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Firstj CHICAGO, ILL., Oct. 1 rtJP) —The age of automation finally caught up with the Cleveland Browns.The Chicagfi Cardinals usingelectronic equipment plus the magic toe of Pat Summerall, scored their first victory over the Browns in 13 games Sunday, 9-7.The machine-like Cleveland team, forced to operate withoutquarterback Otto Graham forthe first s£son in history, ground to a halt as the Cardinals made “push-button warfarO** a reality.*. * *THE CARDS equipped their Quarterbacks, defensive Captain and coaching staff with radio devices to enable quick contact from the bench and the press box observers. ’Use of the helmet “hearing aids” apparently provided the edge as the Cards, eight-poiiit underdogs, scored field goals in the first, second and fourth periods, while holding the bewildered Browns in check.Cleveland Coach JPaul Brown, who experimented with the helmet radio receivers during the exhition season, was forced to rely fon alternating guards, as usual, to message instructions to quarterbacks George Ratter man and Babe Parilli.iHe had planned to use the radio equipment, but the machinery broke down and did not arrivebefore game time.# * *IT WAS THE Cards* first win}[in~fus£ory against the Browns,! |and it came on a determined! s;ground attack which carried 68j{yards in 18 plays to set up PatiI Summerall’s last of three field goals with 29 seconds to play.The Browns appeared to miss -jtheir retired passing star, Otto Graham. His replacement, George Ratterman was effective only in the first few minutes when he hit :i on two consecutive passes, the first to Darrell Brewster for 16 d | yards and the next to Ray Ren--liro for 46 yards and a toueh-jdown, setting up Cleveland’s fj only, points.id‘ The Cardinals hard-charging linemen and shifting secondary permitted Ratterman and Babe2 parilli to complete only five passes for a total of 44 yards. Of3 this, 34 came on the last play ol6 ;the game when Parilli tossed to5 Preston Carpenter deep inBrown territory.* * *THE CARDINALS scored fir si | on SumxneralTs 12-yard field g goaP after less than five minutes7 of play, but the Browns louch-0 down nullified this. Then on the 3 first play of the second quarter 5 Summerall connected again from5 the 16.3 The Cards challenged frequent-6 ly but three pass interceptions ? slowed their attack. Summeralltried one other field goal, frorrthe 18, and misled, before hi* game-winning boot.I Halfback Ollie Matson, whc turned in the best run of tin game, a 38-yard dash througl | the center of the line, sharec honors with Summerall. He car16 ried the ball 20 times for 14lt;12iI yards;9 inals’ rushing gains.to On the winning surge down 3 field, he took the ball for 4•o yards in seven tries.f 1
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Sandusky Register Star News
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Mon, Oct 01, 1956
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