Evening star., 1962-11-26
Browns Keep
Fading Hopes
Alive in East
By the Associated Press

1t is almost certainly too late,
but in case the Giants some
how manage to lose all three
of their remaining games, the
Browns seem perfectly con-
fident they would be an ideal
representative Of the Eastern
Division in the National Foot-'
ball League championship play
off.
Following a 35-l4 victory
over Pittsburgh yesterday in
Cleveland, Coach Paul Brown
said. This had to be our best
game in some time. -
Frank Ryan is getting better
every game and is enjoying
every minute Of it. Jim Brown
is back in form after his wrist
injury" the coach summed ups
All Of which should be warm
ing enough to the Giants, who
have a 21a-game lead over
Cleveland, one Of two teams
which have beaten them this
year. 81.
Face Bears Next -
New York, which dumped
Washington out of second place.
1924, yesterday, needs only one
victory to clinch its second
straight Eastern title and fifth
in seven years. but this Is the
schedule 1t faces: .
Next Sunday at Chicago the
Giants meet the Bears, who
yesterday mashed Baltimore,
$40; December o they play.
Cleveland in New York and
December Is they go against
Dallas in New York. -. =.
Although Dallas was upset,
1914, by Philadelphia. the,
Cowboys can be difficult II
Eddie LeBaron is well.
Two other games in the NIL,
yesterday resulted in San Fran
cisco beating st. Louis. 24-17,
and a PAPA tie between Los
Angeles and Minnesota. The
Packers and Lions, one game
apart atop the Western Divis.
sion. were idle following De-
troit's 26-14 upset victory ;
Thanksgiving Day. ~
Cleveland, which vaulted
from fourth to second place in
the East with its Gal record
compared to the Giants 90
has kept in contention since
Frank Ryan took over for the =
injured Jim Ninowski at quar-
terback last month. Yesterday
he tossed three touchdown
passes and picked up 284 yards
in the air. T"
Brown Gives Assist
He had help for the second,
, straight week from Brown, who
scored three times and ran his
!. touchdown total to Is for the
= season. Brown picked UP ll0
4 yards rushing. .A
r Wade all but drove the Colts
r out of Baltimore's Memorial
e Stadium, throwing three scor-
r ing passes and picking up 328
yards. The Colts were shut out
5 for the first time since 1854
; and suffered the worst drub-
bing in their history. The Bears
have gained over 1000 yards
passing in their last three games
after surviving an early-season
rash of injuries to their top re-
ceivers.
The Eagles snapped a seven
game winless streak with Sonny
Jurgensen hitting Tommy Nc
Donald with one touchdown
pass and racking up 342 pass
ing after being criticized last
week as the prime reason for
his teams dismal season. Amos
Marsh got both Cowboy scores
as Dallas lost its third in a row.
Crow Scores 18th
A tumble recovery and pass
interception by Defensive Half
back Dale Messer set up two
touchdowns for the Forty-Nin-
ers. Quarterback John Brodie
scored twice, and set up two
with passes to Jim johnson.
John David Crow scored his
18th touchdown for the Cards.
Rookie Roman Gabriel started
his first game for the Rams
and engineered a pair Of fourth
period touchdown drives that
brought the tie. He moved the
Rams to the Viking SO in the
CLOSING seconds, where Danny
Villaneuva's field goal try barely
missed. Fran Tarkenton threw
three touchdown passes for
Minnesota. running his season
total to 10, second best in the
lNFL.