Evening star., 1959-12-27
Colts and Giants Not Likely to Top
Drama of 1858 Overtime StruooIe

trailing the play, Scooped up
the loose ball and carried to
the l before he was stopped.
Clifford Gains Lead
In two plays. Mel Triplett
hurdled in for the touchdown,
Pat Summerall converted and
Baltimore's lead was cut to
14-10.
Early in the fourth quarter
the Giants struck again. First
Conerly hit Bob Schneider for
Is yards, then for 46 yards and
a first down on the Baltimore
Is. One more pass and the
Giants had the lead. 1t went
from Conerly to Frank Clifford,
who wrenched free of a tackle
at the five and sped into the
end zone.
No one sat on his hands now,
although the day grew darker
and the lights illuminated the
vast and eerie stadium in The
Bronx.
Time was the factor now
and the Giants. leading IT.
IA, threw back one Baltimore
threat after another. Barely
two minutes remained when
Clifford. on a third-down run
near midfield, was stopped
inches short of a first down.
The crowd called for a gam
BILE on fourth down to hold the
ball. But Coach Jim Lee Howell
sent in the punting unit, and
Don Chandler kicked to the
Baltimore IA. The Colts had
86 yards to go and two min
uteS to do it.
The cocksure Unitas went to
work. More specific, it was
Unitas and Raymond Berry,
the end from Southern Meth
odist with eyes so weak he
wears contact lenses. Ameche
ran for a couple yards, Unitas
went up the middle for a few
more, but it was Unitas and
Berry, collaborating on three
passes for So yards, that got
the ball to the Giants 13.
Myhra Ties 1t
Seven seconds were left, and
Baltimore's field goal unit was
rushed on the field by Coach
Weeb Ewbank. Steve Myhra
kicked true from the 20 and
the score was tied, 17-17.
In Baltimore, a Colts fan
listening on his car radio while
driving got so excited he
smashed into a utility pole.
A man in the Midwest watch
ing the game on national tele-
vision collapsed and died of
a heart attack. Yankee sta
dium was a bedlam.
For the first time in pro his
tory, the teams went to the
sidelineS for a brief rest and
prepared for a sudden-death
overtime. The first team to
score-by safety, field goal or
touchdown - would be the
champion.
First there was the flip Of a
coin. The Giants won and
elected to receive. Three downs
gained only 7 yards. On fourth
down Chandler kicked and Carl
Tasef returned to the Balti-
more 20.
In three plays UnitaS moved
the Colts to a first down on the
Colts Al. A running play was
stopped cold, and then Unitas
was thrown for a 5-yard loss
to the SO. Here it was-the big
play. If the Colts failed, they
would have to kick and return
the ball to the Giants.
Unitas faded and fired on the
count to his money receiver,
Berry. The end, who wound up
with II catches for 178 yards,
made a spectacular, tumbling
catch for a 21-yard gain to the
Giants 43 and another first
down.
Again the cool Unitas faded,
but this time he handed quickly
to Ameche on the fullback draw
play. The fake pass split the
Giant defense and the big
horse from Wisconsin raced
straight UPHELD for % yards to
the 20.
Berry Goes to s
L. G. Dupre failed to gain on
an off-tackle slant, so UnitaS
fired to Berry again. 1t was a
12-yard gain to the New York .
Ameche ran for a yard as the
Giants braced for another OF
their patented stands.
: The middle was clogged, so