Evening star., 1959-12-28
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW By FRANCIS s7Aun
We Want More and Moore

THE FIRST TIME the Baltimore Colts laid their hot,
beefy and greedy hands the football they went 80
yards for score and TO lead the New York
Giants The last SO of these yards resulted from
execution, Johnny Untas passing to Lenny Moore And
40 of those yards found Moore 26-year-old who ap-
prenticed at Penn State, doing incompatible Job Of
outrunning and outmaneuvering the Giant tacklers
In one of the press boxes that wasn't completely
reserved for wardheeers and the like, card-carrer
had turned, only moments before to seatmate named
Augie Lio II you had to name the greatest football
player in the world" he asked the ex-Georgetown and
Detroit Lions star, who'd you fnger?"
Lilo, accredited member of the sportSwrtng
fraternity chewed the topic What position?" he
parried Quarterback? Unitas I'd Halfback? Lenny
Moore"
You'd choose Moore Frank Giford?"
IF were still playing and had choice Of stopping
one, I'd take my chances Clifford Moore, now, he's
real cute. He'll drive tacklers crazy"
THE COLTS RETAINED their National League title
3116, but you'd take the defending champs for
winners in the second and third periods Pat summeran
kicked three field goals between Moores early scamper
and the time the roof fell in 1t 73 at the end Of the
first period 76 at the half and 97 early in the third
quarter.
This is helluva way to win championship" Lilo
remarked, and many and s. pointer he booted, "but
it looks like summeral is doing it."
The Colts didn't look like champions in the second
and third periods Once in the second sanza Mike Sommer
sort of perennial reject by the Redskins reached the 81
yard line of the Giants 1t fourth down and
Untas out of his mind when he refused to ask Steve
Myhra to kick field goal.
That would have made it 1913 and, theoretically,
slammed the door the Giants hopes Of winning the
loot with field goals But Coach Weeb Ewbanks had
spotted End Jim Mutscheer open in the end the
preceding play and ordered repeat Unitas got smeared
la Gugiemi and the Giants eventually made 1t 7-6 at
intermisson
AS A MATTER of fact the Giants looked like they
were going to take it all Big Daddy Lpscomb was red
doggng Charlie Conery, but the New York linemen
making UnitaS chew dust than he's tasted
all
Then suddenly, the Colts wild in the final period.
They couldn't do anything wrong after those two doorous
periods. And again 1t Moore and Unitas but espe
who caught Untas pass for 36-yard gain that key
noted the drive that catapued the Colts into 14-9
lead. The rest of the affair anti-climatic.
Veteran Pro Conerly having alternative, began
to throw wildly The Colts now, waiting for des
peraon heaves Andy Nelson grabbed off and Johnny
Sample couple On the scoreboard it read Bal
tmore, 81; New York, 9.
The roisterous capacity crowd of what must be the
Nations most rabid fans began to chant I'VE want
More!" Or, was it, I'VE want Moore"
ANYWAY, AS SOON as it was over, the clientele
dutifuy and violently tore down the steel goal posts
embedded in concreteand scooped up with their fingers
the hallowed cook which the field stufng the mud
in their pockets and making for parts unknown taking
occasional swings at cops the way.
In the Colts dressing Ewbank looked like Santa
Claus without white whSkers I'VE with guys nobody
else wanted starting with Unas and going all the way
down to Mike Sommer and the rest" Weeb chortled.
$50 we didn't kick field goal to make it 1913, and
make the Giants go for the touchdown! We play that
kind of ball lots of times"
Weeb may change his mind about such strategems
but last night he was riding high. After ALL he'd
big-and he has Lenny Moore, tool