The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-11
PRO FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE LISTS
II GAMES EACH
Season Opens in Three
Cities September IS;
Night Games Billed

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National Football league, announc.
cd today by President Joe r. Carr,
lists twelve league games for each
Of the nine teams In the circuit, In
GLIDING contests at home and
abroad.
The season will be officially open.
ed at Philadelphia, Green Bay and
Pittsburgh on Sunday, September
IL. Night games In Pittsburgh and
Brooklyn will be played early In the
season In order TO complete all re-
gularly scheduled games prior 10
the closing, Sunday December 8.
The playoff for the world cham.
plonship between the teams wine
ming the eastern and western sec.
ton titles will be contested the fol.
lowing Sunday, December Is, This
years titular fray will be played on
the grounds OF the team winning the
eastern crown.
The current season Is expected 10
be the biggest since the National
Football league was organized In
1921. Professional football attend
ance records should be broken for
each OF the nine clubs have an i'm.
proved team, studded with senSa-
tional college recruits from all Sec
lions Of the country.
Action Ahead
Three OF the teams--the Detroit
Lions, New York Giants, and Chi
cago Bears-face some OF their
toughest opposition before the Off.
cial league season opens, with
games against college all.star teams
In the past two years the Bears
have met an All-American All.star
college team previous 10 the seasons
start, and this has become 80 popu.
lar that three instead OF one OF
these all-star contests will be held
this season.
The Detroit Lions, 1885 world
champions, meet the College All.
Star combination In Soldiers Field,
Chicago, Sept. ], and the New York
Giants, eastern division titleholders
who lost TO the Lions In the playoff
game( meet the same group at the
Polo Grounds, New York, Sept. Q.
The players for these All-Star elev-
vens were chosen by reader ballot
through a chain OF over 100 news
papers throughout the country. In
terest In this years games reached
q new peak with an avalanche OF
100000 votes being cast as against
100000 last year.
In addition TO the above two
games, there will be q contest be-
tween the Chicago Bears and an.
other all-star college group at Dali
las, Texas, on Labor Day, Sept. 7
as part OF the Texas Centennial.
Many OF last years college stars
who will perform In these games
against the National Football league
teams will report 10 the various pro
camps after the all-Star games.
Following Is the complete official
schedule for tho coming season;
Sept, l3-New York at Philadel.
phia, Cardinals at Green Bay, Bos-
ton at Pittsburgh.
Sept. 20-BoSton at Philadelphia,
Chicago Bears at Green Bay.
Sept, % might Pittsburgh at
Brooklyn.
Sept. 27-New York at Pittsburgh,
Boston at Brooklyn, Chicago Car.
dinals at Detroit, Chars at Phila-
delphiR.
Oct. 4-Bears at Pittsburgh, Car
dinals ut Green Bay. Philadelphia
at Brooklyn, New York at Boston.
Oct, il-Brooklyn at New York.
Cardinals at Bears, Detroit at Phil
adelphia, Boston at Green Bay.
Oct. II NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at
Pittsburgh, Detroit at Brooklyn.
Oct. ie-Cardinals at New York,
Philadelphia at Boston, Pittsburgh
at Bears. Detroit at Green Bay.
Oct. rs - Philadelphia at New
York, Cardinals at Brooklyn. Pitts
burgh at Green Bay, Detroit at
Bears.
Nov. l. Detroit at New York,
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, Green Bay
at Bears, Cardinals at Boston.
Nov. 8-0reen Bay at Boston.
Bears at New York, Philadelphia
at Cardinals, Pittsburgh at Detroit
Nov. l5-New York at Detroit,
Bears at Boston, Green Bay at
Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at Cardinals.
Nov, 22-Green Bay at New York,
Brooklyn at Boston. Detroit at Car
dinals, Bears at Philadelphia.
Nov. 20 Thanksgiving New York
at Brooklyn, Bears at Detroit.
Nov. 29-Green Bay at Detroit.
Bears at Cardinals Brooklyn at
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh at Boston.
Dec. 6-B oklyn at Detroit,
Green Bay at Cardinals, Boston at