Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-05
Eastern Showdown Set Up
Between Giants and Cards
Lions, Bears Likely to Roll
Until December Clashes
d the Associated Preas

The National Football League
race has reached the showdown
stage in the Eastern Division,
with the New York Giants and
Chicago Cardinals clashing in
Yankee Stadium next Sunday,
but you'll have to wait awhile to
|get a definite line on the Western
Division situation.
The Giants and Cardinals have
reached the midway mark Of the
season with identical records of
five victories and one defeat and
their battle in Yankee Stadium
Sunday may well decide the
Eastern Division title. The Cards
won their first meeting. 1927.
The Giants edged the Steelers,
17-14. yesterday before a crowd
of 31,240 in Pittsburgh. while the
Cardinals capitalized on the
passing of Lamar McHan to sub
due the Philadelphia Eagles be-
fore 27.609 in Chicago.
The idle Washington Redskins
assumed sole possession of third
place in the East with a 2-3 rec
ord on the strength of the Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia losses
while the Cleveland Browns up
set the Green Bay Packers, PAT,
before a Milwaukee crowd of
28,590. Cleveland now is "a, as
are the Eagles and Steelers.
Lions Still on Top
The Detroit Lions remained on
top of the Western Division race
with 60 mark as Rookie Hop
along Cassidy from Ohio State
and veteran Leon Hart supplied
the power in a 1913 squeak over
the Forty-Niners before 46, 708
in San Francisco. Their only
serious rivals. the Chicago Bears,
still are breathing down their
necks as the result of d 1924
triumph over the Rams in Los
Angeles before 1884. 1t was
the fifth straight victory for the
Bears after a 1921 upset at the
hands of the Baltimore Colts in
their season opener.
Baltimore, idle as its game with
the Redskins had to be pushed
back to December % because of
a contractual conflict with Navy
over the use of Memorial Sta
dunn, took over third place with
a 2-3 record. The Colts are
trailed by the Packers go,
and Rams and Forty-Niners
(both 1-5D.
The Redskins week of rest
may stand them in good stead
Sunday, for they'll have the I'M
enviable task OF trying to stop
the Lions in Griffith Stadium
The Bears shouldn't have too
much trouble with the Packers in
Chicago. Should both Western
Division leaders win they may
go through until their showdown
battles Of December 2 in Detroit
and December is in Chicago be-
fore settling the race.
Perry Seriously Injured
The Giants jumped off to a
100 lead over the Steelers yes
terday on a 1-yard plunge by
Ben Agajanian and wrapped up
their victory on a 3-yard pass
from Charley Conerly to Kyle
Rote.
Sid Watson, filling in for the
injured Lynn Chandnois. ac-
counted for both Pittsburgh
scores on / and Z yard bursts.
Lowell Perry, feet Steeler end
from Michigan. was seriously in
jured after picking up % yards
on an end-around play in the
second period and was hospital
lied with a dislocated left hip
and fractured pelvis. Another
casualty was Dick Alban. Pitts
burgh defensive back, who in
jured his right leg
McHan passed for all four
touchdowns in leading the Car
dinals' attack against Philadel-
phia. After Bobby Walston had
sent the Eagles ahead with a.