The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
GREEN BAY 14-7 WINNERS OF "A
 CHAMP PIONSHIP
BY LEO H. PETERSEN Limited Press Snnrts Edit0rl

New York, Dec. l8.-(UP)--They put the Green Bay Packers into the 1924 record books as the Na- tinoal Professional Football league champions today with the New York Giants on the losing end because the luck which had smiled all sea- son deserted them in their hour of need.
 Mott hat the Packers did not earn their IA to 2 playoff victory yesterday, but their chore was made much easier because the Giants were without the services of two key men. The loss of Bill Paschal, the leagues leading ground gainer, and Len Calligaro, star blocking back took the power out of the New York ground game and left old Arnie Herber's passing as their chief offensive weapon.
 But with the chips down, Her. Der had little luck on gridiron made muddy by a thawing Decem- Der sun. His throwing was cratic and couple of times when he hit his mark his receivers dropped the ball. At that the old Green Bay star who came out of retire ment this year kept the Packers on their toes but the western di- vision title-holders knew what to look for with Paschal and Calli- garo out witht he resultt hat they intercepted four of Herber's losses, three of them by Joe Laws.
 The Giants lost Calligaro on the third play of the game when he suffered a shoulder separation. Paschal, who had sprained his ankle as the Giants defeated the Wash ington Redskins for the Eastern Division crown, was used sparing- ly in the first half and finally was hurt so badly in the third period that he was sidelined for the rest of the day.
 Strong Ground Game
 The Packers, winning their sixth title to tie the Chicago Bears for the most number of championships won, beatt he Giants at tfier own game-on the ground. They sprung Laws and Ted Fritsch loose for IT and 27 yard runs, respectively, early in the second quarter. and they carried to the Giant one from where the latter hit center for touch- down.
 Fritsch also scored the other Packer touchdown just before the half ended, taking 26 yard pass from Irv. Comp. The play had been set up when Comp threw to Hutson for 27 yards. It was one of the five times the Packers sent Hutson out fer passes and he caught three of them, although one was called back for a penalty.
 Hutson's pass catching was not important, but his decoy playing was. He was pulling the Giants off balance and when Comp threw to Fritsch for the second touchdown the star end had the Nev Workers chasing him on one side of the field, leaving the other clear for the Green Bay fullback.
 Hutson converted after both scores and those IA points were enough. The Giants only score came on the first play of the fourth quarter when w d4A Nu14 C6AAACA OAAC GesA4 SNNA from the Green Bay one Herber's 41-yard pass to Franl- Liebel had set up the scoring play. Ken Strong converted.
 Records
 A crowd of 46,016 at the Polo Grounds set all kinds of playoff re- ceipt records. Gross receipts were S146, ,205.15, with the net $121, ,703.24. The players pool also was the largest in history with u winning Packers receiving approximately $500 each and the Giants about $900 per man.
 The statistics gave the Packers a slight edge-11 first downs to 10, 235 yards gained against 187. It was for the most part a battle of two hard charging lines with Len Younce, Al Blozis ana Mel Hein leading the Giant forwards and Charley Brock, Buford Ray and Paul Be-ezney standing out in the Pack CT wall.