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Pittsburohers Retain Eastern Lead*• *While Spilling Green Bay From TopMILWAUKEE. Nov. 2— (AP) — Crashing line play and alert capitalization of the breaks gave Pittsburgh a thrilling 18-17 Nation .1 Football League victory over Green Bay today and continued dominance of the Eastern Division of the loop. A crowd of 30.073 saw the Packers tumbled from co-leadership of the Western section.The Steelers’ aggressive forwards, paving the way for a powerful running and passing attack, actually provided the victory margin in the final quarter when Tackle Ralph Calcagni trapped Jack Jacobs in the end zone for a safety and twopoints.Jacobs DroppedAnd, later in the period after the Packers had counted their final touchdown to pull within a point three Pittsburgh linemen roared into the Green Bay backfield to again trap Jacobs trying to pass on fourth down to put a definite halt to a scoring threat.Johnny Clement and Steve Lach as expected, were the big guns in Dr. Jock Sutherland's power-packed single-wing offensive, but Tony Compagno. a substitute halfback provided the longest run of the game. Compagno intercepted a pass by Irv Comp with seven minutes to play in the third period and went 55 yards to score and put Pittsburgh into the lead for the first time.The Packers stepped off to what looked like an easy conquest, scoring the first time thev had theThe Steelers. forced to punt after the opening kickoff, received again after the Packer touchdown and drove down field to the 23. The march stopped, but Joe Glamp booted a field goal and it was 10-3 at the end of the quarter.Mid-field battling marked most of the second period. With only two minutes to go Pittsburgh landed the ball on the Packer 36 on aJacobs’ punt. Clement startedpassing to Val Jansante. a great end. A 12-yard pass moved the ball to the 24, then Clement lost 13 when trapped behind the line. Another pass clicked to Jansante, all alone in the end zone. Glamp missed the point and it was 10-9 as the teams left the field.PITTSBURGH 18 GREEN BAY 17 Jansante ...... LE.... GoodnightWiley .........LT........... RayMoore .........LG WildungChorundolo . ..C ......... BrockSkorich RG........ Tassos*tpr,n ........ RT LipscombDavis RL LuhnSeabright QB. JacobsClement LF CanadeoCifers .........RH R. ForteDach ......... FH ....... FritschPittsburgh ......... 3 6 7 2—18Green Bav .........10 0 0 7—17Touchdowns,(for Cifers).Pittsburgh scoring: Jansante, CompagnoPoints after touchdowns:(for Cifers) (placement).goals, Glamp (placement).Jacobs (tackled by Calcagni zone).Green Bay scoring: TouchdownsGoodnight. Luhn. Points aftciGlamp Field Safety, in endball. After two running plays lost touchdowns, Cuff (for R. Forten. i « e * • KM tt . -m. mm m.six yards, Jacobs passed 17 yards to Clyde Goodnight who went 52 yards to score. Ward Cuff added the first of two extra points.Cuff Connects A few minutes later, the second time they had the ball, the Packers scored again, this time on a(2) (placements). Field goals, Cuf: (placement).CARDS TOP RAMS, 17-10CHICAGO, Nov. 2—(APt—ElmcAngsman, ex-Notre Dame backscored two touchdowns after set — -,ups by the Paul Christman-Malb-yard iield goal by Cuff after Kutner battery combination a~ thlt;march stalled near pay- Chicago Cardinals outfought BolTr ! Waterfield and the Los Angele.But that was all—until the ball Rams 17 to 10 in a National Foot game was almost over. j ball League game today.
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Uniontown Morning Herald
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Nov 03, 1947
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