Evening star., 1939-12-11
Conquest
OF East's S Best, Puts
West Up in Titles
Outdone in Every WoX
New York First Club
Shut Out in PIoyoff
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.,
Star Stad CORRESPONDENT.

othI 6tAu LOTT IeSpONQent.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. IL
Prospects of the long, cold winter
nights ahead lost some of their
cheerlessness for natives of this foot
ball-mad State today as prospects
of endless and joyful hours of dis
cussion Of Wisconsin's favorite topic,
the Green Bay Packers. arose to
warm the cookies of thousands Of
hearts.
And they'll be telling for years
of this Packer team which finally
ended the invincibility of the Giants
by scuttling their line, skirting their
ends and bombing their secondary
with passes which found their mark
10 per cent of the time, while COM
pletely bottling up the defending
champions scoring threats even to
the extent of a single field goal.
In short, of team which clearly
proved itself worthy of profess
sional footballs diadem of 1899 by
winning the Western Division title
and by scoring over the two best
teams Of the East, the Giants and
the Washington Redskins.
Adding to the universal pride in
the Packers being undisputed cham
pions of the professional gridiron
for the fifth time since the National
Football League was organized in
1921 was the fact that the Packers
were on the pinnacle again as the
result of thorough and convincing
humbling of team that had been
called unbeatable
Never since playoff games were
instituted in 1888 has any team
taken such a beating in the title
classic as the once-proud New York
Giants took yesterday. and the
Packers took added pride in the
fact that their 27-0 triumph was
the first whitewashing ever dealt
out in the post-season fray. Green
Bays victory also gave the West a
4-3 edge in the playof series with
their Eastern rivals.
Defeat Was Convincing.
Again "outstatisticked" in every
department, the Giants were out
scored for only the second time this
year, but the margin Of the Packers
victory over a team that had won ali
but one OF its games since early in
the 1888 season land suffered its
lone defeat by only three points left
no doubt as to the Packers class.
Unlike the Redskins, who STAYED
in the game with the big Bay team
and were beaten by only 10 points,
the Giants were out of the running
midway the third quarter, when
many of the 80 ,329 spectators started
heading for the exits, and although
they were only a touchdown behind
as they took the field for the sec
ond half the ex-cllamps never gave
indications of threatening to tie the
score before the Packers started to
sew up the decision.
Without an intent to express a
sour grapes attitude, there is little
doubt that the Redskins would have
provided far better game and
given the largest crowd ever to see
a professional football game in Wis
consin chills as well as thrills. They
did in October, when they held the
Packers to 24-l4 score.
Keeps Opposition Guessing.
We wouldn't know whether the
Packers rightfully can be called the
best OF the pro games champions,
but We would say that they have as
powerful and clever all-around at
tack as the Redskins of 1887. whom
Washingtonians liked to think OF
as the best team they'd ever seen.
With such exceptionally fine backs
as Cece Isbell. Andy Uram. Arnie
Herber, Ed JankoWski and Joe Laws
the Packers must be recognized as
one of the most powerful combina-
tions in the history of the game,
with an attack that clicks either on
the ground or through the air
complementing such punch is a
cleverness and fnesse in attack,
which continually keeps the opposi-
ton guessing.
Certainly they are a refreshing
contrast to the 1888 champion
Giants, a team which won by put
| ting out only enough to outscore
the other fellow, but which never
staked claim to all-around great
ness.
And, for George Marshall's edifica-
ton, it should be pointed out that
the Packers still carry a dependable
field-goal kicker in Tiny Engebret-
sen, despite an attack which would
seem to preclude the necessity OF
depending on three points.
The Packers were not long in in
dicating the trend the game was to
take yesterday, scoring the third
time they had the ball and on a
54-yard sustained march.
Score In IL Plays.
Mixing passes with fake passes,
spinners and end-arounds, it took
the Packers only II plays to
score the games first touchdown
after taking one of Ed Danowski's s
punts on the Giants 46-yard line
midway the first quarter. Big Ar
ME Herber. inserted into the game
as Coach Curly Lambeau sensed a
score, faxed one of his copyrighted
passes on his first play to run
to the Giants 35 before firing
trio of passes which eliminated
in the score.
On these, the Giants-like most
teams facing the Herber-to-H Hutson
combination-were caught flatfooted
Hutson being wide open on the
to put his team in scoring position,
and Milt Kantenbein fooling both
Kink Richards and Johnny Del Isola