GAME RECAP (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE)
(GREEN BAY) - Continuing their winning ways, the Green Bay Packers celebrated Thanksgiving Day by defeating the Hammond, 19 to 0, in a pro league game at Bellevue park Thursday afternoon before a fair sized crowd. It was the Packers' fifth win in a row and the seventh they have marked up this fall in the professional circuit. As a result of Thursday's success
over Hammond and the defeat of the Chicago Cardinals
by the Bears, the Packers are now "sitting pretty" in
third place.
VISITORS ARE OUTCLASSED
Doc Young's All Stars were badly outclassed. Never
were the visitors within scoring distance of the Packers'
goal. Robinson, who scored against the Bears last
Sunday, was about the only Hammondite who made
much headway against the Packers. Robinson can run
like a deer and he had a change of pace that somewhat
confused the Packers in the opening periods. However,
the Packers began dumping Robinson pretty hard
towards the close of the fray and he wasn't quite so
frisky. Ink Williams was sort of feeling his oats and he
didn't perform with his usual brilliance. Smith, one of the
Hammond guard, appeared to like the milling and he
was in there battling all the time.
BRILLIANT AS EVER
The Packers continued their brilliant performance. The
team worked like a machine. The blocking was better
than usual. The much promised air drive was very much
in evidence and the Packers cut loose with a lot of new
stuff that opened the eyes of the crowd. The defense of
the Bay eleven was superb. The line could be likened to
a stonewall while the secondary defense swept in
nicely and Hammond's weak attempts at forwarding
passing were covered like a tent.
USE SPREAD FORMATION
The Packers received the opening kickoff. On the first
scrimmage, Green Bay used a spread formation but the
pass went bad. However, the play had the desired result
as the visitors were running around in circles trying to
build up a defense. It wasn't long before Mathys leaped
in the air and snagged a toss from Lambeau for a big
gain. Then Cowboy Wheeler grabbed the oval on
another play and was dumped on the one yard line. The
next play Mathys wiggled through center for a
touchdown. Buck missed the goal kick. Following this
touchdown, Hammond braced a bit and the battle
waxed warm on both sides. The Packers held the upper
hand, however, and the visitors were not piling up much
yardage. When time was called for the quarter, the ball
was in Hammond's possession on its 38 yard line.
LAMBEAU IS HURT
Towards the close of the first quarter, Captain Lambeau
hurt his ankle while being tackled and he was forced to
retire. Hal Hanson, the newest addition to the Packer
squad, got a big hand when he stepped into the fracas.
There was no further scoring in this period. Starting the
second half, the Packers kicked off. Following in
exchange of punts, the Bays began another goalgetting
pass drive. Captain Lambeau was back in the game,
and he made his appearance felt. On a screen pass,
Lambeau shot the pigskin to Mills and the Packers
backfielder wormed his way through a broken field 35
yards for a touchdown. It was a nifty run. Buck kicked
the goal.
HELD FOR DOWNS
This score sort of took the wind out of Hammond's sails
and for the remainder of the game, they were beating a
hasty retreat. Once the Packers lost the ball on downs
but inches away from a touchdown. Hanson was piling
up a lot of yardage in this offense. When the final period
got underway, the Packers had the ball well within
Hammond's danger zone. Several time, Hess kicked
from behind his own goal line only to have the Packers
march down the field again. With but a half minute to
play, the Packers pulled their famous screen pass. The
same play that won the Milwaukee game, and Mathys
hurled the ball into Lambeau's waiting arms for the third
touchdown. Jug Earps missed the goal as time was
called.
PLAY GOOD FOOTBALL
Murray, Wheeler and Hayes turned in a good job at the
ends. Buck and Earps played bang up football at the
tackles, while Woodin, Lyle and Gardner were in
brilliant form at the guards. Niemann showed his class
at center. Mathys' work at quarter could not have been
improved upon while Mills, Basing, Lambeau, Gavin and
Hanson pleased the crowd with their sensational
backfielding.
PLAY BY PLAY
FIRST QUARTER
Lambeau chose to put his back to the wind and
Hammond kicked off to Gavin, who returned 10 yards.
Packer pass was incomplete; Lambeau hit right tackle
for 3 yards. Lambeau passed 15 yards to Murray, who
ran 5 yards and slipped. First down. Lambeau made 2
yards around right end and Mills made 6 through right
tackle. Lambeau made it first down. Two line bucks
gained 2 yards and a pass was incomplete. Buck's