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Show Pro Teams Break Many Old Records NEW YORK. Dec. 7 (t'.W Three team records were established estab-lished and three of five 1936 leaders lead-ers were displaced in the National Na-tional Professional football league, statistics showed today. Due to the- individual brilliance of Sammy Baugh, making his professional debut with Washington, Washing-ton, the Redskins broke the week old passing record set by Green Bay. Completing 99 passes in 222 attempts tor an efficiency average of 44.5 per cent, they bettered the Packers' mark of 43.9 per cent. The packers completed com-pleted 95 of 216 thrown to break their last year record of 41 per cent efficiency. The league record for ward passing also was bettered, 594 out of 1543 being completed for a mark of 38.5 per cent, compared to last year's 36 5 per cent. Third mark to be shattered was the league scoring record. Ten teams amassed 1424 points. The old record was 1302 set in 1934 by nine teams. |