BROWNS TAKE OVER FIRST PLACE

The Cleveland Browns broke a three-way toe for first place in the American Conference of the National Football League by crushing the Washington Red-skins, 48 to 24.

New York and Philadelphia both absorbed upset defeats: the Giants were trampled 63 to 7 by the Pittsburgh Steelers, while the Eagles lost to the Chicago Cardinals, 28 to 22.

In the National Division, the defending champions, the Los Angeles Rams, turned back the San Francisco 49'ers, 34 to 21, to go into a first place tie with the Detroit Lions who beat Green Bay Thursday.

WITH WINS CROSS COUNTRY

Fred Wilt, FBI man running under the colors of the New York Athletic Club, won back the National Senior AAU 10,000 meter cross country championship yesterday. He was clocked at 32:31.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N

Syracuse 78, Boston 66

Rochester 91, Milwankee 88

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Boston 3, Montreal 1

Detroit 4, Toronto 1