Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-26
Eagles Choice
To Beat Giants
Second Time
BY the Associated Press

There is one statistic that
more than any other tells why
the Philadelphia Eagles are
leading the Eastern Division of
the National Football League.
The Philadelphia team has
scored 80 points in the last
period of the eight games it
has played, an average of 1l1a
for each fourth quarter.
Why? Apparently because
the Eagles quick, sure pass re-
ceivers - Tommy Mcdonald,
Bobby Watson and Pete Retz-
laff-wear down the defenders
and make them easy prey for
Norm Van Brocklin'S late-game
passing. -
That's what happened last
Sunday when the Eagles. be-
hind 100, controlled the ball
practically the entire last half
and scored 10 points in the
final quarter to upset the
Giants at New York. ITO.
Favored by 6 Points
And that's one reason why
the Eagles are 6-point home
favorites to beat the Giants
6-2-D again tomorrow and
run the Philadelphia winning
streak to eight after a season.
opening loss to the Cleveland
Browns.
If the Eagles 80 last-period
points don't seem impressive,
consider that the Baltimore
Colts, highest scoring team in
the league through eight games.
have scored only SO in the final
period out Of a 238 total. Phil
adelphia's total is I'll.
The Colts (6-O hold the
same position in the Western
Division as the Eagles do in
the East-a game and a half
lead with four to play. After a
week off. Baltimore is at home
tomorrow to the San Francisco
Forty-Niners 40, and the
Colts are 15-point favorites.
If the Eagles can take the
Giants tomorrow they need only
one more to clinch a tie for
the title. Baltimore is also in
good shape with only second
division opponents left on the
schedule. Unless both confer
ence leaders flop, the December
26 NIL title game seems likely
to be at Philadelphia where the
Colts would shoot for an I'M
precedented third straight play
of championship.
Bears Big FavOrites
The Green Bay Packers (5-4 ,
who had the Western lead a
few weeks back, lost their sec
ond straight, 23-10, to the De-
troit Lions on Thanksgiving
Day and now the bears are
the chief threat to the Colts.
Chicago (4-3-D is favored by
% over the visiting Dallas
Texans (0-9) tomorrow. The
Browns $50 must whip the
Cardinals (5-4 at St. Louis
to remain in contention in the
East. Cleveland is favored by
a touchdown.
The East's bottom teams,
Pittsburgh (3-5-D and Wash
ington Q-5-2), round out the
schedule with the Steelers ia
vored by 10 over the Redskins
who held them to a 27-27 tie
at Washington last month. Los
Angeles is idle.
In the American League,
Buffalo is at Denver and Oak
land at Los Angeles.
The Giants hope to have
Charley Conerly, their No. l
quarterback, off the injured list
for the game with the Eagles,
but Frank Clifford, the halfback
who is a clutch receiver and
runner for the Giants, is lost |
for the season. So is Defensive
End Jim Katcavage. The
Eagles are in good shape physi-
cally.
Colt Quarterback Johnny
Unitas had recovered from ia
cial cuts suffered two weeks ago
in a last-minute victory over
the Bears.
The leagues two top ground
gamers, Jimmy Brown of CleVe-
land, with 780 yards, and John
CreMs of st. Louis, with 702,
meet head-on. When the
Rf0yhs best the Cards, 1927,
two weeks ago at Cleveland,
Brown outgained Crow 173 to
St@.s $50 s''-