% H $t » JSSHEBj Wm - N Redskins Chill Browns' Title Hopes; ; I jl^^rHSbL, Bears and Giants Threaten Leaders 2d>Place Teams Leßaron Likely Show Power in To Play Sunday One-Sided Wins Against Cards By thl Associated Press By LEWIS F. The two unbeaten kingpins of ATCHISON the National Football League, The Redskins not only wal- the Detroit Lions and the Chi- loped the Cleveland Browns. 20- cago Cardinals, are finding their 9, before 23,332 almost unbe- lieving Bk a fh^ thrones threatened by rumblings faithful yesterday at Hi g| of revolt from below. Griffith Stadium, but probably clung place knocked the perennial league The Lions to first champions in the Western Division yesterday clean out of the 1956 but barely averted a tie with the title picture. I L Ilf 9k waa ffBIjHMfaI ,M San Francisco Forty-Niners when It Cleveland’s third de- Quaterback Bobby Layne booted Wmk feat in four games, the Redskins' a clutch 17-yard field goal Just 17 seconds from the end for a STATISTICS 20-17 victory in Detroit. Browna Redsktna jdSffiL M/mfcfaffiSyy’ - The Cardinals, outrushed 229 Plrat downs _. 13 is ¦ Rushing yardage ... 11l 300 yards to 125, had to capitalize Paailng yardage 10* 3* pass interceptions, a Paaaea ..... 10-20 4-10 on six Passes Intercepted bv 3 1 ELTER IN who blocked field-goal attempt and Punts 4-41.fi 4-40.3 ACTION—Leo Elter, picked up 91 yards for the Redskins yes- Fumbles lost 1 3 terday, two fumble recoveries to down Yerde penalized so bites off a chunk of in the _ 45__ yardage third quarter before stumbling the Philadelphia-Eagles, 20-6, in over Guard Red Stephens (67). Tackle John Kissell of the charges up to help Leo his way Browns Philadelphia, and retain first first win in the same number, on to the turf. Elter was the big spark of the Redskins’ place in the Eastern Division. and, of minor historical interest, game as dumped the Browns, 20-9, the first they before a crowd of 23,332 in Bears, Romp time the Redskins ever Griffith Stadium for their first league victory df the season and their tri- Giants beat the Browns in Washington. first Meanwhile, their closest pur- umph over Cleveland here. (Other picture on Page A-19.)—AP losing game Photo Chicago the But the was of suers, the Bears in slight Western Division and the New consequence to Cleveland, the East, dis- compared with the loss of Quar- York Giants in George played their mounting strength terback Ratterman, who f College Powers with lopsided victories. The suffered a severe knee injury 1 accumulating a massive midway In the first period and Stef Bears, yards on the ground, 268 in had to be assisted to the dress- 209 ing the air and 26 first downs, buried room. The knee locked and Key the Baltimore Colts, 58-27, in the cartilage Is believed to be Face Tests damaged. Chicago to gain revenge for an early season defeat. Later, Coach Paul Brown an- PORTS The Giants, playing in nounced that the former Notre now S*** THE EVENING STAR. Washington. : Yankee Stadium, entertained Dame player not only was A-18 D. C. MONDAY, With through with football for the OCTOBER 22. 1056 Confidence i their largest home-opening By the trouncing the season “but probably for life.” Associated Press i crowd, 48,108, by * Key are coming Pittsburgh Steelers, 38-10, on the Mk rfffSMIHBBMBIf iWr rt Ratterman’s loss, even for 30 Rames up this days, week for the Nation’s three limber arm of Chuckin’ Charley would be enough to kill lead-; W* sm K-. whatever hopes ing college football teams, but jConerly. The 32-year-old quar- title Cleveland i scoring may But if the Injury is all three are looking for victories terback threw three have. passes. as bad as Brown fears it might WIN, LOSE OR and only two of them expect a games, well mark the end of one of mod- jserious threat later in the season.! In the other the Wash- ington Redskins finally won ern pro football’s mightiest Second-ranked Michiga® State, i game after three dynasties, for, with only Babe By which overpowered ; their first DRAW FRANCIS STANN Notre Dame,! straight defeats, beating the Parilli of Kentucky to carry on, 47-14, to dominate the week; once-proud Cleveland Browns, the Browns are hurting at the end’s headlines, faces !| an im- 20-9. The Green Bay Packers, quarterback position. portant Big , Ten test as it takes with sensational Tobin Rote- Illinois, put up a Le Baron Reinjures Knee on which a good ;to-Billy Howton combination, V/ith ;scrap before bowing old, Prophecies Down to strong! ! turned back the Los Angeles The Browns also looked Minnesota, 16-13, Saturday. although you may THESE DAYS THE play But! Rams, 42-17, in Milwaukee. take the Red- SCHOLARS who football are when the Spartans put this one skins’ word for it that they still String ¦uited up so early that all of those pre-season “top ten” away, there’s nothing much to Blanda’s Broken SLIGHT CASE OF LARCENY—Lindon Crow of the hit hard. Some had bulges that bother them Bears’ offensive machine Chicago Cardinals is nailed obviously prognostications read like ancient history and perhaps a before they face the The on the spot by Palmer Retzlaff of the Philadelphia Eagles after intercepting a weren’t muscle, and a Gophers in mid-November. is reaching lightening propor- pass thrown Bobby great many appeared to be suf- reminder is in order. Oklahoma and Michigan State were tions. Yesterday’s 58 points were bv Thomason in the second quarter of their clash in Phila- fering the pains and aches Georgia Tech, which strength- ! delphia yesterday. This was one of six interceptions made by the of picked one-two and there cannot now serious quarrel jened its claim !the most a Bears team has scored Cardinals as advancing years. With Ratter- be a to the No. 3 bless-!' they won, 20-6, to hang onto first place man, ing of the pollsters by walloping ! since the 73-0 playoff debacle in the Eastern Division.—AP Wirephoto. even though George was with the soothsaying as concerns this pair. But some of 1 Auburn, 28-7, has to get by upset- over Washington in 1940, and no Otto Graham, they had a the rest— 1 from . minded Tulane, a surprise 10-3!;raised their per-game total this J DOESN'T THINK PARILLI IS READY their team with that story. chance to hang In there like an season almost points. New York was good enough to old champ, feinting, ducking, For instance, Notre Dame was pretty generally ranked ! conqueror of Mississippi. But if : to 37 i 'Tech can handle Two touchdown passes by Ed beat us without listening in, and I throwing a damaging punch now No. 3. Now the aren’t close, maybe the Green they good. They’ve Irish even not even in Wave, only fast-rising Tennessee Brown to Harlon Hill in the sec- beat us got . and then, not always winning, for a good team.” but not bad, the top 20. They beat Indiana and that’s all in four out- bars the way to the Southeastern ond1 quarter, 37 and 68 yards, Brown Looks for Help looking too either. Paul said “some very strange : But without George ings, last Conference championship. [ complemented the superlative they’re fair Saturday’s being by far the most disastrous. work of the runners. George things” happened to his team i game for any team in the league Bcore: Michigan State, 47; Notre Dame, 14. Sooners’ Task Simple Blanda saw his record consecu- yesterday, regarding the oflftciat- with a lot of hustle. For top-rated Oklahoma, the ! string for conversions bro- At Berth ing, but added that it was “not Brown summed It up, perhaps, Likewise, the occult set was caught tive Quarterback with its prophecies task is simple: ! ken at 156. !new for us.” He was referring ; when he told reporters after the clobber Notre As far Coach Paul Brown of in much colorful language, down when Maryland was ranked No. 4. As of today the Dame, avenge those 27-21 and But he made up for it by , as more specifically to pass Interference : game that he'd see them again 28-21 defeats and throwing three passes Cleveland was concerned, yester- the Cleveland coach said the im- penalties called against the in Cleveland, “when we’re fight- once-proud Terrapins have beaten one team, Wake of 1952-53. * touchdown day’s game portance i Forest hang up a 35th straight victory, and kicking a goal. with the Redskins of the radio gimmick ; Browns—particularly one against ing for what’s left.” by 6-0, and lost i field not exactly classic. greatly exaggerated to four. Even Jim Tatum at North Carolina Nothing is left the Sooners’! The Bears, however, lost their was a was and that 'Don Paul, that led to the Red- It was a bad day for quarter- on he the suggested got fat Saturday his schedule except a string of games rugged Bobby Watkins, “We’ve got our troubles.” was one who to skins’ first touchdown of the backs. who fell like second lieu- when heretofore winless Tar Heels i halfback. Bell that it be outlawed. He game with mediocre Big Seven clubs. ' who aggravated a leg injury Brown said, referring to a long in the second period. tenants In an old-fashioned in- licked Maryland by a whopping 34-6 score.