Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-27 | Page 15 | Lions' Aerial Thrust Tip Dodgers, 21-0

Lions Lions' Aerial Thrusts Tip Dodgers 2 21 0 1 CHICAGO Sept 27 U-I U JP-It JP It was wasat wasat wasat at Cedar Point a summer sumer resort in Ohio 40 years ago that tat two rather slightly built bult youths spent their off time tie throwing a football football foot foot- ball bal to each other That fall fal they became the first batery battery mates of the gridiron leading Notre Dame to a 36 13 conquest of Army with a new offensive gadget that became known w as the forward pass Their heir passes clicked a dozen times ties that tat day lay to stagger the overwhelmingly overwhelming overwhelming- ly favored Cadets Pitching the ball bal was Gus DoraIs Catching it was ws Knute Rockne Dorais eventually ei b bee became e c a m me e Rockne's backfield backfeld coach for the Irish In 1920 he was appointed coach of all al sports at Gonzaga and five years later went to the University of Detroit where he compiled 19 straight wins from 1927 through 1929 Last fall fal he completed his eighteenth season at Detroit left his Ms time all al record of 14 wins 47 defeats and seven ties and took up the te job of coaching the Detroit pro Lions a team which failed to win a game in 1942 Today his Lions are unbeaten in the National Football league owning victories of 35 17 over the te Chicago Cardinals and 27 0 over the Brooklyn Dodgers In I the te two games four touchdowns have blossomed from Dorais' Dorais own ow weapon on the on-the the forward pass pass and and yards have been gained on 16 completions The Te Lions get one of their biggest biggest biggest big big- gest tests this Sunday meeting the Chicago Bears in Detroit In smothering Brooklyn yesterday yesterday yester yester- day Detroit used Frankie Sink- Sink to gain one touchdown on a 25 yard toss and employed the passing of Chuck to set setup setup setup up another The Lions made a total of yards on seven seyen completions completions com com- but gained only 92 yards on running players However they held Brooklyn to a minus two yards by rushing Meanwhile the Chicago Bears undefeated in three exhibition I games were held to a 21 stalemate stalemate stale stale- i mate by the Green Bay Packers Two To o of the Bears' Bears scores stemmed from passes Sid Luckman capping a yard 40 overhead drive with an yard eight-yard payoff toss to Bill Bi Geyer and then sending a yard 21 pass into the he arms of Harry Clark The Packers usually the most minded air-minded team in the league leage scored twice along the te ground gound before before before be be- fore depending upon Tony Canadeo's Cana- Cana Canadeo's Canadeo's deos deo's flip fp to End Don Hutson in the last minutes which was wa good for 27 y yards and a score