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P:New York Giant defensive linemen swarmed into the Cleveland Browns backfield to smother Fullback Jimmy Brown, smear Quarterbacks Milt Plum and Jim Ninowski. So thoroughly stifled was the Cleveland offense that the Giants needed little attack of their own, rolled to a decisive 10-0 victory which gave them the Eastern Conference Championship. A team with little individual brilliance and rated nowhere by pre-season dopesters, the Giants have won all the big ones, will meet the Western Champion Baltimore Colts next week for the National Football League title.

P:Feeling the need for moral support in its battle with Pro Promoter Jack Kramer (TIME, Dec. 15). the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia asked the International Lawn Tennis Federation to ban Kramer's using amateur-controlled courts for his pro shows. Vexed by L.T.A.A. sniping, Kramer warned that he could "get a lot rougher," added menacingly, "I could destroy the entire Davis Cup structure by signing up the world's leading amateurs next year." During a break in these interchanges, the U.S. Davis Cup team whipped Italy 5-0, moved into the challenge round against the heavily favored Aussies.

P:Coach Frankie Albert, whose San Francisco Forty Niners finished with an unimpressive 6-6 record, quit with a bellow of rage. Said Albert: "My wife ran out of grocery stores where she could shop without being insulted. My daughter Nancy quit going to games this year. Janie checked out a month ago. I know what my problems are, and I expect to worry about them. But when my six-year-old daughter [Terry] starts to worry about them, that's too much."

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