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history.
Against the Pittsburgh steelers,
the 22S-pound Brown picked up
1888 yards to bring his four game
total TO 65S yards on % attempts.
This was an average gain OF 6.s
yards each time he carried the
ball
Challenges Van Buren,
According to figures released
last week BY the National Football
League information bureau. Brown
had averaged almost l5s yards
game, approximately "a yards per
game better than Steve Van Vuren
registered in establishing the leag-
ue's record Of i,1ae yards in l94a,
The brilliant former Syracuse
University star also has a chance
to topple another record II he
continues his present rate OF pro-
duction in scoring touchdowns, He
had tailed 10 times in four games
The league record Is is for 10
games, II in ~ and II in IL.
Brown had totaled 60 points,
Mitchell Key Man
The lightning half OF CleVeland's
brilliant one-two offensive punch
Bob Mitchell moved into second
place in rushing by gaining i0s
yards against the steelers This
gave the former Illinois ball car
rier, a prime candidate for rookie
of-the year honors won by Brown
last season, $40 yards in SO at
tempts, or an s,s-yard average.
A distant third in rushing was
Tom Wilson, OF the Los Angeles
Rams. For some unexplained rea-
son, despite Wilson's explosive
touchdown potential he Is being
used sparingly by his coach, Sid
Gilman. Wilson had gained 500
yards in 80 tries for an average
of 81 yards.
Baltimore In Star Role
The thunderbolt runner Of the
Chicago Bears, Willie Galimore,
used mostly in spot situations, had
gained 267 yards in 43 tries for an
average Of 6.2 yards, good for
fourth place.
Sixth was long-legged Lenny
Moore Of the Baltimore Colts, who
had picked up 2e4 yards in 35
carries. His average was rs yards.
Ninth in the ball-carryingpa-
rade was the veteran ollie Matson,
Of the Chicago Cardinals. ollie's
AZ rushes had produced 2ie yards,
or a AZ average.
Galimore registered two more
touchdowns against the Rams 20
bring his seasons total TO AZ
points, placing him as runnerup In
the scoring derby,
Moore tailed once against De-
troit TO raise his output to 80
points and hold third place. Nit
chelrs "a on four touchdowns was
good enough for a tie for ninth.
Lewis, Bolden Show Well
r. c. Owens, slot back for the
Los Angeles Rams, was tied for
second place among the pass re-
ceivers. The acrobatic Owens had
shared 10 aerials for 27s yards,
with the longest gain covering As
yards.
Moore was fourth in this de-
partment He had picked off 10
for 800 yards. His longest gain
went for II yards
woodley Lewis, Chicago Card
inals' veteran end, was seventh In
pass receptions. He had gathered
in IS, good for ITS yards.
Leroy Bolden, the i6s-pound
halfback Of the Browns, moved
among the top 10 in punt returns.
He was seventh with runbacks
for 9s yards, averaging 24.5. His
longest return was for AZ yards
J. d. Smith, OF the San Fran
cisco Forty Miners. was 10th. He
had returned four for so yards and
a 22.3 average.
coached Syracuse coach Seymour
Greer An AII-R0under
Most impressive Of Greer's col
legiate scoring marks was his
three-year field goal accuracy Of
$50. He also was ranked as an
exceptional defensive player. In
his three seasons at Marshall he
played forward, center and guard.
In his junior season, ne averaged
1873 points a game while making
more than so per cent Of his shots
from the field.
He showed excellent ability 20
run. shoot, pass, dribble. rebound,
steal passes and block shots, sey-
mour has high hopes that Greer
win develop into the middle man
for Syracuse in the fast break and
win be able 10 handle a steady
back court Job.
As a senior last year, Greer av-
eraged 23.s a game, scoring 5s7
points In "a contests. In one game
he came off the bench In the wan
ing minutes, with four personals
against him, and hit three success