Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
GIANTS GIVE GAME AWAY
Surprising Cards Create 3-Way Tie
By FRANCIS STANN
Star staff Writer


Star staff Writer
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Elev-
en- weeks after the opening
kickoff, the National Football
League season virtually is
starting all over again for four
Of the seven teams in the East
ern Division.
And the surprising young st.
Louis Cardinals, who created
most Of the confusion with
their 24-17 victory over the
champion New York Giants
yesterday, moved front and
center among the three co-hol-
ders of first place and the
Pittsburgh Steelers, who still
could come in by the back door.
at was a tough but unavoi-
dable piece Of scheduling that
makes us play the Giants and
Browns four times in five
weeks" Coach Wally Lemm Of
the Cards admitted today. But
we're nearly over the hump"
Face Browns Next
Lemm was referring to the
slate that has sent his dark
horse Cardinals against the
Giants, Redskins, Browns and
Giants in succession, and will
send it against Cleveland again
next Sunday.
His club won all except the
first meeting with the Giants,
when the Cards kept giving
away the ball with four inter-
ceptions and three fumbles.
This was in st. Louis on No
vember 8, when they lost,
1921.
Yesterday it was the other
way around In Yankee Stadium
before a turnstile count of
$500 spectators, some of
whom castigated NIL Commits
sioner Pete Rozelle for ordering
the games played on a day of
national grief.
This time the Giants made
the mistakes and gave away
the game. For the first time
this season two of Y. A. Titles
passes were intercepted in a.
single game. One led to a.
third-p eriod touchdown that
broke a 1910 tie and sent the
Cards ahead, ITO.
Twice the Giants lost the
ball on fumbles, the first time
when they were on the st.
Louis 10 in the second period,
and the second paving the way
for the winning score in the
final quarter then the game
was deadlocked at It'll.
Twice New York defenders
were called for pass interior
ence and the second one helped
the Cards to \tie the score at
1910.
Trio Grouped at 8-3
The upshot was that st.
Louis, New York and Cleveland
stand even with 8-3 records,
with the Steelers in fourth
place with 6-3-2.
Il have to feel that we're i'm
proving" Lemm said, but the
Giants coach, Allie Sherman,
wasn't throwing in the sponge
by any means.
I'VE played five good, solid,
crisp games" Sherman said,
land we had this bad one. This
last doesn't mean that we're a
lesser club. We're no worse off
than anybody else in the
league. We've just got company
at the top, is ALL"
New York has Dallas, Wash
ington and Pittsburgh to face
in the run to the wire. Sher-
man said, II don't care about
the schedule. I've never figured
on who's going to beat who,
anyway.
STILL" he added, ut would
have been beautiful sitting up
there today if we'd won"
Both the Redskins and the
Dallas Cowboys, neither of
whom are going to get any part
OF the money, figure prom
inently in the finish. Each
plays one of the leaders twice.
the Re dskins meeting the
Giants the week after next and
the Browns on the final day.
1t rem aims for st. Louis
Cleveland and New York Pitts
burgh to meet head on.
Allie Won't Alibi
Sherman refused to attribute
his clubs defeat to the injuries
to fullback Alex Webster and
Defensive H alfbacks Alan
Webb and Dick Lynch. Only
Lynch appeared yesterday, and
that was on one kickoff. I'VE
had enough players to win," he
said. 1--WE just didn't"
1t was a somber throng until
the Kickoff, a crowd that
joined in the singing of the
National Anthem more Justify
than usual. But once the action
started the stadium rocked to a
thriller. At halftime, with the
Giants ahead by 1913 after ov-
grooming Jim Bakken's 16-yard
field goal for the Cards, Assis-
tant Coach Ed holman of the
Giants was stricken with a
heart attack and removed to
st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
little, who was guiding the
Giants toward a score in the