Evening star., 1940-01-01
FiIchock and Farkas
Due for Yeoman Duty
In Tilt Next Sunday
Dream Team Will Play
Pro Gridiron Champion
Packers at Los Angeles
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1.-Green
Bays Packers, 1899 champions OF
the National Football League, and
an all-star team selected by a fan
poll from the rosters of other league
teams, are hard at work preparing
for their combat. The game, the
only post-season contest permitted
under league rules, will be played
next Sunday, January 7, here in
Gilmore Stadium. which has been
enlarged to accommodate 10000
The game is the second annual
affair involving the champions and
the leagues All-Stars. Last year the
champion New York Giants staged
brilliant last-half rally to triumph,
1910.
The All-Star squad, under the di-
rection of Steve Owen, coach Of the
1899 runners-up, the Giants. has
been working out twice daily at
Griffith Park.
The champion Packers, with Coach
E. L. Curly" Lambeau in command.
are training at the Riviera Country
Club. They reassembled a week
ago Saturday. too.
Owen is well pleased with his
squads progress and is confident
that it packs enough power to beat
the mighty Packers.
Have Versatile Offense.
In the backfield the All-Stars will
have the sort of players about which
every coach dreams but seldom sees
perform together. Parker Hall, the
Cleveland Rams freshman triple
threat passing wizard. will pilot the
All-Stars. Parker already has given
local fans a tip-of on what they can
expect from him by performing bril-
liantly in the squads frequent scrim-
images.
Davey O'Brien of the Philadelphia
Eagles and Frank Filchock of the
Washington Redskins will alternate
with Hall in keeping the All-Stars'
passing attack clicking. Andy Far
kaS of the Redskins, the leagues
leading scorer, is expected to COL
laborate with Hall in making the
teams running attack constant
threat.
Jonn Drake of Cleveland. Ward
CuIt Of the Giants, Fred Vanzo of
the Detroit Lions and Pug" Man
ders of Brooklyn are available for
plunging and blocking duty. In ad-
dition, Cuffs field-goal kicking ar
tistry will be constant menace.
The ends will be we'll fortified
with Perry Schwartz. Bill Smith,
jim Benton and Joe Carter on the
lob. Schwartz and Smith ranked
next to the Packers brilliant Don
Hutson as pass receivers and Ben
ton and Garter were not far of
the pace Schwartz is the Dodgers
property, Smith is Cardinal, Ben
ton a Ram and Carter an Eagle
star.
Five behemoths, headed by Joe
"Stonewall" Stydahar of the Chi
cago Bears, will man the tackles
Turk Edwards of the Redskins, Tony
Blaine of the Cards and Ray George
and Jack johnson of the Lions
will share duty with Stydahar.
Kinnard Shifted to Guard.
Byron Gentry of the Pittsburgh
Pirates, Orville Tuttle of the Giants
George Musso of the Bears and
Bruiser Kinard of the Dodgers will
take care of the guard posts. Kinard
who has played tackle throughout
his career, has been shifted to
guard by Coach Owen and the ex-
pertinent is expected to provide an
interesting sidelight.
Mel Helm, captain of the Giants
and the leagues standout center
since the old iron man. George Traf-
ton of the Bears, retired, will share
the position with XII Aldrich, the
Cardinals brilliant freshman pivot
man.
Coach Lambeau of the Champion
Packers announces that every man
on the squad, except Russ Letlow
regular guard, is in top condition
Letlow suffered a knee injury in
the championship game and may
not play.