The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06

WASHINGTON kND' CHICAGO GAME. TODRAW $SO,OOO
Both Teams Have Fine Records; Crowd Limited
 to 35,752 Cash Fans

Washington, D. C., Dec. 6.-Chi- cago's Bears, footballs mightiest running machine, and Washington;s Redskins, record holders in passing and scoring, will meet here Sunday in Griffith Stadium in the eighth annual playoff for the National Football league championship.
 A sellout gathering of 35,752 cus- toners will pay approximately $so,- 900, a record for playoffs, to see these rivals meet for the second time in championship contest. Sixty per cent of the receipts will be split among the players of the contesting teams and those on the second place clubs in the two div1- sions of the league.
 In addition to the winners share of the purse, the stakes will in- clude the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy, symbolic of the worlds championship, and the right to rep resent the league in two all-star games, one against team of pro- fessional stars in Los Angeles on Dec. 29 and the other against the graduated College All-Stars in the annual preseason classic in Chi cago next August.
 Nice Record
 The Bears qualified for the play of by winning eight of their eleven games, losing only to Detroit, Wash ington and their ancient civic rival, the Chicago Cardinals. It is the fourth time since the playof Sys- tenn was adopted in 1883 that the Bears have won the Western Divi- sion championship, dethroning the Green Bay Packers, divisional and league champions last year.
 Washington came up to its first divisional championship since 1887 by winning nine of it's eleven games, overthrowing the New York Giants, who won the Eastern division title in 1888 and 1889. The Redskins whipped the Bears-whom they also beat. 28 to q, the last time these two teams appeared in a playoff- and they also lost regular season games to New York and Brooklyn.
 Aside from the championship as- pect and the coveted A1-Star aS- signments which go with winning, the game is attracting wide atten- tion as a grudge battle. The Bears, still aroused over the ' to defeat handed them in Washington on Nov. IT, are belligerently determined to avenge that setback with crush ing triumph.
 Washington, with Sammy Baugh having his greatest year, will rely al- most entirely upon its ability to score via the aerial route. It was this superb passing attack which produced the touchdown that stop ped the Bears, Frank Filchock toss ing 16 yards to Dick Todd for the score.
 Talent
 The Bears are not without pass ing threats of their own in Sid Luckrnan, Bernie Masterson, George McAfee and Bob Snyder, but it is upon the ponderous strength and speed of their backs that the Chi cagoans will rely largely. If this running attack does not score, it generally makes it possible for the posing plays to function produc- lively by drawing in the defense. No team can afford to play a loose defense against the Bears.
 Both teams survived their final regularly scheduled games last week without injury. Dick Bray, husky Chicago guard, will be lost because of g. knee injury, sustained several weeks ago and Andy Farkas, Red- skin back, has been out since the first of the season recovering from an operation. Bray definitely will not participate in the game, but Washington may call upon Farkas, one of the leagues greatest ball car- riers last year.
 Following the championship game tomorrow, club owners will meet in an executive session Monday. Tues day, the annual draft meeting will be held, at which time rights to negotiate with the leading seniors in the college graduating classes will be assigned. Each team will draft twenty men.