes.
In the other games, the WASH
ington Redskins finally won
their first game after three
straight defeats, beating the
once-proud Cleveland Browns,
20-9. The Green Bay Packers,
with a sensational Tobin Rote-
to-Billy Howton combination,
turned back the Los Angeles
Rams, 42-17, in Milwaukee.
Blanda's String Broken
The Bears offensive machine
is reaching frightening proper
tions. Yesterdays So points were
the most a Bears team has scored
since the 1910 playof debacle
over Washington in 1910, and
raised their per-game total this
season to almost 81 points.
Two touchdown passes by Ed
Brown to Harlon Hill in the Sec
ond quarter, for 81 and 60 yards,
complemented the superlative
work of the runners. George
Blanda saw his record consecu-
tive string for conversions bro
ken at 1856.
But he made up for it by
throwing three touchdown passes
and kicking field goal.
The Bears, however, lost their
halfback. Bobby Watkins.
who aggravated a leg injury
The Colts lost Quarterback
George Shaw in the second quar-
ter and Carl Taseff. veteran half
back, in the third through in
jurieS.
COnerly Completes IA
The Giants exploded for III
points in the second quarter,
IA in the third and 7 in the
fourth after being behind, 80,
on Gary Clicks 35-yard field
goal in the first period.
Conerly, ex-Mississippi great,
completed IA of "a passes for 202
yards. In addition to his payoff
losses to Ken McAfee, Alex
Webster and Kyle Rote, Conerly
set up two other scores with 10
and 81 yard passes to Frank
Clifford. Webster and Clifford
accounted for 160 Of their teams
247 yards rushing.
The Lions took advantage of
an unsuccessful Forty Miners
fourth-down gamble for their
victory before 55,662 fans. With
San Francisco ahead 1910 and
the ball on the Detroit Al, the
Forty-Niners failed to make a
first down. The Lions promptly
marched for a, touchdown on six
plays, Layne going over from the
/. Halfback John Henry john
son scored both San Francisco
touchdowns, on 2 and / yard
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