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Show DETROIT LIONS GAIN ON BEARS BY UNITED PRESS The New York Giants and Chicago Chi-cago Bears held undisputed leads today in the eastern and western divisions, respectively, of the National Na-tional Professional Football league. lea-gue. The Giants fogred into the lead from second place without play- ng. The Bears held first place in their division by scoring their third straight victory, a 20-12 triumph over the Cleveland Rams. The Giants moved ahead when the Washington Redskins, who had held the lead, dropped a 14-0 decision to the Philadelphia Eagles who scored their first victory in six starts. That dropped drop-ped Washington into a tie for second with Brooklyn, which was idle. The Detroit Lions moved up into second place in the Wes- tern division, defeating the Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh Pirates 7-3 on Dutch Clark's touchdown pass to Ernie Cadell in the third period. The Chicago Cardinals fell back to third by losing to the Green Bay Packers 34-13. , In the American league, Rochester Ro-chester defeated Cincinnati 17-14. The Boston-Los Angeles game was postponed because of rain. Sunday's schedule Philadelphia Philadel-phia at New York; Pittsburgh at Washington ; Chicago Cardinals at Chicago Bears; Green Bay at Cleveland and Brooklyn at Detroit. |