The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-20
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rIeSH AIT runQ, l.e., All-SCar foot ball game will be played tonigh at 0:30 in the Polo Grounds betweel the New York Giants, perennial defenders of the National Footbal League in this game, and the Greer Bay Packers, who this year are talk. ing the place of the College All. Stars.
 The Packers, who have finally go their. powerful squad into first-clas. condition, will be the favorites but at short odds. Curly Lambeau'. Green Bay monsters are just be- ginning to hit league form and are considered equal with the Chicago Bears in the Western branch of the league. The Giants, with flock o1 returned G.I.'s and brand new offense, are looked upon as the team to beat in the Eastern sec- tion of the league. Steve Owen their coach, started practice at Su- per1or, Wis, on August 9th and has brought his squad to a peak of con- dltion generally unrealized at this stage of the season.
 Big Help
 The greatest asset the Giants have acquired since last year is Frank Filchock, who has been al- alternating with Sammy Baugh for several years as threat-man with the Washington Redskins. He is a better paSser thar the Giants have had since Ed Danowski and will add greatly to the teams offensive strength.
 The Giants have most of their good backs again. Frank Reagan, Bill Paschal, Merle Hapes, Steve F'llipoWicz, George Franck, Jimmy Doolan and numerous others who were in the service have returned to the fold.
 In the line Owen has both new and returned strength. Tex Coulter. who playe dior West Point last year, will be at left tackle in the opening lineup, and Jim White, the Notre Dame cat, will be at right. Len Youne, best guard of the Owen pre-war regime, is back again, so is Chet Gladchuk, six-foot five-inch, 245-pound center, who is expected to fill the place of Mel Hein, now retired.
 The Packers are equally strength ened by the return of war veterans. Curly Lambeau, their coach, believes that he has the finest crop of backs that has accrued in Green Bay since the club was started 20 years ago. An outstanding man in this entour- age Is Bruce Smith, former Mime sota all-American who is slated to start at left halfback. He has been out of early exhibition games with injuries. Tony Canadeo. Irv Comp, Larry Craig and Ted Fritch are other outstanding players in a pow erful backfield squad.
 Hutson To Coach?
 The Green Bay line is anchored oy Charley Brock, at center, who is the games most insistent ball-steal- CT, even surpassing the Giants White in this respect. A brand new man, Dick Wildung, former Minne- sota all-America, is expected to start at left tackle ahead of Baby Ray and Tiny Croft, a couple of 27O-pounders. Don Hutson, cham pion pass-catcher of football, prob ably won't play, though he is here with the squad in the capacity of coach. However, his retirements have been so frequent and SO false that his appearance in the game would not be unduly surprising. The resumption of All-Star hos tllitieS after lapse of three years Is presented in new form. Due to the fact that practically no foot ball players graduated from college this year, it was deemed advisable to substitute ready-made profess sional team for the All-Stars. In view of the fact that the Packers are not scheduled to play in New York on any other occasion this year, they were the logical choice.
 PROBABLE LINEUP N. Y. Giants G. B. Packers
 Position
 D. McCafferty c. Goodnight
 Left End
 D. Coulter R. wildung
 Left Tackle
 B. Dobelstein w Ietlow
 Left Guard
 U. G4adchuk c. Brock
 Center
 L. Younce B. Adkins
 Right Guard
 J. white P Lipscomb
 Right Tackle
 J. Mead N Luhn
 Right End
 P Gorgone L. Craig
 Quarterback
 |. F1lchok B. Smith
 Left Halfback D. Brown H. Rohrig
 Right Halfback 5. Paschal T. Fritsch
 Fullback
 Substitutes New York Giants - Frank Cope CD, Howie Livingston GO, Jack | Doolan CID, Hank Soar G5), Rob- ert Morris G9), George Lynn (26), | Joe Sulaitis (2D, Len Calligaro (22), | Steve Filipowicz (23), Merle Hapes (30, George Franck (37, Emery Nix (4D, Jim Blumenstock (42), | Frank Reagan (44), Jerry Niles (45), | Ken Strong (5O), Lou DeFilippo ( | |55), Gordon Paschka (63), Ken Lunday (65), Bill Edwards (66), Joe 8yler (70), Phil Ragazzo (71l, Rex John (73), Jim Poole (8O), Jim Lee Howell (sD, John Weiss (83), Dave Wiley (86), Frank Liebel (S8) Herb IalSon (QQl Uictor Ca rro1l (on\