Evening star., 1957-12-15
Huge Crowds
To See Bids
To Break Tie
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Today is the day Of reckon.
ing in the National Football
League, with three Western
division clubs fighting for the
championship Of their division
and a much -ballyhooed battle
in New York now just another
football game.
All eyes are focused west
ward, with the first stop at Chi
cago where the Detroit Lions,
tied for first place with the
Baltimore Colts and San Fran
cisco Forty-Niners. take on the
Chicago Bears before capac-
ity crowd Of $1,000 in Wrigley
Field.
Two hours later, there will
be mighty quake on the West
Coast when the Colts play the
Rams in Los Angeles and the
Forty-Niners play host to the
cellar ar-dwelling Green Bay
Packers in Kezar Stadium.
Both the Colts and Lions are
underdogs with the odds max
ers.
CThe game in Los Angeles
will be broadcast here over
station WWDC. starting at
4:30. It also will be televised
in Baltimore over Channel %
Giants Draw 5000
Earlier in the afternoon S..
900 fans are expected in Yankee
Stadium to watch the New York
Giants. the 1856 champions.
take on the Cleveland Browns.
who already have won the East
ern title. This was supposed to
be the battle to decide the con-
ference winner. but the Giants
took care of that by losing to
Pittsburgh a week ago in their
must" game.
In the other league game
Pittsburgh plays the Redskins
in Griffith Stadium.
The Chicago Cards defeated
the Philadelphia Eagles. 3l-27.
yesterday at Philadelphia in Q
nationally televised game.
Various Possibilities
The three-way tie in the
Western Division can get to be
a complicated affair. For those
who like combinations. try this:
III all three top teams win
or lose. then a two-week play
of series begins next Sunday.
with Baltimore drawing a bye.
San Francisco playing at De-
troit. and the winner meeting
the Colts at Baltimore Deem
Der %. Cleveland would meet
the winner IN the title game
January 5 in the Western Di-
vision city.
2-If Baltimore and San
Francisco. or Detroit and Bal.
timore are still tied tonight.
then the playof is next Sun
day in Baltimore. with the title
game on the 29th in the home
city Of the winning team.
3-If San Francisco and De-
troit tie. then the playoff il
next Sunday in San Francis
co and the title game the 18th
in either city.
LAST but not least. if two
of them lose the title game is
December 90 in the Western
Division city.
All three clubs have a IA
season records, yet only San
Francisco is favored to win.
The Forty-NinerS are two
touchdown favorites over the
Packers. who will be without
the services of their leading
ground-gainer. Paul Hornung.
The former Notre Dame star
has a sprained ankle. Ron
Kramer. an All-America end
at Michigan. also is out with
a broken leg.
BrOdie Takes Over
frankie Albert. San Francis
co coach. says he will start
with Rookie John Brodie at
quarterback. with the injured
Y. A. Title in reserve. Brodie
played less than a minute last
week, calling only two plays,
one Of which Was a game-win-
ming pass to Hugh McElhenny
that beat the Colts. 1918.
Fullback Gene Babb is ex-
pected to start for the Forty
Miners after being injured
against the Colts. All the other
San Francisco players are set