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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1956
Page
15
Bears clinched the division with a 38 to 21 win. End Jack Hoffman 82 and end Doug Atkins 81 were key players in yesterday’s championship contest. AP Wire photo.
The Chicago Bears defeated the Detroit Lions 38-21 at Wrigley Field in a bitter Western Division showdown. A second period hit on quarterback Bobby Layne by Bears end Ed Meadows sparked protests and a threat of life suspension from Lions president Edwin J. Anderson, who called for disciplinary action.
Chicago beat Detroit 38 21 at Wrigley Field to clinch the Western Conference crown as New York Giants locked the Eastern title with a 21 7 win over Philadelphia. Rick Casares ran 190 yards while Ed Brown and Harlon Hill connected for another score. Lions quarterback Layne left early with injury after a controversial hit by Meadows prompting debate over taunting and on field conduct.
Fights last night across cities highlighted Ortiz stopping Kim in New York and Moreno knocking out Liggins in Nuevo Laredo. Del Ring outpointed Gilchrist in Havana, Kee nan KO'd in Manila, with other bouts listed in New York Washington and Glasgow venues.
Wilf Greaves of Edmonton meets veteran Italo Scortichini at St Nicholas Arena New York for a Friday Madison Square Garden telecast. Greaves, a Canadian fighter based in Pittsburgh, sports an 11 3 1 mark in 15 pro bouts with recent activity against Ralph Tiger from Boston.
In a Sunday NBA matchup Fort Wayne defeated New York 84 to 80. Syracuse topped St Louis 101 to 91 while Minneapolis beat Rochester 101 to 97 and Philadelphia defeated Boston 116 to 104.
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