Evening star., 1940-01-06
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Title From Giants
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Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.-Foot-
ball comes out for its final encore
of the 1899 season here tomorrow,
the occasion being the meeting be-
tween the mighty Green Bay
Packers. champions of the National
Football League, and a star studded
all-star team at Gilmore Stadium
in the second annual professional
post-season classic.
A capacity crowd of 18.2O0 spec
tators, most of whom are more
familiar with Hollywood pre-views
than they are with football post
views, will witness the struggle.
1t is the only post-season game
now permitted under National Foot
ball League rules. Last year. the
then champion New York Giants
came up with brilliant last-quar-
ter rally to triumph, 13 to 10.
The contest will climax the Los
Angeles districts series of three
after-season football extravaganzas,
which saw the local high school all
stars beat picked team of Chicago
players in prep-combat and
Southern California vanquish Ten
nessee in the Rose Bowl collegiate
classic previously.
Fans Pick All-Stars.
The Packers all-star opponents
were selected by a fan poll from
the rosters of other league teams.
Every team in the circuit, except
the Packers, is represented by one.
or more. of its top-f1ight players
on the squad.
The team, coached by Steve
Owen, mentor of the 1899 runner-up
Giants, has been working out at
Griffith Park for the past two
weeks. Green Bay re-assembled at
the same time and trained at the
Riviera Country Club, with Coach
E. L. Curly" Lambeou directing its
activities.
Parker Hall, Cleveland's brilliant
triple threat freshman; Andy
Farkas, Washington's all-league
halfback; Ward Cuff. the New York
Giants talented blocker, and john
ny Drake, Cleveland'S battering
ram fullback. will be the all-stars'
starting backfeld.
Davey OBrien, the Philadelphia
Eagles mighty mite, will alternate
with Hall. They are expected to
match the Packers brilliant passers.
Arnie Herber and Cecil Isbell. Fred
Vanzo. the Detroit Lions rugged
blocker: Ernie Pinchert, another
top flight blocker from the Red
skins: Pug Manders, Brooklyn's S
freshman star; Frank Filchock,
Washington's passing wizard. and
Nello Falaschi, the Giants hard
hitting fullback, also are available
for backfield duty.
Perry Schwartz, Brooklyn's pass
receiver wizard, and Bill Smith, the
Chicago Cardinals ball-hawk, will
be the starting ends. Jim Benton.
Cleveland's high scoring wingman,
and Joe Carter. veteran Philadel-
phia Tanker, will be their alternates.
Joe Stydahar, the Chicago Bears
giant all-league tackle, and Tony
Blaine of the Cardinals have been
named as the starting tackles, with
Turk Edwards of Washington and
Ray George and Jack johnson of
Detroit ready to relieve them.
George Musso, captain of the
Bears, and Byron Gentry, Pitts
burgh's power-boy. have been Sc
lected to start at the guard positions.
Orville Tuttle of the Giants and
Bruiser Kinard of Brooklyn will be
their relief men. Capt. Mel Helm of
the Giants will start at center. XII
Aldrich, Cardinal freshman star, is
his alternate.
The Packers starting lineup, as
announced by Coach Lambeau, is
the same. with one exception, as it
was when Green Bay trounced the
Giants, q to 0, in Milwaukee, De-
cember 10, to win the league cham
pionship. Paul Engebretsen will
start at left guard to replace Russ
Letlow, who suffered a painful knee
injury in the title game.
How Teams Will Start