The 1919 Green Bay Packers - 10-1
Head Coach: Curly Lambeau (Bill Ryan)
SEPTEMBER (3-0)
14 Menominee North End A.C. W 53- 0 1- 0-0 1,500
21 Marinette Northerners W 61- 0 2- 0-0 N/A
28 New London W 54- 0 3- 0-0 N/A
OCTOBER (4-0)
5 Sheboygan Company C W 87- 0 4- 0-0 N/A
12 Racine W 76- 6 5- 0-0 N/A
19 Ishpeming W 33- 0 6- 0-0 N/A
26 Oshkosh Professionals W 85- 0 7- 0-0 N/A
NOVEMBER (3-1)
2 Milwaukee Maple Leaf AC W 53- 0 8- 0-0 N/A
9 Chicago Chilar A.C. W 46- 0 9- 0-0 N/A
16 at Stambaugh Miners W 17- 0 10- 0-0 2,500
23 at Beloit Professionals L 0- 6 10- 1-0 N/A
THE BEGINNING
On the evening of August 11, 1919, a group of young athletes, called together by Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun, gathered in the dingy editorial room of the old Green Bay Press-Gazette building and organized a football team. The initial spark had been struck a few weeks before during a casual street corner conversation between Lambeau and Calhoun. They talked Curly's employer at the Indian Packing Company into putting up some money for equipment. Because the packing company, which also permitted the use of its athletic field for practice, had provided the team's jerseys the club was identified in its early publicity as a project of the company. With this tie-in the name "Packers" was a natural, although the corporation had practically faded out of the picture before the season was half over. That 1st season the team won 10 games and lost only 1 against other teams from Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Games were played in an open field with no fences or bleachers, and interested fans "passed the hat." In 1920, a section of stands was built, but it was just a small bleacher with a capacity of a couple hundred, on one side of the field, and a fee charged to sit there.
THE FIRST NFL TEAMS
OK, so, technically, this list should be the first teams in the American Professional Football Association. The league would not be known as the NFL until 1921. The league was formed in Canton, Ohio on August 20 by four independent professional American football teams from Ohio: Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Tigers, and Dayton Triangles. AKRON PROS (1920-1926) - The team originated in 1908 as a semi-pro team named the Akron Indians, however name was changed to the Pros in 1920. In 1926, the name was changed to back the Akron Indians, after the earlier semi-pro teams. Due to financial problems, the team suspended operations in 1927 and surrendered its franchise the following year. BUFFALO ALL-AMERICANS (1920-27, 29) - The franchise was called the Buffalo All-Stars from 1915 to 1917, Buffalo Niagaras in 1918, the Buffalo Prospects in 1919, Buffalo All-Americans from 1920-1923, Buffalo Bisons from 1924-1925, 1927 and 1929, and the Buffalo Rangers in 1926. The franchise did not play in 1928 after experiencing financial issues. CANTON BULLDOGS (1920-25, 26) - They played in the Ohio League from 1903 to 1906 and 1911 to 1919, and in the NFL from 1920 to 1923 and 1925 to 1926. The Bulldogs won the 1922 and 1923 titles. Before the 1927 season, the league decided to purge itself of some of the weaker franchise. Twelve teams were jettisoned, including the Bulldogs. CHICAGO TIGERS (1920) - The Chicago Tigers played only in the first year of the league, and, because of this, have the distinction of being the first official NFL team to fold. They had a record of 2-5-1 and played its home games at Chicago's Wrigley Field (then called Cub's Park) and was the first NFL team to do so. CLEVELAND TIGERS (1920-21) - The Cleveland Indians football team was originally established in 1916 and played in the Ohio League. Early in 1922, owner Jimmy O'Donnell received league permission to suspend operations for a year, but when he was unable to post the $1,000 annual guarantee the NFL required, his franchise was cancelled. COLUMBUS PANHANDLES (1920-26) - In 1901 workers at the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio formed a professional football team called the Columbus Panhandles. Following the 1922 season, the Panhandles became the Tigers. This new team was purchased by local businessmen and played as a traveling team. DAYTON TRIANGLES (1920-29) - The original Dayton Triangles members first began playing together as basketball players at St. Mary's College from 1908 until 1912. By the late twenties, Dayton was one of the league's doormats, winning just five games from 1923-29. Finally, in July 1930, the team moved to Brooklyn and was renamed the Dodgers. DECATUR STALEYS (1920-now) - Originally named the Decatur Staleys, the club was established by the A. E. Staley food starch in 1919 as a company team. The team relocated to Chicago in 1921, where the club was renamed the Chicago Staleys. George Halas purchased the rights to the club for $100, whereupon they were renamed the Chicago Bears. DETROIT HERALDS (1920) - In 1905, several University of Detroit football players, led by Bill Marshall, organized the Heralds as an amateur team after the University did not field a squad. While the Heralds didn't officially join the APFA, they are listed in league standings for the season, but inclement weather financially devastated the team. HAMMOND PROS (1920-26) - The Pros were established in 1919 by Paul Parduhn and played most of its games in Chicago's Cub Park, which is now known as Wrigley Field. The Pros played most of their games on the road because Hammond lacked a field with any kind of seating capacity, and the team was dropped from the NFL in 1927. MUNCIE FLYERS (1920-21) - The origins of the team show that it evolved from the Congerville (Muncie) Athletic Club, which dates back to at least 1905. The team played only three NFL games, and lost them all. After leaving the APFA, the Muncie Flyers reverted back to their original name of the Congerville Flyers, but died out in 1926. RACINE CARDINALS (1920-now) - The team was established in Chicago in 1898 as the Morgan Athletic Club. They were named the Racine Normals, since Normal Park was located on Racine Avenue in Chicago. The team disbanded in 1906, but reformed in 1913. The club moved to St. Louis in 1960. In 1988, the team moved to Arizona. ROCHESTER JEFFERSONS (1920-25) - Formed as an amateur outfit by a rag-tag group of Rochester-area teenagers in 1898, the team became known as the Jeffersons in reference to the locale of their playing field on Jefferson Avenue. The team remained technically suspended for 1926 and 1927, but allowed its franchise to expire in 1928. ROCK ISLAND INDEPENDENTS (1920-25) - The Independents were first formed in 1907, when a group of men formed a team with no club affiliation, no social club ties and no corporate backing or sponsorship. As a result the team was named the Independents. The team jumped to the AFL in 1926, then played as a semi-pro team in 1927, then went under.
Nate Abrams Al Martin
Henry (Tubby) Bero Orlo Wylie McLean
Bradlee Andy Muldoon
Jim Coffeen Herbert Nichols
Jim Desjardin Al Petcka
Dutch Dwyer Sam Powers
Riggie Dwyer Gus Rosenow
Jen Gallagher Charlie Sauber
Fritz Gavin Lyle (Cowboy) Wheeler
Wally Ladrow Milt Wilson
Curly Lambeau Martin Zoll
Wes Leaper Carl Zoll
Herm Martell
INDIAN PACKING SQUAD TO REPRESENT CITY
AUG 13 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Indian Packing Corporation will be the representative semi-pro football team in Green Bay this fall. It will be the strongest aggregation of pigskin chasers that has ever been gathered in this city. The football fans of Green Bay are going to be treated to an A1 class of pigskin chasing during the next three months. According to the present plans, the season will open Sunday September 14 and the final game will be played on the Sunday following Thanksgiving day. This gives ten playing dates and the strongest teams in the state will be scheduled. All the home games are to be played at Hagemeister's park and plans are now underway to rope off the playing field and keep it in A1 condition...HUSKY SQUAD AVAILABLE: The "Packers" will have a splendid squad to pick from. Included in the list is a number of former college stars and some veterans who saw service in the gridiron battles overseas. A partial list of the players, who are slated as candidates are the following: Lambeau, Nichols, R. Dwyer, "Dutch" Dwyer, McLean, Gallagher, N. Abrams, C. Zoll, M. Zoll, Martell, Prager, Oustermann, Ladrow, Cohen, Sauber, Ruel, Flatley, Getzloff, Lurquin, Glick, Riley, Powers, Lambeau, Warwick, Muldoon, Duncan, Collard, Kaiser, Wilson, Jirgeau, Hawley, Wheeler, DuFresne, Koher, Morgan, House, Muldoon and McKenna. The final meeting of the Indians was held on Monday evening in the Press-Gazette editorial rooms and another important conference is scheduled for Thursday. It is important that all of the above mentioned players be in attendance...UNIFORMS FOR EIGHTEEN: Complete uniforms for eighteen or twenty men will be secured and a full squad will be kept intact the playing season. Practice will be held three times every week and the men reporting regularly for the workouts will be given the first chance in the games. Last year, the city team went through a successful season without losing a game, although the Marinette-Menominee eleven played the Bays to a tie in the closing argument of the season. It is the plan of the management to keep the game on the same high plane as it was last year. Rowdy tactics on the playing field will be barred and there will be plenty of police protection to handle the crowds. Negotiations are underway for games with the best teams in the state. Appleton, Oshkosh, Menominee, Marinette and other squads will be seen here during the first half of the season, and, by that time, if the attendance warrants, contests will be booked with Milwaukee, La Crosse and Madison.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WILL HOLD CONFAB THURSDAY EVENING
AUG 14 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Candidates for the Indian Packing corporation football team will meet tonight in the editorial rooms of the Press-Gazette to map out plans for the coming season. The meeting will be called at 7:30 o'clock and it is important that the following be in attendance: Lambeau, Nichols, R. Dwyer, "Dutch" Dwyer, McLean, Gallagher, N. Abrams, C. Zoll, M. Zoll, Martell, Prager, Oustermann, Ladrow, Cohen, Sauber, Ruel, Flatley, Getzloff, Lurquin, Glick, Riley, Powers, Lambeau, Warwick, Muldoon, Duncan, Collard, Kaiser, Wilson, Jirgeau, Hawley, Wheeler, DuFresne, Koher, Morgan, House, Muldoon and McKenna. Practically all of the preliminary work has been completed for this fall and it is expected that it will be possible to announced the first half of the schedule before the first of the month. This will include games with Appleton, Oshkosh, Marinette and Oconto. Indications point to the "Indians" having the greatest team in the history of football in Green Bay and there is no doubt but that the gridiron fans will see a great exhibition of pigskin chasing at Hagemeister Park this fall.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
AUG 14 (Green Bay Press-Gazette-Val Schneider) - From present indications, Green Bay sure is going to have quite a football team this fall. The Indian Packing corporation has a bunch of stars to pick from and they should be able to place a team in the field that will come pretty close to grabbing off semi-pro honors in the state.
CURLY LAMBEAU CHOSEN CAPTAIN OF FOOTBALLERS
AUG 15 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - "Curly" Lambeau,
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL (8-24-1919)
former East High and Notre Dame football star, was elected captain of the Indian Packing Corporations' team at the meeting last night of the city footballers in The Press-Gazette. G.W. Calhoun will again manage the eleven this season. Close to 25 pigskin chasers attended the conference last evening and there was a good deal of enthusiasm displayed among the candidates. It was the unanimous opinion that, if Green Bay doesn't get away with state honors this year, she never will. Practice will start September 3, the Wednesday following Labor Day, and from there on it will be held three times weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Providing a suitable opponent can be secured, the Packers will open the season on Sunday September 14 at Hagemeister park. Up to date the only game closed on the schedule is with Marinette here on October 24. Many other arguments are now pending and it is expected that at least three more arguments will be booked during the coming week.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
AUG 22 (Green Bay Press-Gazette-Val Schneider) - Football is beginning to occupy the majority of the fans' minds now. The pigskin sport will hold the highest honor it has ever held in Green Bay this fall. The Indian Packing Corporations' eleven, which will represent Green Bay in professional football circles, is composed of former college and scholastic stars. The team will undoubtedly be the classiest and heaviest that has ever represented this city on a gridiron.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS CALLED FOR MEET ON FRIDAY NIGHT
AUG 27 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Footballer on the Indian Packing Corporation squad will hold an important meeting in the editorial rooms of The Press-Gazette on Friday evening at 7:45. It is of utmost importance that every man be on hand as final plans for the season will be outlined. The footballers will hold their first practice on September 3, the Wednesday after Labor Day. Negotiations have been practically completed for the opening game on Sunday September 14. The uniforms, which are being furnished by the Indian Packing Corporation, will be here in time for the opening game and the "Packers" will be outfitted in college style. Many of the best teams in the state want to be seen in action here this season. Inquiries about games have been received from Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Waukesha, La Crosse, and Madison. Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oshkosh and Appleton will play in Green Bay during the forepart of the season.
INDIAN PACKING FOOTBALLERS MEET ON FRIDAY NIGHT
AUG 28 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - A meeting of the footballers on the Indian Packing Corporation is scheduled in the editorial rooms of The Press-Gazette. The meeting will commence at 7:45 o'clock. All members of the team are requested to be present, as matters of utmost importance will be disposed of and plans for the season will be completed. The initial practice of the squad will be held on September 3, the Wednesday after Labor Day. The management has practically completed arrangements for the opening game on Sunday September 14. One of the strongest grid elevens in this section of the state will be brought here at that time. The uniforms for the aggregation have been ordered and will arrive here in time for the first game. They will be furnished by the Indian Packing Corporation and are tailored after the latest college styles. Some of the best teams in the state will be brought here this fall. Inquiries concerning games with the "Packers" have been received from gridiron elevens throughout the state. The football public will witness the classiest exhibitions of the gridiron sport, that have ever been seen on a local field.
FOOTBALL MEETING TONIGHT; PLANS TO BE MADE FOR YEAR
AUG 29 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Indian Packing Corporation will assemble this evening in the editorial rooms of The Press-Gazette at 7:45 o'clock. Captain Curly Lambeau requests that all football men report at the meeting, as matters of utmost importance pertaining to the team will be disposed of and plans for the season will be made tonight. The management is mapping out a schedule, which will include games with the best professional gridiron elevens in Wisconsin. Games are pending with Oconto, Marinette, Menominee, Duluth, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Clintonville, La Crosse, Racine and Kenosha. The team plans to get into action on Sunday September 14 in the opening game. The initial practice will be held on Wednesday September 11 and practice sessions will be conducted regularly during the football season. The football public will see some of the best professional grid teams in Wisconsin in action here this season.
FOOTBALLERS WILL START PRACTICING WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AUG 30 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Indian Packing Corporation team will start practice next Wednesday evening on the grounds at the plant. The first practice will be started promptly at 7 o'clock and Captain Curly Lambeau wants every man on the job. The team will practice three times every week and when weather conditions are not fit for outside workouts, the squads will make use of the roller rink at Hagemeister Park. The season will open in Green Bay on Sunday September 14. Oconto, De Pere or the Oneida Indians will be the first attractions. Appleton is expected to come the 21st, and Oshkosh on the following Sunday.
INITIAL PRACTICE OF "PACKERS" ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SEPT 2 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The initial practice of the Indian Packing Corporation's football team will be held Wednesday evening on the grounds of the plant. Practice will begin at 7 o'clock promptly and every member of the team must report, says Captain Curly Lambeau. Practice will be conducted three evenings of each week on the Indian Packing Corporation's athletic field, and in case of inclement weather, the team will practice on the roller rink at Hagemeister park. The opening game of the season will be played at the league grounds on Sunday afternoon September 14. It is planned to bring the De Pere city team, Oconto or the Oneida Indians here on that date. Games are pending Marinette and Oshkosh for the following Sunday. The schedule is being mapped out and will be complete in a short time.
FOOTBALLERS OF INDIAN SQUAD TO PRACTICE TONIGHT
SEPT 3 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Footballer on the Indian Packing Corporation squad will meet this evening at the company's field in the first practice session of this season. The practice is scheduled at 7 o'clock prompt and Captain Lambeau wants every man on the job. Negotiations are still pending for the opening game to be played at Hagemeister park on Sunday afternoon September 14. It is planned to bring Oconto, De Pere or the Oneida Indian team here on that date. The Twin City team of Marinette will be seen in action here on the following Sunday September 21. The team will practice three times each week in the evening on the grounds of the Indian Packing Corporation. When the weather is unfavorable, the squad will hold practice either in the armory or the roller rink at Hagemeister park.
FOOTBALLERS GET STIFF WORKOUT AT OPENING PRACTICE
SEPT 4 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Indian Packing Corporation football squad held their first practice of the season last night on the new gridiron at the plant. About eighteen men reported and they were put through a stiff drill at the initial workout. The team will practice again on Friday night and every player is urged to be on the job at 6:45. The "Packers" have secured "Big Bill" Ryan to coach. Ryan is one of the best gridiron mentors in this part of the state. He handled West High in '16 and '17 and was in charge of a service eleven last fall. Ryan will also coach the purple this season. Negotiations for an opening game on Sunday September 14. Many of the neighboring teams are not anxious to face Green Bay so early in the season. De Pere, Oconto and Wausau have turned down the opening date. Either the Oneida Indians or the East End A.C. of Menominee will be brought here as a lid lifter on the 14th. The following Sunday, September 21, the crack Marinette A.C. squad will be seen in action here. This is the team that played Green Bay in that memorable 0-0 game last November. Manager Doyle has a bunch of stars which include "Jab" Murray, Setright, Erdlitz and many others. Sunday September 28, the Oshkosh All-Stars will probably play here. This team is composed of former collegian and high school footballers. It should be one of the best games of the season. Negotiations are underway still for later dates on the schedule with Racine, Appleton, Milwaukee, Wausau and other crack teams of the state.
SECOND PRACTICE OF PACKERS WILL BE HELD TONIGHT
SEPT 5 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Indian Packing Corporation's football aggregation will hold its second practice at the company's field this evening. Practice will begin at 6:45 o'clock and every man on the squad will be present. Tackling the dummy and blocking will be the main points at the workout tonight. Negotiations have been closed to Sunday September 21, when the crack Twin City football eleven from Marinette will be seen in action at the former league grounds. The opening game will be played on Sunday September 14, when the East Ends, a strong eleven from North Menominee will exhibit their wares here. Twelve men reported at the initial practice and Captain Lambeau wants every man to report at the practice tonight. Come out you footballers and show your spirit.
INDIAN PACKERS PLAY MENOMINEE HERE ON SUNDAY
SEPT 8 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Toiling under a boiling sun, the Indian Packing plant football squad put
HAGEMEISTER PARK (1919-22) - The book “A City and Its Team” used a 1923 picture of the Packers posing in a T-formation to try and pinpoint the location of the team’s field at Hagemeister. But the book wrongly concluded that the picture was taken from behind what is now East High by a photographer facing southwest. In reality, the picture was taken in Joannes Park, where the Packers practiced in 1923, with the camera pointed northwest toward the old Hagemeister Clubhouse, located at the corner of Walnut and Baird. The book also identified a picture taken in Hagemeister Park with Model Ts in the foreground and a ballpark in the back with a fence and bleachers as the Packers’ first home in 1919. That caption was wrong, too. In 1919, the Packers played on an open field, according to several stories written over the years by Calhoun and Rudolph. There was no fence or any bleachers. In 1920, local volunteers built a fence around a 400- by 200-foot area in Hagemeister Park so the Packers could charge admission and make money. Some bleachers also were erected. The lumber was donated by the Indian Packing Co., the Packers’ original sponsor. But when the season ended, the fence and stands were torn down, and the lumber was returned to the packing company. In the spring of 1921, a fence and stands were rebuilt for the local baseball team. Then when the Packers were admitted to what is now the NFL in late August, workers rushed to increase capacity to 3,600 by building box seats and bleachers extending between the 20-yard lines on both sides of the field. The ballpark was located roughly on what today would be the eastern half of East High based on survey maps in the Brown County Planning Dept., city fire atlases, Press-Gazette stories and various pictures. In the spring of 1923, the Green Bay School Board ordered that the Hagemeister ballpark be torn down immediately so construction could start on East High. The wood from the stadium was cut into sections, moved and used to build Bellevue Park, which was put up in less than three weeks to accommodate the local baseball team. “A City and Its Team” erroneously stated Bellevue was built five years earlier. (SOURCE: "Green Bay Packers history becomes a mix of facts, fiction" Green Bay Press-Gazette, October 31st 2011) BELOW: This photo was taken during the 1921 season as a professional team and the earliest known image I have seen. The Packers are depicted playing an unidentified team. The Allouez Water and Beverages advertising sign can be seen in the background of the playing field. The players are shown wearing leather helmets and football pants. The ground is lightly peppered with freshly fallen snow. The Packers are about to score and are closing in on the goaline as the wooden hand constructed goalpost is shown. The back running the ball is believed to be Lambeau, but this cannot be positively supported. If you have more information on this picture, or any other earlier pictures, please contact me.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PACKER HISTORIAN CLIFF CHRISTL (October 8th 2012): This photo has been identified as the earliest action image of Curly Lambeau – he’s supposedly the player taking the pitchout -- known to exist. But there’s reason to wonder if it’s even a shot of a Packers game and whether that’s actually Lambeau in the picture. The picture is not part of the Neville Public Museum’s extensive collection of old Packers photos. It appeared in the book, “Green Bay: A City and Its Team,” with notations that it was part of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame collection and from a Packers game in 1920, but there was no cutline to go with it. An online auction site said it was commissioned by Buff Wagner, who played for the Packers in 1920 and ’21, and that it had been held by his family for nearly 80 years. But according to National Weather Service records there was only one Packers’ home game that could have been played in the snow during Wagner’s two years on the team and that was on Nov. 13, 1921. But if this was a picture from that game where’s the big bold “Acme Packers” lettering that appeared on the front of some of the players’ jerseys in 1921? Not all players had lettering on their jerseys, but Wagner and Lambeau did according to the 1921 team picture. (One other note: There was no snow on the ground for a December benefit game that many of the Packers played in following their 1920 season, including Lambeau and Wagner.) Actually, if someone wanted to put a wager down on this picture, the best bet might be that it was shot during the so-called state high school championship played at Hagemeister Park between Marinette and Watertown on Dec. 8, 1917. The game was billed by the Green Bay Press-Gazette as the biggest ever played in the city. Wagner starred at fullback for Marinette – isn’t that a fullback taking the pitch? – and led his team to a 27-0 victory. Here’s some more dope on that game. There was about an inch of snow on the ground that day. What’s more, the Allouez Water and Beverages sign in the background of the picture was located in that same spot in the old Hagemeister minor league baseball park where the Marinette-Watertown game was played; and that park was razed in 1918, more than a year before the Packers started play.
in two hours of hard practice on Sunday afternoon. Captain Lambeau put the men through the stiffest kind of a drill and a couple of trick plays that are expected to upset Menominee next Sunday were worked out. Manager McPhaul of Menominee has got together a team that will give the Packers a run for their money in the initial clash at Hagemeister's park on Sunday September 14. His lineup includes some of the best men in the Twin Cities among whom are: the Dory brothers, McCue, Hansen, Peterson, Palmquist and Dennis. Arrangements are being made to handle a record breaking crowd at the opening game. Tickets will be on sale Tuesday at the usual places about town and they can also be secured from any members of the squad. Sunday's game will be called at 3 o'clock. C.M. Murphy will referee while "Jab" Murrary is Menominee's selection for umpire. Twelve minute periods will be played. ..PRACTICE TONIGHT: Coach Ryan wants every man on the squad to report for practice at the Packing plant gridiron tonight at 6:45. It is his intention to keep two teams working throughout the entire drill.
INDIAN PACKERS READY FOR GAME WITH MENOMINEE
SEPT 9 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Green Bay's hopes for a state championship semipro eleven, the Indian Packing plant team, went through another strenuous practice last night in preparation for the opening game of the season on Sunday with the crack North End A.C. of Menominee, Mich., at Hagemeister park. The Packers have been working their heads off to get in shape for the initial joust and it looks as if the team will be right on edge when the whistle blows for the clash with the Michiganders. Those who have seen the Indians in practice claim it is the best squad that has ever been gotten together in Green Bay. There are 24 men in the squad and every one of 'em have had many years experience on the gridiron. Menominee will bring a husky aggregation here on Sunday. Manager McPhaul has a collection of all stars and from the stories in the Twin City papers, the footballers from up north are confident of turning the tables over Captain Lambeau's team.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
SEPT 9 (Green Bay Press-Gazette-Val Schneider) - Green Bay's official gridiron eleven for 1919, the crack Indian Packing corporation team, is rapidly rounding into shape for the opening tilt on next Sunday afternoon, when they battle against the all star squad of footballers from Menominee, Mich. Advance notices say that the Michiganders are bent on capturing the initial combat from the Packers, but the Packers deny the allegation and "defy the alligator." With Curly Lambeau, the crack Notre Dame backfielder to lead the forces in the battle and with the remaining squad in championship form, the upper peninsula aggregation will bump up against something distasteful, when the next Sabbath Day rolls around.
FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS IN GREEN BAY NEXT SUNDAY
SEPT 10 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The 1919 football season will be officially ushered in in Green Bay on this Sunday afternoon, when the Indian Packing Corporation gridiron eleven swings into action, with the North End Athletic club's team of Menominee as its opponents. Kickoff will be at 3 o'clock. The Packers will find the Upper Peninsula crew a hard nut to crack as the lineup is composed of former college stars and servicemen who have been hardened. Some of the stars on the team have played on all-star service elevens, against the country's greatest gridiron warriors. The Packing company team realized that it will buck up against a tough opposition in the northern bunch and is practicing like demons to get in shape for the battle, under the eye of Coach "Bill" Ryan of West High school.
FOOTBALL SEASON WILL START HERE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14
SEPT 12 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The 1919 football season will be ushered into Green Bay on Sunday at Hagemeister's park when the Indian Packing plant squad will face the crack aggregation representing the North End A.C. of Menominee, Mich. The Michiganders are coming here with a strong team, which is composed of former scholastic stars padded out with a couple of college men. Manager McPhaul reports that his squad is in the best of shape. Coach Ryan's Packers are working their heads off to get on edge for the initial battle. Owing to injuries and the absence from the city of three good men, the Indians will not be able to present their strongest lineup in Sunday's game. Captain Lambeau is not worrying as he has a big squad to select from. Sunday's game will start promptly at 3 o'clock. Four periods of 12 minutes each will be played. C.M. Murphy is the referee. "Jab" Murray of Menominee is the umpire, while Harvey Stewart is to act as headlinesman....PRACTICE TONIGHT: Every man on the Indian Packing plant football squad is ordered to report at the practice field tonight at 6:45. This will be the final workout before Sunday's game and Coach Ryan wants a full attendance at the workout this evening.
FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS SUNDAY AT HAGEMEISTER PARK
SEPT 13 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Indian Packing plant football squad and the North End A.C of Menominee will pry the lid off the 1919 football season in Green Bay tomorrow afternoon at Hagemeister's park. The game will start at 3 o'clock sharp and 12 minute periods will be played. Indications point to a record turnout of gridiron fans at the initial argument. Never before has a semi-pro eleven stirred up so much interest in Green Bay as the "Packers" squad and, aside from seeing Coach Ryan's team in action, the pigskin enthusiasts are sure to be treated to a slam bang fracas, because Menominee is coming here with an aggregation that is second to none in the upper peninsula...ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED: Arrangements have been made to handle the game in good shape. The gridiron has been fixed up, goal posts erected and other improvements made. The crowd will be kept off the playing field. Ample police protection has been secured and extra guards will patrol the field. Special car service to and from the park has been arranged for. Good officials will handle the game. C.M. Murphy, who worked in all of the games last season is to referee. "Jab" Murray is the umpire, while Harvey Stewart will act as head linesman. Instructions have been given the officials to bar all rowdy tactics either on or off the playing field...ARRIVE ON MORNING TRAIN: Manager McPhaul's Menominee team will arrive over the C.& N.W. at 11 a.m. They will be accompanied by a handful of followers, according to reports from the Twin Cities. The visitors will eat downtown and be at the park before 2 o'clock. Captain Lambeau's Indians will dress at the packing plant and will be conveyed to the park in autos shortly before the time for the kickoff.
SHEBOYGAN PRESS - JANUARY 10TH 2004
PACKERS WALLOP MENOMINEE CREW IN INITIAL GAME
SEPT 15 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Green Bay's official representative on the gridiron, the Indian Packing Corporation's football eleven, in the initial battle of the season at Hagemeister park yesterday, walloped the North End Athletic club, of Menominee, 53-0, before a record crowd of football fans. The Northerners were completely outclassed and never had a chance to get near the goal line. Captain Lambeau kicked off to Menominee and they lost the ball on downs. The Packers immediately began a march down the field and after a few minutes, "Dutch" Dwyer, the pilot of the Bay team, crossed the goal with the first touchdown, on a straight line plunge through the center...MENOMINEE IS OUTCLASSED: From then on, the Menominee crew was completely outclassed and did not make their downs on more than one occasion. The Packers' defense was powerful and played a smashing game. The warriors on the front line broke through the opposition almost every time and succeeded in downing the Lumberjack's backfielders before they even were started. The Bay pigskin conveyors in the backfield lodged a varied attack on the Northerners, using the forward pass to great advantage and making long gains on line smashed, when forced to do so. Captain Lambeau was the main figure and his forward passes went true almost every time. He played a great part in the scoring column...PLAYS IN GOOD FORM: The entire Green Bay eleven played like all-stars, every man doing his bit. The team ran in excellent form, like a well oiled machine and often times had the Upper Peninsula footballers off their balance. The Packers used twenty men during the game, giving each one an opportunity to show his mettle. The players worked like demons and their playing was a revelation to the large assemblage, who expected to see a close and airtight contest. The Bays presented a beautiful scene in their new outfits. Every man wore a blue jersey and white sox...TEAM OF ALL-STARS: There were no individual stars in the game, each man doing his part and in good shape. This is what made the team play possible yesterday. The men all played together in mid-season form and proved a big surprise to the huge that had gathered to witness the fray.
MARINETTE SQUAD TO FACE PACKERS HERE ON SUNDAY
The entire squad played like seasoned veterans and every man Coach Ryan sent into the game was a credit to the game and to the team.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
SEPT 17 (Green Bay Press-Gazette-Val Schneider) - Attendance records for an opening football game were shattered at Hagemeister park last Sunday afternoon in the Packers-Menominee game. It is estimated that approximately 1,500 fans attended the game. The spectators were lined up on the sidelines and at both ends of the field...The Packers showed that they were football players of first water against Menominee Sunday. The entire squad played like seasoned veterans and every man Coach Ryan sent into the game was a credit to the game and to the team.
MARINETTE PLAYS IN GREEN BAY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
SEPT 20 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The second game of the semi-pro football season will be staged tomorrow afternoon at Hagemeister's park when the Green Bay Packers face Bill Doyle's Marinette All Stars. The kickoff is at 3 o'clock. Indications point to a hard fought fracas. The Northerners are coming here with a team that has been "loaded" to secure a victory and with the lineup that the visitors present, Green Bay is very likely to have her hands full. Arrangements have been made to handle a large sized crowd. The gridiron has been lined off and a fence put around the playing field. There will be extra car service to and from the park. Capable officials have been secured to handle the game. Fourteen minutes will be played.
SEPT 16 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Indian Packers football squad resumed practice last night at the plant grounds and Coach Ryan had a good sized squad to work on. All the players came out of the Menominee game with but minor injuries and every one of 'em will be in tip top shape for the battle on Sunday with the Marinette All-Stars. Three and possible four new faces will be seen in the Packer's lineup next Sunday. Wallie Ladrow, Jen Gallagher and Milton Wilson have joined the squad, while Herb Nichols' injured ankle will be improved enough to allow him to enter the game. The Marinette game has already kicked up a lot of interest. Manager Bill Doyle is bringing down a stellar aggregation and according to the Twin City paper, the Northerners have visions of a victory. Following the Marinette game, the Falls Motor club of Sheboygan Falls will play here on Sunday September 28 and on October 5, either the Oshkosh A.C. of Oshkosh or the Ishpeming, Mich., team will be seen in action on the Hagemeister park gridiron.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
SEPT 17 (Green Bay Press-Gazette-Val Schneider) - Attendance records for an opening football game were shattered at Hagemeister park last Sunday afternoon in the Packers-Menominee game. It is estimated that approximately 1,500 fans attended the game. The spectators were lined up on the sidelines and at both ends of the field...The Packers showed that they were football players of first water against Menominee Sunday.
PACKERS WALLOP MARINETTE CREW ON SOGGY FIELD
SEPT 21 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Green Bay Packers scored a 61 to 0 victory over the Marinette eleven on Sunday afternoon at Hagemeister's park before a fair sized crowd of spectators. Although weather conditions were unfavorable the gridiron was in fair shape and both teams handled the pigskin clearly. There were only two fumbles in the entire game. The Northerners were hopelessly outclassed. Only once did the visitors make a first down and at no time during the argument were they within 45 yards of Green Bay's goal line. Marinette looked husky during the initial workout and Doyle's squad displayed a lot of fight during the first quarter but it was a walkover in the last three periods of play. Captain Lambeau's Packers displayed a splendid article of football. Green Bay's forwards played a smashing game while the backfielders were right at home shooting the forward pass. The aerial route was responsible for the majority of Green Bay's scores.
PACKERS PRACTICE FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON PLANT GRIDIRON
SEPT 23 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Green Bay Packers will indulge in a special afternoon practice on Friday afternoon on the plant gridiron at 3:30 o'clock.
Captain Lambeau wants every man on the squad to be on hand promptly as new plays which will be used for the first time against Appleton on Sunday at Hagemeister's park will be worked out. Abrams, Dwyer, Nichols, Martell, Petcka, Powers, Muldoon, C. Zoll, M. Zoll, Sauber, Bero, Gavin, Coffeen, C. Dwyer, Rosenow, Martin, Gallagher, Ladrow and McLean are urged to be on hand without fail. The afternoon practice will be a once-a-week feature from now on due to the fact that the increasing darkness cuts short the time available for practice in the evenings.
NEW LONDON TEAM FACES PACKERS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
SEPT 25 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The New London Athletic club will be the football attraction at Hagemeister park Sunday afternoon. An eleventh hour change of schedule puts this crack team on against the Green Bay Packers instead of the Appleton city team. The New London squad is a husky aggregation. Their line will average about 170 pounds. Included in the lineup are six members of the crack Edison basketball five, which were runners up in the national A.A.U. basketball tournaments at Chicago and New York last spring. This is enough to guarantee a corking good game of football on Sunday when Captain Lambeau's team faces the invaders.
NEW LONDON PLAYS PACKERS' SQUAD AT HAGEMEISTER PARK
SEPT 27 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - One of the best football games of the season will be staged tomorrow at Hagemeister's park when the Green Bay Packers face the crack New London Athletic club eleven. The game will start at 3 o'clock and 13 minute periods will be played. The visitors are coming here, with an all star lineup. Their team is coming mostly of ex-collegians. New London's scrimmage front, from tackle to tackle, is one of the heaviest in the state. Green Bay is not in any too good shape. Nichols, McLean and Martin are pretty badly banged up and Coach Ryan plans to keep them out of the fracas.
NEW LONDON BOWS TO PACKERS TEAM IN STIFF COMBAT
SEPT 28 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Bill Ryan's clan of Packers continued their victorious march on the gridiron yesterday afternoon at the Hagemeister park, where they handed the New London football warriors the short end of a 54-0 pigskin argument. Although the visitors succumbed to the onslaughts of the Packing plant crew they had plenty of fight. The Packers showed the value of practice and workouts, by their week of Sunday afternoon. The team ran like a well-oiled machine, and there were no bad blunders to spoil the playing. Each man did his part in good shape. The New London athletes displayed strong resistance on line plunges and occasionally an open play. Although, the Packers ran up over half a hundred points, the New Londoners furnished plenty of opposition, but tired as the game progressed. They were strong at the beginning of the periods, but their strength gradually waned as the time progressed. The crack Company C football eleven of Sheboygan will oppose the Packers at Hagemeister park next Sunday.
COMPANY C FOOTBALL TEAM TO PLAY GREEN BAY SUNDAY
SEPT 30 (Sheboygan Press) - The Co C football team will clash with the Indian Packing Company team on the gridiron of the home team at Green Bay next Sunday, in the initial game. From all reports the Packers from the "Bay City" are a husky lot; but judging from the exceptional form shown by the "Red Arrow" boys, in their recent practice games, they will prove equal to the occasion and are confident of coming "back with the bacon". Under the tutelage of Coach Whinfield, the Co C players have been working hard and show every indication of being in first class condition and with a few exceptional deceiving movements which they have worked out the "Bay City" Packers are going to have a job on their hands to place the pigskin over the goal.
SHEBOYGAN ELEVEN FACES PACKERS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
OCT 1 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - On Sunday afternoon at Hagemeister park the Company "G" team of Sheboygan will be the gridiron opponents of the Green Bay Packers. This squad from the Chair city comes here with a reputation of having one of the best elevens in Badger semipro circles. In 1916, the Sheboygan aggregation were runners up for state championship honors. In 1917 and '18, they were in army service but kept their football organization intact as they were all members of one company. Every man on the squad is a war veteran. Coach Ryan is shaping his men for this game and there will be a couple of new faces in the lineup. Gus Lookaround, former Carlisle star and teammate of Jim Thorpe, will be seen in action against the Sheboygan crew. There is a blackboard talk tonight for the Packers at the Continuation school building at 7:30 and an afternoon practice drill on the plant gridiron on Friday at 3 o'clock.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
OCT 2 (Sheboygan Press) - This evening the Co C football team will engage in active practice at the ball park, virtually the last chance before leaving for Green Bay where the opening game of the season will be played on Sunday. Every member is urged to be out this evening and should the weather be inclement then report at Billy Liebl's place at 7:30 to get final instructions for the coming game.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
OCT 3 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - As yet the management of the Indian Packers football eleven has been unable to bring a team here that is a match for the locals. Each of the three elevens who exhibited at Hagemeister park during the last three Sundays proved easy for the Packers, who walked all over them. Marinette came here with a haughty air of confidence, optimistic of spilling the Packers' chances. But, the Packers proved a stumbling block for the Lumberjacks and they fell hard before the onslaughts of the Indians. New London proved a bit stronger than the Northerners, but the Edison team was no match for the Ryan men. The Packers' smashing attack crumpled the defense of the visitors and their open style of play has them completely baffled...Now comes Sheboygan. A report from the city of chairs states that the Company C eleven has a fellow who is a second Oliphant, holding down the fullback position. This fellow tips the beams in the vicinity of the two hundred mark and carries a smashing style of attack. He is also a strong and hard hitter on defense, says the note from Sheboygan. We at least hope there is one man who can give the Packers a little opposition.
RACINE WILL FACE PACKERS SQUAD ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
OCT 4 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Tomorrow afternoon at Hegmeister Park, the crack Company "C" team of Sheboygan will face the Green Bay Packers in a football game that will go a long way toward deciding the semi-pro championship of the state. The game will be called promptly at 3 o'clock and periods of 13 minutes duration are scheduled. The visitors, according to all reports, have a stellar aggregation. Every man on the team is a war veteran and this same squad played football two years ago in Waco, Texas, and last year in France. Drews, Sheboygan's fullback, is rated as a line plunger extraordinary. Coach Ryan's Packers are in good shape for the game. There will be no changes in the lineup. The Carlisle star, Gus Lookaround has left the city and will be seen in action.
PACKERS WIN OVER SHEBOYGAN ELEVEN BY 87 TO 0 SCORE
OCT 6 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Green Bay has the best semi-pro football team in northeastern Wisconsin. This fact was clearly demonstrated at Hagemeister park on Sunday afternoon, when the Packers routed the crack Company "C" team of Sheboygan to the tune of 87 to 0. The visitors were a husky aggregation and they made a nice appearance in their new uniforms, but that was all. The soldiers could not check Green Bay's varied attack and aside from a couple of spasmodic rushes, the offensive work was smashed to smithereens. Usually, the Packers' forwards were on top of Sheboygan's backs before they got started...WELL OILED MACHINE: Coach Ryan's team played their best football of the season. The Packers acted like a well oiled machine. Their interference was perfect and long forward passes amazed the crowd. Lambeau was shooting 'em all the way from 20 to 40 yards with the other backfielders and ends making sensational catches. Despite the fact that it rained for the fourth consecutive Sunday, there was a fair sized crowd on hand for the game. Next Sunday, the Racine City team, southern Wisconsin champions in 1918, will play here.
RACINE CHAMPIONS TO FACE PACKERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
OCT 8 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - On Sunday afternoon at Hagemeister park, the Racine city football team will face the Green Bay Packers. This should be one of the best games of the season because the visitors come here with a guaranteed reputation as footballers. This team held the Southern Wisconsin semi-pro championship in '18. Racine went through last year without a defeat and this season they have a pair of victories to their records, defeating Kenosha and a crack Milwaukee team. Racine's line will average 165 pounds and the backfield is equally as heavy. Green Bay will be in good shape for the clash. With the exception of Nichols and Wheeler, the casualty list is practically cleared up. Wilson and Bradlee, a pair of star linesmen, have been added to the squad. Captain Lambeau's team will hold a blackboard talk tonight at 7:30 in the Continuation school building and there will be scrimmage practice Friday afternoon at the plant gridiron.
IROQUIOS CHAMPS WILL TRAVEL SUNDAY
OCT 8 (Racine Journal News) - Victors of last week's game, and State champs, will try some out-of-town bacon this weekend when they travel to Green Bay to clash with its city team. Iroquois men say that they are considerably underweighted but expect that their superior speed will make an easy victory for them. The Green Bay bunch has not met defeat yet this season and their lowest score is 54 to 0. That is "some rep" and the locals plan to spoil it for them. It seems a shame to muss up a pretty total sheet like that but such is life in the football world. With the exception of Swingle who the champs figure on having in the backfield the lineup will be the same as used against the Ajax rubbers last week. Ockey Hansen, who had several stitches taken in a cut received at the last battle will be back on the job when the ump toots the whistle.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
OCT 9 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Packers crack football machine is running along at a rapid pace towards the state championship and if their future opponents prove as easy as those of the past, title is cinched. Menominee, Marinette, New London and Sheboygan fell heavily before the onslaughts of Ryan's crew. All of them were highly toured and supposed to be strong opponents, but they failed miserably in the attempt to give the Packers some opposition. Each of the teams was handed a goose egg, while the Packers rolled up three scores of more points in almost every game...Now comes the Racine City team, champs of southern Wisconsin. This is the team that defeated the famed Horlick Malted Milk's of the Belle city in the early part of the season and they threaten dire things to the Packers. So did Sheboygan, but the Chairmakers fell hard in the attempt. The Chair city sent down a husky crew and they wore some flashy uniforms, but that was all.
IROQUOIS TO CLASH WITH FOREIGN TEAM
OCT 11 (Racine Journal News) - Sometime Sunday night the Iroquois grid team expects to return from Green Bay with another victory to their credit. They now hold the championship of southern Wisconsin and
intend to keep right on holding it. Reports say that the opposing team in Sunday's match will offer some strong opposition and the local boys have left nothing undone in the practice line to prepare themselves for the coming struggle. The management of this star club has been casting a weather eye about the sport world of Racine in search of new material with which to strengthen his team. It is said that several new players have been added to the already strong eleven.
PACKERS TO FACE RACINE CHAMPIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
OCT 11 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Racine city team, southern Wisconsin football title holders, will face Captain Lambeau's Packers tomorrow afternoon at Hagemeister park. This is the greatest semi-pro gridiron attraction that has ever been booked for a local field. The visitors are coming here with a great record. They haven't been beat in two years and this season have two victories to their credit. The invaders will average 165 pounds and the lineup includes some of the best semi-pro footballers in Wisconsin. Green Bay is all set for the game. Every man on the squad is in shape to step into action. The Packers will as usual display a varied attack. Several new plays and formations have been added during the past week and they will be used for the first time against Racine. With a good break in the weather, indications point to a record sized crowd. The game will start promptly at 3 o'clock and periods of 14 minutes duration will be played. Capable officials will handle the contest.
PACKERS SMOTHER RACINE; INVADERS ARE BEATEN 76-6
OCT 12 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - In the hardest fought that has been played at Hagemeister park this season, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Racine City team, southern Wisconsin football champions, by a score of 76 to 6. It was the first time in two years that Green Bay has been scored on and it was also the first defeat for Racine in two seasons of play. Good weather brought out a big crowd and they were treated to plenty of excitement. The visitors fought for every inch and they were a scrappy and aggressive bunch. Their lone score came in the third quarter after a series of successful forward passes, which brought the ball to the Packers' two yard line. Three time did Green Bay hold tight but on the last down fullback Somers placed the ball across the line. Racine did not make the goal as the kickout was blocked. As usual, the Packers made good use of the forward pass. The aerial route was responsible for nearly all of the touchdowns. The Bays were up against stiff opposition and Captain Lambeau's team had to display an A1 brand of football throughout the game. Casualties were numerous. Racine used up every one of her substitutes a couple of her men being pretty badly banged up. Two of Green Bay's players, Powers and Bero, were forced to leave the game on account of injuries. Next Sunday, the Packers play Mark Catin's Ruepping Leather company team of Fond du Lac.
PACKERS PLAY AT ISHPEMING, MICH. ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 19
OCT 16 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Due to an eleventh hour cancellation by the Rueping Leather company team of Fond du Lac, there will be no football game at Hagemeister park on Sunday afternoon. Manager Stack of the downstate notified the Packers' management at noon on Wednesday that he would be unable to fulfill his contract for a game on October 19. His alibi was sickness and injuries to his players. The Packers won't be idle, however, as they are going to Ishpeming, Mich., to play the champions of the northern peninsula. The Michiganders haven't tasted defeat in two years and it looks as if Green Bay will have their hands full. Captain Lambeau's squad, 22 strong, leaves over the C.& N.W. Saturday at midnight and it is expected that a large bunch of followers will accompany the team. The Packers will hold an important meeting tonight in the Press-Gazette editorial rooms and there will be a long signal practice on Friday afternoon at the plant gridiron.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
OCT 16 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Racine daily newspaper emitted a loud wail in its columns Monday night, in the story of the game between the Packers and the Iroquois team of the Belle city here last Sunday. The story claims that the Green Bay team tipped the scales at 190 pound average man and that the Racine team was outweighed 40 pounds to the man. This sounds rather "fishy". But they forget to mention that their favorites were outclassed and outplayed from the sound of the referee's whistle until time was called...Nothing concerning a football game between the La Crosse city team and the Packers has been
heard from the western city since the opening of the gridiron season. Before the season was ushered in, the westerners claims they would get a team that would wipe the earth with Green Bay, et cetera, but did they perform that feat? No, not yet. The season is in full swing now and if the La Crosse bunch wants to meet the Packers, let us hear from them.
PACKERS TO MAKE ISHPEMING TRIP IN SPECIAL PULLMAN
OCT 17 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Backed by a rooters club of fifty football enthusiasts, the Green Bay Packers will leave for Ishpeming, Mich., tomorrow night over the C. & N.W. On Sunday, Captain Lambeau's team faces the Michiganders in the first big inter-state professional football clash of the season. The Green Bay delegation will travel in a special Pullman. Arrangements have been made for an extra car to be added to the train that will reach Ishpeming on Sunday morning at 7:15. This will enable the team to have a good night's sleep and be in tip-top shape for the game that will go a long way towards deciding professional gridiron honors of the middle west. On the return trip, the Packers leave Ishpeming at 6 p.m., reaching home shortly after midnight. The Packers went through a 3-hour grill on the plant gridiron this afternoon and at the close of the practice the following squad was selected to make the Ishpeming trip: Captain Lambeau, Ladrow, McLean, Rosenow, Gallagher, Martin, Beron, Coffeen, Martell, Abrams, Dwyer, Petcka, Powers, Wilson, C. Zoll, M. Zoll, Muldoon, Gavin, Sauber, Coach Ryan, Manager Calhoun and Umpire Stewart.
PACKERS ALL SET FOR BATTLE WITH ISHPEMING SQUAD
OCT 18 (Ishpeming-Green Bay Press-Gazette) - With fair weather predicted for Sunday, the stage is all set for the biggest football game that has been staged in the northern peninsula for a long time. The appearance here of the Green Bay Packers, claimants of the Wisconsin semi-pro football championship, has kicked up a good deal of interest and it is probable that over 5,000 people will attend the football game here on Sunday. Betting is lively and a flood of Green Bay money has more than wiped out the 5 to 3 odds that were being offered on Ishpeming...The Green Bay Packers leave tonight at 12:45 for Ishpeming, Mich., where, on Sunday, they will clash with the champions of Northern Michigan. Coach Ryan's team is in fairly good shape for the argument. Captain Lambeau's knee is on the mend. Bero's fractured nose won't prevent his playing, and Martin's ankle is once more in shape. Wheeler, who is laid up with a broken arm, is the only man on the squad who won't be able to take part in the fracas...SPECIAL PULLMAN CAR: The Packers are making the trip in a special Pullman car and the coach will be decorated with Green Bay booster banners. It is expected that a large delegation of football fans will follow the Packers to Ishpeming tonight. The Green Bay team will line up as follows: Ends, Martell, Abrams, Dwyer. Tackles, Wilson, Petcka, Powers. Guards, C. Zoll, M. Zoll, Muldoon. Center, Gaving, Sauber. Backs, Captain Lambeau, Gallagher, Ladrow, McLean, Rosenow and Bero.
GREEN BAY PACKERS BEAT ISHPEMING CHAMPIONS IN ROUGH GAME; SCORE, 33-0
OCT 20 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - For the first time in five years, Ishpeming, football title holders on their home gridiron, the Green Bay Packers turning the trick on Sunday afternoon by a score of 33 to 0. It was the Packers sixth straight victory of the season. Outweighed by at least five pounds to the man, Green Bay played rings around their heavier opponents, and if it has not been for some very good "defensive work" by the head linesman, who was a Michigander, the score would have been much larger. This officials seemed to take great pleasure in penalized the Bays for offside and holding, particularly when Captain Lambeau's team was inside of Ishpeming's 35 yard line...ROUGH FOOTBALL: It was a rough battle. Ishpeming, when she began to see certain defeat, started to mix up and it was a case of give and take. Casualties were numerous and a couple of the Green Bay squad were pretty badly battered up. Coach Ryan took up twenty players and every one of 'em got in the game. The crowd was the largest that Green Bay has played before. More than 3,000 fans were in attendance, and they were standing about 'steen deep on all four sides of the gridiron. The playing field was kept clear at all times...GREEN BAY SCORES QUICKLY: The Packers, as usual, got the jump. Captain Lambeau kicked off to Thornton, who when tackled by Zoll, fumbled the ball on Ishpeming's 20 yard line. Powers covered the oval for the Packers. On the first play, Gallagher shot outside of tackle for two chalkmarks and he crossed the goal line but the head linesman claimed a Green Bay man was holding and he penalized the Bays 15 yards. The touchdown was not allowed. The ball was put in scrimmage on the 35-yard line. On the first lineup, Lambeau shot a forward pass to Ladlow for a big gain. Gallagher came through for a chalkmark on a trick formation and the former West high star followed this up with a pretty run for a touchdown. Captain Lambeau kicked the goal...ROUGHNECK TACTICS: From then on, it was a rout. The Packers, riled up by the roughneck tactics of their opponents, went to it like a house-a-fire. The line opened up big holes for the backs and it was a procession up and down the field. On the defense, Green Bay was practically impregnable. The renowned Ishpeming backs were thrown for losses with due regularity...ISHPEMING WEAKENS: The Michiganders could not get going in the final half and the Bays ran up three more touchdowns. Coach Ryan made numerous changes in the lineup and the fresh players that were shot into the game kept up such a dizzy pace that the Michiganders appeared to be standing still. Every man on the Green Bay team played great football. This stonewall defense backed by a lightning fast attack simply dazzled the Michiganders and the Wolverine champions soon realized that they were up against the fastest aggregation that they ever faced.
JUST 'RARIN' TO GO
OCT 20 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Hugh Minahan headed the Green Bay rooters' delegation and the Bay fans had a great time at expense of the Michiganders. Although outnumbers about 200 to 1, the Packers followers made themselves heard with due regularity. About two dozen made the trip...Ishpeming money was not very plentiful. The Packers brought back about $500 and there was close to $2,400 that was untaken. The Michiganders wanted 10 to 8 odds...About twelve hundred Ishpeming fans paraded the grounds behind the Michigan City band. At the start of the game, the
musicians played "There'll Be A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight". Before the first quarter was over, some of the musicians were seen headed for home with their instruments covered up...The "Packers Special" made a great hit at all stations. Big streamers, donated by the A. of C. let the ruralities know who was traveling and, on the way back, crowds gathered at every station, wanting to find out how the game went...Ishpeming fans, who met the Packers at the station, classed 'em as a bunch of kids and predicted an easy victory. However, they couldn't be induced to put up any money...Some of the Michigan rooters were inclined to get a bit sarcastic but, on the whole, they acted a lot more sportsmanlike than some of the big bruisers that were attempting to play football...Although the football field at Ishpeming is nearly two miles from the business district, a crowd of some 3,500 people attended the game..."Best team that has ever played in Ishpeming." That was referee Plummer's statement when asked what he thought about the Packers. "The best thing about the Green Bay team is the fact that your extra men can be sent into the game without weakening the lineup," said the Michigan official.
GAME RECAP
OCT 20 (Iron Ore Newspaper) - The Twin-City football team met its first defeat of the season, Sunday, when the fast Green Bay eleven came to the city and took the Negaunee-Ishpeming boys into camp to the tune of 33 to 0. Superior generalship and fine teamwork spelled the defeat of the Twin-City aggregation, but the score would have been held down had the locals put up the article of ball which we know they are capable of playing. The boys did not display the same dash and fighting spirit which was so evident the previous week, when Appleton played here, and the fans are unable to account for the slump. Fumbles proved very costly for the locals. The Green Bay team is the fastest that has appeared here in years, and the eleven could hold its own against many of the college elevens. It has the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Green Bay, being sort of an advertising feature for the town, and it is plain to see that the players have spent considerable time in practice work. Two teams were brought to Ishpeming, there being a substitute for every position, and a number of spare players were given an opportunity to get into the contest. Green Bay counted five touchdowns and kicked three of the five goals. The first score was made in the first quarter, after only a
few minutes of play and the first half ended with the count 14 to 0. The play was in Twin City territory the greater part of the contest, and it was only during the final period that the locals succeeded in keeping the pigskin at Green Bay’s end of the field. Green Bay had possession of the ball the greater part of the time, and there were few instances of where the Twin-City was able to make the first down. The failure to make gains were due largely to the fact that the Twin-City line did not hold, and the backs were unable to get away. It is our opinion that the boys were a little too hasty and did not display the same coolness which marked the other contests this season. Urquhart was the star for the Twin-City playing a fine game on both offense and defense (a couple words here I can’t make out) player and it was because of his work at the end position that the score was not larger. Tippet was up to his usual form, and Green was right in the game until an injury caused him to slow up. Johnson, Thornton and Henrickson were slightly injured and forced to withdraw. Several of the visiting players received injuries and had to take to the sidelines, one of the men being so unfortunate as to have several ribs fractured. Lambeau, the Green Bay captain, played a star game. He is a former Notre Dame fullback and displays the result of expert coaching. Rosenow, a one-armed player who entered the game in the last half, showed cleverness at dodging. He also did the kicking during the time he was in the game. The Ishpeming-Negaunee boys are not one bit downhearted because of their defeat as they realize that they were up against a fast aggregation of stars. They are going to be right in the game until the end of the season and hope to come out victors in the game against Lake Linden, Sunday. Ishpeming and Negaunee fans are not of the variety who go back on a team because of a defeat.
PACKERS' OPPONENTS GETTING COLD FEET; 2 GAMES CANCELLED
OCT 21 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - It's a great thing to have a championship football team but lopsided victories and big scores sure do upset a schedule. Teams that have been booked to play the Packers are having a bad attack of cold feet. Last Sunday, Fond du Lac was booked to play here but Manager Tack, who called on the long distance phone Wednesday October 15, claimed there was an epidemic of small pox raging and that every man on his team had been vaccinated and that it was impossible for his team to play. As a result, the Packers journeyed to Ishpeming, Mich., and tucked the championship of Northern Michigan under their belt. The Falls Motor Corporation of Sheboygan Falls was scheduled to play here on Sunday October 26. The game was arranged early in September and contracts signed. This morning the management received a telegram from L.H. Preston, manager of the "Motors" stating that three of his men had broken legs, and that he was forced to call off the contest scheduled in Green Bay for this coming Sunday. The wires are now being burned up in an attempt to secure a game here on Sunday, to secure a game here on Sunday, negotiations having been opened with Rockford, Ill., Nash Motors of Kenosha, Beloit A.C., Oshkosh Professionals and Waukesha Jiffy-Jells.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
OCT 21 (Green Bay Press-Gazette-Val Schneider) - The delegation of live wires that accompanied the Packers to Ishpeming last Sunday sure did turn things upside down in the Michigan city. Headed by the large sign, bearing the season's record in gaily painted colors, they marched through the business districts to the hotel. The sign remained with the crowd all the time. It occupied a prominent position at the game and the Ishpeming natives stared at it with mouths wide open, when they saw the scores the Packers ran up in the first five games this year. But what burned most of all was to witness the downfall of their favorites at the hands of the Packers and then to see the score painted on the sign...On the train to Ishpeming a few wise guys reported that the northerners were betting and offering 5-3 odds on their team. But when we arrived there, we found an altogether different situation prevailing. The Ishpeminites would not even wager at even, to say nothing of offering offs. Only a few bets were placed by Green Bay rooters.
OSHKOSH SQUAD TO FACE PACKERS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
OCT 22 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Oshkosh Professionals will face the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon at Hagemeister Park. Manager Wied of the Sawdust City eleven has guaranteed to bring an all-star aggregation here and he says the Bays may be in for a big surprise before the final whistle blows. The Packers will practice tomorrow night at the Park roller rink and on Friday afternoon at the plant gridiron. Captain Lambeau's squad is rather badly battered up as a result of the rough game at Ishpeming, but it is expected that all of the players with the exception of Petcka and Coffeen will be in the game.
FAME OF PACKERS SPREADS THROUGH PRO GRID CIRCLES
OCT 24 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The fame of the Green Bay Packers is spreading throughout the middle west and the Bay eleven is getting nibbles for games with the best teams in this part of the country. The record of the Packers in winning six straight games and scoring 278 points to their opponents' 6 has kicked up a good deal of interest in professional football circles, and, unless all signs fail, Captain Lambeau's team will have a chance to battle with some of the greatest pro elevens in the country before the curtain is pulled down. Grand Rapid, Mich., Rockford, Ill., and the Minneapolis Marines are among the teams seeking games with Green Bay. The Oshkosh Professionals are the attraction at Hagemeister park this weekend. Milwaukee plays here Sunday November 2, and it is possible that a Chicago eleven will be seen in action here the following Sunday.
PACKERS TO CLASH WITH OSHKOSH ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
OCT 25 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Oshkosh Professionals, a team composed of former high school and college stars will face the Green Bay Packers tomorrow afternoon at Hagemeister park. The game will start promptly at 3 o'clock and 14 minute quarters are scheduled. The Sawdust City aggregation has hopes of mussing up the Packers' clean record sheet. Manager Wied will put a line in the field averaging about 170 pounds while his backfield won't go much below that average. The visitors, according to reports, are a scrappy outfit and they are right at home on the gridiron. The Packers have pretty well recovered from the grueling game at Ishpeming and they will be "just rarin' to go" when the whistle blows. One or two new faces will be seen in the squad and it is possible that Coach Ryan will make some last minute changes in the lineup.
PACKERS SMOTHER OSHKOSH TEAM BY SCORE OF 85 TO 0
OCT 27 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Packers football machine, hitting on all "eleven", defeated the Oshkosh Professionals Sunday afternoon at Hagemeister park by a runaway score of 85 to 0. This was Green Bay's seventh straight victory this season. The invaders were hopelessly outclassed. During the first period the Sawdust team displayed a lot of fight but after the initial quarter, it was a marathon up and down the field...NEW SCORING RECORD: The Packers had to travel some to run up their big count. Twelve minute quarters were played. The score at halftime was 27 to 0 in favor of Green Bay. In the last twenty-four minutes of play, Green Bay ran up 58 points. That's going some. Captain Lambeau's team displayed the same old fight despite the fact that four members of the squad were out of action due to sickness. Leaper, Nichols and Des Jardien made their first appearance in the Packers lineup. Next Sunday, Milwaukee plays the Packers here and the following week, November 8, one of Chicago's strongest professional teams will be seen in action at Hagemeister park.
CRACK MILWAUKEE TEAM PLAYS HERE ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2
OCT 28 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Milwaukee's professional football aggregation, the Maple Leaf A.C., are booked to face the undefeated Green Bay Packers at Hagemeister park on Sunday November 2. Wisconsin professional gridiron honors will be at stake in this game. The Cream City plays the best of 'em, including Rockford, Ill., Pullman-Thorns of Chicago, Beloit, Hammond, Ind., and other stellar football elevens. It will be their first appearance in Green Bay. Coach Ryan of the Packers isn't taking any chances on the game. The team will practice tonight and Thursday evening at the Armory, there will be a scrimmage Friday afternoon at the plant gridiron and a blackboard talk Saturday night.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
OCT 28 (Green Bay Press-Gazette-Val Schneider) - Many spectators, who have witnessed the football games in which the Packers have participated, marvel at the playing of Gustav Rosenow, halfback. "Rosie" as he is familiarly called, has but one hand, but this does not seem to handicap him at all. He is able to spear forward passes with the best of pass receivers, is a good open field runner and line smasher. His greatest asset, however, one connected with his backfield duties, is giving interference. Rosenow is a past master in the art of blocking and spills the opposition with due regularity. When he goes for a man he always gets him.
MILWAUKEE TEAM'S LINEUP HAS MANY STAR FOOTBALLERS
OCT 30 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Milwaukee professional football team which plays here against the Packers on Sunday afternoon at Hagemeister park is an aggregation of veteran gridiron stars averaging about 173 pounds. The invaders' lineup as forwarded by Manager Ed. Smoke is as follows: Ends, Cichocki, A.E.F. team and Del Milke, who played with Marquette, tackles, Rudy Steinbacker, Marquette Preps, and Sharkey; guards, Hintz, A.E.F. team and Mike Pufahl; center, Bill Schleuter, ex East Division High school star; backs, Ted Hayes, Ben Waier, Kastner of Milwaukee Normal fame, and Andy Steinbacker, formerly Marquette Prep star. The substitutes include Jameson, Kalmbacker, Schutz, Newton, Bob Cihocki, Range, Peters, Turk, and Red McGinley, who played here some years ago with a Milwaukee high school eleven against West High. The Packers practice again tonight at the Armory and tomorrow night noon on the plant gridiron. Coach Ryan wants every man on the job for the workouts.
OSHKOSH AT GREEN BAY
NOV 1 (Oshkosh Northwestern) - The Oshkosh High school football warriors will invade the East Green Bay high school gridiron this afternoon. The West Green Bay high school squad is idle today, their coach deciding to rest the team somewhat crippled after their game with Marinette last Saturday. The Maple Leaf A.C. team of Milwaukee faces the Green Bay Packers tomorrow afternoon in a contest, which it is said, will decide the professional football championship of Wisconsin.
ARRIVE TONIGHT
NOV 1 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Milwaukee team, twenty strong, arrives tonight at 12:35 over the Chicago and Northwestern. The visitors will be taken in autos to the Bay City hotel where they will make their headquarters during their stay.
MILWAUKEE ELEVEN PLAYS PACKERS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
NOV 1 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Tomorrow afternoon at Hagemeister park, the Maple Leaf A.C. team, professional football champions of Milwaukee, will clash with the Green Bay Packers. The game will be called promptly at 3 o'clock and regulation periods of 15 minutes will be played. The Cream City outfit is coming here with an all-star lineup that will average in the neighborhood of 175 pounds. This Milwaukee team has been successful, so far this season, and advance reports from their hometown indicate that they expect to take Green Bay into camp. The Packers are right on the edge for the go and Captain Lambeau's team will be in a position to play their game of the season. With only Petcka and Wheeler on the injured list, the Bays will have a big squad to draw from. Arrangements have been made to handle the biggest crowd of the season.
Special police protection has been secured for this game. Murphy will referee while Jack Lathrop of Milwaukee will act as umpire. Harvey Stuart has been selected to act as headlinesman.
PACKERS KEEP ON WINNING; WALLOP MILWAUKEE, 53-0
NOV 2 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - It is the same old story. The bigger they come they harder they fall and yesterday afternoon at Hagemeister park, the Green Bay Packers "packed" their way right into the professional football championship of Wisconsin when they walloped the crack Maple Leaf A.C. team of Milwaukee to the tune of 53 to 0. This makes it eight straight for the Packers and they have run up 502 points to their opponents' 6. The biggest crowd of the season watched the slaughter of the invaders and the spectators simply went wild with joy when Captain Lambeau's well oiled gridiron machine got going right and began to push over the touchdowns. Milwaukee won the toss and chose to receive. The visitors launched a smashing offensive, right off the bat and for the first time this season, the Bays were pushed backwards into their home territory by straight football. Captain Lambeau's team stiffened up on their 40-yard line and secured the ball on downs. It wasn't long before Jen Gallagher, aided by splendid interference, shot around left end for a touchdown. He traveled 35 yards. Lambeau kicked the goal...THOSE FORWARD PASSES: From then on, Milwaukee was outclassed. The visitors were unable to check the Packers' offensive and Captain Lambeau's team, as usual, let loose their aerial attack, which resulted in touchdowns with due regularity. Green Bay played splendid football and no better interference has been seen on the home gridiron this season. Coach Ryan made use of every man on the squad, and all the players appeared to be "just rarin' to go". The Steinbacker brothers, Milke and Pufahl were the luminaries for Milwaukee. Next Sunday, the big game of the season will be played here when the Chilar A.C. of Chicago, one of the strongest pro teams in the middle west face the Packers.
CHICAGO TEAM COMING HERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
NOV 4 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The big game of the professional football season in Green Bay will be played on Sunday at Hagemeister park when the Chilar A.C. eleven of Chicago faces Captain Lambeau's undefeated Packers. The Illini team come here with a good reputation. They are rated in a class with the Pullman-Thorns, Cornell-Hamburgs, Logan Squares, and other crack elevens of Chicago. Included in their lineup is "Bullet" Logan and Hussers, two players who a few years ago, wore Marinette uniforms. Ted Berg, who coaches the invaders, is classed as one of the best football men in Chicago. The Packers won't be caught slumbering in this game. Captain Ryan's aggregation practice tonight and Thursday evening at the armory and, on Friday afternoon, will have scrimmage drill
on the plant gridiron.
CHICAGO TEAM HAS HUSKY SQUAD; MANY STARS IN LINEUP
NOV 6 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Chicago team that will appear in action next Sunday at Hagemeister park against the Green Bay Packers is an all-star aggregation and the squad includes some of the best footballers in the Windy City. The line, from tackle to tackle, will weigh 175 pounds, the ends about 160, while the backfield will average about 155. The Chicago team will line up as follows: Hussers, center; Jorgensen, Austin Prep school, r.t; Murphy, Cornell college, r.t; Loss, Crane college, r.e; Carlson, Hyde Park, l.g; Jones, county tackle, l.t; Wright, Austin Prep, l.e; Berg, Worcester and Mohawk club, q.b.; Munson, Armour Insitute, l.h.b; McKenna, St. Ignatius, r.h.b; "Bullet" Logan, Marinette, f.b. Friday afternoon at the plant gridiron the Packers will indulge in a final workout for the Chicago game. Practice will start promptly at 4 o'clock and Captain Lambeau wants every man on the job.
CHICAGO SQUAD TO PLAY PACKERS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
NOV 8 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Chicago vs. Green Bay. That's the football menu that will be dished out to the gridiron enthusiasts of this city tomorrow afternoon at Hagemeister park. The game will be called at 2:30 sharp and regulation periods of 15 minutes will be played. The Illinois team is coming with a good reputation and included in their lineup are some of the best pigskin chasers in the Windy City. Every man on the squad is a former collegian and the invaders will average close to 175 pounds. Chicago arrives here tonight at 9:30 over the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. The visitors will be taken to the Beaumont where they will stay during their stop in Green Bay. Manager Berg is bringing a squad of 20 men...PACKERS ALL READY: Captain Lambeau's team is in the best of shape. Petcka will be back in the game and this leaves only Wheeler on the injured list. Green Bay's squad feels confident that the Chicagoans will have their hands full. 'Nuff said. Arrangements have been completed to handle the biggest crowd of the season. Extra police protection has been secured and an effort will be made to herd all the kids at the east end of the field near the billboard. In this way there will be more room for spectators Automobiles must be parked back six feet from the sideline fences.
GAME STARTS AT 2:30
NOV 8 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The game will be called at 2:30 o'clock instead of 3 o'clock. Chicago demanded regulation quarters and the early start will be necessary as to prevent the last quarter being played in darkness. This may be the Packers' last appearance in Green Bay this season as the next three games will be played out-of-town at Stambaugh, Mich., Chicago, and Dubuque, Iowa.
November 30. The ruralities have been pulling a lot of paper talk about a game and at first, De Pere refusedto play at the terms offered by the Packers' management. Green Bay stood pat on the demands and, finally, our "next door neighbors" fell into line, and accepted the terms. On Sunday November 23, the Packers journey to Beloit for a game which will decide the professional football championship of the state of Wisconsin. This Fairbanks-Morse combination is the only squad that stands between the Packers and topnotch honors. Sunday December 7, it is very probably the Packers will make the Chicago trip and face one of the greatest pro football teams in the middle west. Negotiations for this game are now underway. Captain Lambeau's team practices tonight in the park armory and on Friday afternoon on the plant gridiron. Coach Ryan wants every man on the job for both workouts.
CHICAGO FOOTBALL ELEVEN BEATEN BY PACKERS, 46 TO 0
NOV 10 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - It's getting to be a regular weekend habit for the Packers to win a football game and running true to form Captain Lambeau's team walloped the Chilar A.C. eleven of Chicago by a score of 46 to 0 yesterday afternoon at Hagemeister park. This makes nine straight wins for Green Bay. The visitors were, by far, the best team that has played here this season but they were unable to check Captain Lambeau's squad. Chicago fought for every inch of ground and, at times, it seemed as if they were going to break away for a score. Both aggregations played straight football. The soggy condition of the playing field prevented open play. Forward passes and trick plays were thrown into the discard and it was an old fashioned line smashing gridiron argument...BAYS GET QUICK START: Chicago won the toss and received at the west end. The Bays were off to a quick start and Captain Lambeau's outfit put across the first marker in five minutes of play. The second score came quicker. A forward pass, Lambeau to Dwyer, aided materially in this count. The visitors braced after the two first scored and the ball seesawed up and down the field. Green Bay's line played their best game of the season and the Chicago backfielders were generally smothered before they got a chance to get started. Green Bay scored one more touchdown before halftime and the goal was kicked
...SMASHING OFFENSIVE: The Packers opened up a smashing offensive in the last half and the visitors were soon beating a hasty retreat. Coach Ryan made a number of changes in the lineup during the final quarters and the fresh men, "just rarin' to go" made it rather uncomfortable for the Windy City footballers. Towards the close of the battle, the play roughed up a bit and injuries were numerous, a couple of visitors getting badly banged up.
PACKERS TO PLAY AT STAMBAUGH ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
NOV 11 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Packers will play their hardest game of the season on Sunday when they face the Stambaugh Professionals at Stambaugh. The Michiganders haven't lost a game this season and they have run up some pretty big scores. Captain Lambeau's team will be right on edge for the title fray. The team holds a meeting tonight in the Press-Gazette editorial rooms, tomorrow evening there will be a signal drill at the armory, and on Friday afternoon a two hour workout on the plant gridiron. The Packers will travel to Stambaugh in a special Pullman car and there is a limited number of reservations available to the rooters desiring to accompany the team. Those wishing to make the trip are asked to get into communications with the management.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
NOV 11 (Green Bay Press-Gazette-Val Schneider) - The victory of the Packers over the Chilar A.C. of Chicago last Sunday boosted their stock on the football market considerably. Teams of the Windy City were prone to believe that the Green Bay team was just an ordinary football eleven, but they showed some football Sunday that opened the eyes of the Chicagoans.
PACKERS TO PLAY DE PERE NOVEMBER 30, GET BELOIT GAME
NOV 12 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Here's good news for the football fans. The Packers will play another game at home this season. The schedule has been rearranged so as to bring De Pere here on Sunday
GREEN BAY PACKERS TO PLAY STAMBAUGH TEAM
NOV 12 (Escanaba Daily Press) - Two undefeated professional football teams will clash Sunday for the the championship of the Northwest when the Green Bay Packers will meet the Stambaugh American Legion team on Highland field here.
STAMBAUGH LOADS UP; PACKERS WILL BATTLE ALL-STARS
NOV 14 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Based on authentic information received by the Packers' management, it appears that Captain Lambeau's eleven will bump into an all-star aggregation at Stambaugh on Sunday. It seems that the Iron Ore Professionals are out to win the game at any cost. They will be loaded for the battle with Green Bay, according to reports reaching here. Jerry De Pratto, of All-American fame, Bill Presseler, and two other Chicago professional football stars have been added to the Northerners lineup for Sunday's game. The Miners' squad will have a line averaging 190 pounds while the backfield won't be much lighter. Captain Lambeau's team isn't worrying and the Bays feel confident that Stambaugh will likely know a whole lot more about football before the final whistle blows on Sunday afternoon.
PACKERS' TEAM IS OFF TONIGHT FOR STAMBAUGH GAME
NOV 15 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Tonight at 12:50, the Green Bay Packers will leave over the C. & N.W. road in a special Pullman care for Stambaugh,
Mich., where on Sunday, Captain Lambeau's squad will face the Iron Ore professionals, champions of Northern Michigan. The Northerners haven't lost a game, they have strengthened their lineup with a number of All-American stars. Green Bay's squad is in good shape for the game and they are confident that the Miners are going to have the hardest battle of the season on their hands. Every man is right on edge and there isn't a player on the hospital list. The Packers' aggregation making the trip to Stambaugh is composed of the following: Captain Lambeau, Gavin, Sauber, C. Zoll, M. Zoll, Des Jardien, Muldoon, Wilson, Pecka, Powers, Martell, Abrams, Nichols, Dwyer, Leaper, Coffeen, McLean, Bero, Martin, Gallagher, Rosenow, Ladrow, Coach Ryan, Manager Calhoun, Umpire Murphy and Timekeeper Abrams. It is expected that a large number of rooters will accompany the Packers to Stambaugh. There are still a few reservations left in the special Pullman and those desiring a berth are asked to get into communication with with the management. On the return trip, the Packers leave Stambaugh at 5:30 in the afternoon and are due to arrive in Green Bay shortly after midnight.
GREEN BAY PACKERS BEAT STAMBAUGH CHAMPIONS IN HARD FOUGHT GAME, 17-0
NOV 17 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Playing a superb brand of football, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Stambaugh Miners, champions of Michigan, here on Sunday by a score of 17 to 0 in a bitterly contested game. It was the first game that the Michiganders have lost on their own gridiron in six years. The teams battled before a crowd estimated at 2,500 football fans and, included in this mob, were about 300 lusty lunged rooters from the Bay, all armed with megaphones, and they sure did cut loose with a lot of noise. The Packers got the best of treatment during their stay in Stambaugh. The game was free from roughness, the officials square, and the home crowd very orderly The Stambaugh management did everything possible to make things right and there wasn't a rumpus of any kind to mar the visit...SURE OF VICTORY: Stambaugh was sure of victory and the "natives" backed up their team with cold cash. It is roughly estimated that the Green Bay delegation which followed the Packers into the wilds of Michigan came back with about $3,000 of Wolverine money. The teams were evenly matched in weight. There probably wasn't ten pounds difference. Stambaugh's squad battled clean and fair every inch of grounds but they couldn't stop the Packers' forward passes. As usual, it was Green Bay's aerial attack, led by Captain Lambeau, which brought home the bacon...NO SCORES IN FIRST HALF: There was no scoring during the first two quarters. Twice Stambaugh stopped the Packers inside their ten yard line. The Miners put up a stonewall defense when in the shadow of their goal posts and their stubborn fight shut off what looked like sure scores for Green Bay. The Miners much heralded offensive failed to show itself in the opening quarters and aside from one long forward pass, which was good for a 35 yard gain, the Michiganders were never dangerous. During the entire
MAKES ANOTHER: The final score came in the last quarter and Dwyer was again responsible for it. He made a sensational catch of a forward pass, which Lambeau shot at least 30 yards, and traveled two chalk marks through a broken field for a touchdown. The kick was again successful and Lambeau once more booted the ball between the uprights. Green Bay launched a savage offensive in the final minutes of play. Coach Ryan sent in many fresh players and the Bays were on their way for another score when the final whistle blew.
JUST RARIN' TO GO
NOV 17 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Green Bay rooters made a good showing at the game. They were bunched along the sidelines and led by Jock Smith, they cheered the Packers on to victory. The Packers and their supporters were accorded fine treatment by the Stambaugh townspeople. A special trolley carried the Green Bay men to the game. They admitted that the Packers eleven is the best team that has ever performed on their field. The Stambaugh rooters were cheerful losers. Although the defeat hit their pocketbooks rather hard, they did not show it and admitted that the Packers were the better footballers and were entitled to victory. Vanzo, Stambaugh's star halfback, who was expected to surprise the Packers, failed to deliver the goods. He was guarded very closely and did not pass the line of scrimmage once. Excellent police protection kept the crowd in good order. The coppers armed with horse whips held the rooters behind the wires. Fregetto, the lanky center for the losers, was easily the star for Stambaugh. He broke up many of the Packers' plays through the line and was a bear on offense. The town bands was out in full force. The musicians kept up the spirit of Stambaugh rooters in the third and fourth quarters. In the opening periods, Green Bay was unable to push the ball over for a touchdown. The Stambaugh line held like concrete in the second and third quarters, but weakened in the following period, under the onslaughts of the Packers. The Packers traveled in a special Pullman car and John Hogan, C. & N.W. agent went along to see that the Green Bay squad was taken care of in good shape. Hereafter no trip will be complete without Mr. Hogan.
PACKERS SQUAD TO BATTLE AT BELOIT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
NOV 18 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Green Bay Packers will resume their practice workouts tomorrow night at the armory in preparation for the game with the Beloit professionals on Sunday at Beloit. This game is for the professional football championship of Wisconsin. Neither team has been defeated by a Badger aggregation this year. The Packers have a clean record, ten in a row, while Beloit has lost one game, that to the Pullman-Thorns of Chicago by a score of 12 to 6. Captain Lambeau's squad came out of the Stambaugh game without any serious injuries. Some of the men were pretty well banged up. However, by Sunday every man on the team will be "just rarin' to go" and this means that Beloit is apt to have rather a strenuous afternoon of pigskin chasing.
HARDEST CLASH OF SEASON ON SUNDAY FOR PACKERS TEAM
NOV 19 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Sunday's game at Beloit with the Beloit Professionals is the crucial battle in the Packers' schedule. It is the "Stepping Stone to Greatness." In order to be given consideration by the "Big Four" in Chicago, a team has got to beat Beloit and Green Bay has practically been assured a contest in the Windy City if they wallop the southern Wisconsin footballers. Copies of the Beloit papers have been received here and they are giving wide publicity to the game. The Packers are called "one of the greatest teams in the country" bu the Beloit writers and all of the news writers unite in their opinion that it will be hardest argument of the season. One of the officials will be George Zabel, former Chicago pitcher, who will act as head linesman. Zabel is a former Baker university footballer, and has gained a good deal of fame as a pigskin referee in the southern part of the state. The Packers practice tonight in the Armory and on Friday afternoon on the plant gridiron.
PACKERS ON THEIR WAY SATURDAY FOR BATTLE IN BELOIT
NOV 21 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Tomorrow afternoon at 2:50, the Green Bay Packers football team, 25 strong, will leave over the C. & N.W. in a special Pullman sleeper for Beloit where, on Sunday, they will meet the Beloit A.C. aggregation on Morse field in a game that will decide the professional football championship of Wisconsin. Captain Lambeau's squad is fit for the title struggles. There isn't a man on the hospital list and every member of the team is in the pink of condition. This means that the "Downstaters" are going to have a battle on their hands. The Packers squad will be composed of the following: Captain Lambeau, Gavin, Sauber, C. Zoll, M. Zoll, Des Jardien, Muldoon, Petcka, Wilson, Powers, Leaper, Martell, Abrams, Dwyer, Nichols, McLean, Coffeen, Gallagher, Martin, Ladrow, Rosenow, Bero, Coach Ryan, Manager Calhoun and Referee Murphy...MANY FANS GOING: It is expected that a large number of Green Bay fans will accompany the team. There are about a dozen reservations left on the special Pullman and those desiring to make the trip are urged to notify the management immediately. A number of automobile parties are planning to make the trip. These cars will leave Saturday morning and arrive at Janesville in time to meet the Packers squad when they reach there Saturday night en route to Beloit.
ROUNDY'S CORNER
NOV 22 (Madison Capital Time) - Jim Thorpe's Canton Bull Dogs are due to play the Green Bay Packers team at Green Bay Thanksgiving Day. The Packing company should have plenty of chopped Beef after Thursday.
CRACKING GOOD FOOTBALL GAME AT BELOIT TOMORROW
NOV 22 (Janesville Daily Gazette) - Promising to be a cracking good game, the Green Bay Packers will meet the Beloit A.A.C. on Morse field, Beloit, tomorrow afternoon to decide the semi-pro football championship of Wisconsin. The Packers' lineup is composed of a number of star university football players. This eleven boasts of not having lost a game in the past three years. Many Janesville fans are contemplated making the trip by auto and interurban.
one long forward pass, which was good for a 35 yard gain, the Michiganders were never dangerous. During the entire game, they never were inside of Green Bay's 40 yard line. During the first half, the play was pretty well evened up although the Packers' smashing attack enabled them to keep up a varied offensive. From tackle to tackle, Stambaugh was very strong and nearly all of Green Bay's gains were made on forward passes and end runs...PACKERS GET GOING: Shortly after the kickoff in the third quarter, Green Bay held Stambaugh for downs in midfield and the Packers got going. Lambeau shot a forward pass to Nichols for 15 yards, Gallagher went outside of tackle for a chalk marker, Ladrow made it another first down and then Lambeau threw a forward pass 20 yards into the waiting arms of Dwyer and Reg traveled the remaining distance for a touchdown. The kickout was a success and Lambeau followed this up with a goal kick. The next count came quicker. Stambaugh received the kickoff and her forward pass was caught by Green Bay on the Northerners' 30 yard mark. Three times the Packers were stopped and, on fourth down, 8 to go, Lambeau went back to the 38 yards line and dropkicked the ball over the uprights for another 3 points...DWYER
GREEN BAY PACKERS LOSE INITIAL GAME OF SEASON AT BELOIT; SCORE IS 6-0
NOV 24 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Green Bay Packers met defeat at the hands of the Beloit Professionals at Morse park here on Sunday by a score of 6 to 0 before a good sized crowd of spectators. Captain Lambeau's team was robbed of victory by referee Zabel of Beloit. This official penalized Green Bay three times after touchdowns, refusing to allow the scores. The Packers were twice on the verge of leaving the field but decided to play it out. Every time the Packers had the ball, the crowd would sweep out on the playing field, leaving practically no room for a forward pass offensive and, of course, in this way, putting a big check on the Packers' ground gaining machine. Just before the close of the game McLean got away for a long run, headed goalward, close to the sidelines, when a Beloit spectator gave him a foot and the Packer quarterback fell to the ground. This was just one of the many obstacles that Green Bay had to combat with during their stay in Beloit. The team were evenly matched in weight and both squads were exceptionally fast. The Packers made good on a number of forward passes while Beloit's gains were made mostly on smashing line plunges. Beloit's fullback, Scheibel, was a corking good plunger...PACKERS WIN TOSS: Captain Lambeau won the toss and chose to kick to Beloit. The Packers cut short Beloit's offensive and they punted on fourth down to McLean in midfield. The Packers got going and rushed the oval to Beloit's five-yard line but a penalty by referee Zabel, 15 yards for holding killed the chances for a score. For the remainder of the quarter, the ball seesawed back and forth with little advantage to either side. For the first seven minutes of the second quarter, the Packers marched steadily down the field. Beloit held on the 20 yard line and immediately kicked out of danger. McLean, who received the ball, was dropped on the 40 yard line. A costly fumble at this point gave the ball to Beloit. Captain Witte sailed Beloit's first and only good forward pass into Van Kuren's waiting arms and he was dropped on the Packers' 25 yard mark...SCORE IN LAST MINUTE: Beloit made another first down on four line plunges. The ball rested on the 15 yard mark. At this stage, the Packers were fighting harder than ever before this year. Scheibel got outside of tackle for another first down bringing the ball to Green Bay's five yard line. Three times in succession, the Packers hurled 'em back, and on the fourth play, when Scheibel was stopped in his tracks, referee Zabel called an offside on Green Bay. This made a first down for Beloit on Green Bay's one yard mark. At this point, timekeeper Wheeler called time up for the half, but Beloit's timer, McCarthy, claimed there was five seconds to go and, of course, referee Zabel backed him up. On the next play, Captain Witte wormed his way over center for a score just as the whistle blew for halftime. Beloit missed the goal. Score at the end of the first half: Beloit 6, Green Bay 0...FIREWORKS IN SECOND HALF: Green Bay came back strong in the third quarter as soon had Beloit on the run. Even Zabel was moving fast. At this stage of the game, the crowd began circling the field and the gridiron looked more like a mob scene than a football field. A consistent offensive by the Packers soon had Beloit battling in the shadow of their own goal posts. With the ball resting on Beloit's five yard line, Captain Lambeau bucked tackle for as clean a touchdown as has ever been made on a gridiron. After the whistle blew, referee Zabel took the ball and set it back 2 yards claiming the forward motion of the ball had stopped before Green bay's captain went over the line. It was here the riot started. For a time, it looked as if there would be a great little free-for-all. After a lengthy dispute, the teams went at it once more. Captain Lambeau warned every man on the Packers to keep his hands to home and guard against offside. On this play, the Green Bay leader shot across the goal line with three yards to spare. As he did, Zabel once more blew his whistle, called an offside on Green Bay, penalized the Packers 5 yards and gave the ball to Beloit...DECIDE TO PLAY OUT GAME: This was the straw that broke the camel's back. The Packers came within an inch of leaving the field, but at the last moment, decided to fight it out at all costs. After the rumpus, Beloit kicked out of danger and the Packers, fighting like demons, once more started to waltz down the field. Twice in the last ten minutes of play, the crowd blocked touchdowns for the Packers. Gallagher made a pretty catch of a forward pass and and was headed for the goal when the crowd bunched out in front of him and halted his progress. McLean got away again in the closing minutes of play but as related above a Beloit spectator spilled him while he was en route for a score. Final time was called with the ball in
Beloit's possession in midfield. Negotiations for another game on December 6 were started in Beloit on Sunday night by the Packers' management. Green Bay is willing to play Beloit, winner take all and a $2,000 side bet, on any neutral field in the state with neutral officials.
RIOT THREATENED AT BELOIT-PACKERS GAME; BELOIT WINS
NOV 24 (Janesville Daily Gazette) - An off-side played called by the head linesman on a Green Bay play just as the Packers shoved across a touchdown and tied the score, gave one of the most hotly contested football games ever seen in this vicinity to Beloit at Fairbanks-Morse field yesterday afternoon by a score of 6 to 0. Cries of derision were heard all over the sidelines from the spectators when the penalty was called. For a time, with the 2,000 spectators surging over the field toward the two teams and the referee, it appeared that a riot would be In progress, but the players of both, teams forced the crowd back. The Green Bay players had carried the ball by a series of line plunges through the Beloit line, gradually worked it down the field until they reached their own five-yard line. Beloit then stiffened, threw up a stone wall, and fought back, but though they were heavier than the Bay boys, Beloit couldn't hold. Foot by foot, Green Bay pushed onward until they over the line. The joy of the Packers and their rooters were soon dampened, however, when the linesman ran onto the field to inform the referee that a Green Bay player had been offside. When the ball was taken back, Green Bay tried some running, but it was forced into a criss cross sprint and then the referee penalized the visitors again, this time for an out-of-bounds' play. A beefing match then followed with the referee and the captain of the Green Bay team, chewing the fat over the rule book, and the discovery that the referee was using a 1918 set of rules. Beloit made its points In the end of the second quarter, when after the ball had successively been carried from one sector to the other, neither team seeming to have any advantage over the other. Beloit had won its fourth down and kicked, sending the ball to the 20-yard line. Then began a series of pushes, by which the spheroid was slowly advanced. The Packers endeavored to hold; they made the Line City men fight for every gain; but with 50 seconds to go, Scheibel of Beloit just squeezed over when the gun sounded, ending the quarter. Beloit missed the kick; the ball not rising more than two feet from the ground. The balance of the game was like the first period, constant harrying from one territory to the other, neither team seeming to have much advantage over the other. The advantage, however, seemed to be with the Green Bay boys, who managed to get more chances at their goal, and especially in the final period kept the ball almost entirely within their own land. It was rumored after the game that the Green Bay Packers offered to play Beloit again
on a neutral field for a side-bet of $5,000, and would get Walter Ekersall, the famous football authority, to referee the game. About $5,000 was up in bets on the results of yesterday's game, and many Green Bay backers lost.
COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PACKERS - TO BATTLE IN BELOIT, SUNDAY DECEMBER 7
NOV 25 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Negotiations were completed early this afternoon for a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Beloit Professionals at Beloit on Sunday December 7. Captain Lambeau's team is going back into Beloit for another crack at the downstate aggregation. Contracts for the contest are now in the mail. The Beloit management will deposit $200 in the Beloit State bank guaranteeing that the playing field will be kept absolutely clean of spectators and that a fence will be played around the gridiron, ten feet back of the sidelines...NEUTRAL OFFICIALS: Neutral officials will handle the game. Negotiations are now underway to secure the best men in the middle west. Efforts will be made to secure Eckersall of Chicago, Birch of Earlhame and another western conference official. Both teams will make a deposit and was headed for the goal when the crowd bunched out in front of him and halted his progress. McLean got away again in the closing minutes of play but as related above a Beloit spectator spilled him while he was en route for a score. Final time was called with the ball in Beloit's possession in midfield. Negotiations for another game on December 6 were started in Beloit on Sunday night by the Packers' management. Green Bay is willing to play Beloit, winner take all and a $2,000 side bet, on any neutral field in the state with neutral officials.
PACKERS-DE PERE FOOTBALL BATTLE HERE ON SUNDAY
NOV 25 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The big game of the professional football season in Green Bay will be played next Sunday afternoon at Hagemeister park when Captain Lambeau's Packers face the De Pere gridiron warriors. This is a "grudge" battle and it promises to be a fight to the finish. De Pere has "loaded" up for the game and they intend to win at all costs. Among the men booked to appear in De Pere's lineup are: Jab Murray, Cicione and Connie Hanley of Marquette university fame, and four other collegiate stars. The Packers came out of the "riot" at Beloit in fairly good shape. With the exception of Gallagher and Dwyer, all the men are fit for another argument and it is expected that these two injured stars will be back in shape in time to take their regular places in the lineup. Captain Lambeau's squad will put in a hard week of practice. The team will work out Wednesday night at the armory, Thanksgiving day morning on the plant gridiron and also on Friday afternoon. There will be a blackboard talk Saturday night at the Continuation school.
PACKERS-DE PERE FOOTBALL BATTLE HERE ON SUNDAY
NOV 25 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The big game of the professional football season in Green Bay will be played next Sunday afternoon at Hagemeister park when Captain Lambeau's Packers face the De Pere gridiron warriors. This is a "grudge" battle and it promises to be a fight to the finish. De Pere has "loaded" up for the game and they intend to win at all costs. Among the men booked to appear in De Pere's lineup are: Jab Murray, Cicione and Connie Hanley of Marquette university fame, and four other collegiate stars. The Packers came out of the "riot" at Beloit in fairly good shape. With the exception of Gallagher and Dwyer, all the men are fit for another argument and it is expected that these two injured stars will be back in shape in time to take their regular places in the lineup. Captain Lambeau's squad will put in a hard week of practice. The team will work out Wednesday night at the armory, Thanksgiving day morning on the plant gridiron and also on Friday afternoon. There will be a blackboard talk Saturday night at the Continuation school.
DE PERE'S ELEVEN IS LOADED UP FOR GAME HERE SUNDAY
NOV 26 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Interest over the Packers-De Pere game is at topnotch, and early indications point to a record breaking crowd at Hagemeister park next Sunday afternoon. There is little love lost between the two teams and De Pere's move in loading up with a bunch of "ringers" has not improved the situation any. Captain Lambeau's squad is all set for a finish battle, and the invaders, with their outside pigskin stars, will have one great little football fight on their hands. Erdlitz of Marinette will referee the game. The other officials will also be out of town men. Regulation periods of 15 minute duration are scheduled. According to the terms of the contest, the game will be played despite weather conditions. The game will start promptly at 2 o'clock. The Packers practice tonight, Thursday morning and Friday afternoon for the game. Coach Ryan wants every man on the job.
DE PERE TO CLASH WITH PACKERS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
NOV 29 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Despite weather conditions, the Green Bay Packers will face the De Pere football team tomorrow afternoon at Hagemeister park. The game will be played at 2 o'clock sharp and 13 minute quarters are scheduled. The gridiron will be in fairly good shape as a corps of ground keepers will start work on the playing field early Sunday morning. The snow will all be scraped off and the standing room space back of the fence lines is to be cleared of the spectators. It promises to be a hard fought game. De Pere is coming here with a corking good lineup and a number of the "ruralites" weak spots have been strengthened by college stars. Among the collegiate cracks who will play with the invaders are Murray and Hanley of Marquette, Metoxen of Carlisle and Coach Carey and La Fleur of St. Norberts...PACKERS READY TO GO: Captain Lambeau's team is in fairly good shape and the Bays can be counted on to play their hardest game of the season. There is little love lost between Green Bay and De Pere and tomorrow's argument promises to be a grudge from start to finish. Two out of town officials have been secured to handle the game. Erdlitz of Marinette will referee while Flawler of Appleton is the selection for umpire. Neil Murphy will be the head linesman. All spectators will be kept back of the sideline fences and a squad of 10 policemen will be on the job to keep order.
ALL ABOARD FOR BELOIT
NOV 29 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - That's what the Green Bay football fans are beginning to think about these days, and, unless all signs fail, a crowd of rooters numbering close to 400 will follow the Packers into "College Town" on Sunday December 7. Tentative arrangements have been made for a special train, providing 125 rooters will make the trip. The train will leave here next Saturday night at 11:55 p.m., reaching Beloit Sunday morning at 7:15 a.m. On the return trip the Packers special will leave Beloit at 12:05 a.m. Sunday night and will arrive in Green Bay at 6:45 a.m., Monday morning. This schedule is arranged so as to get away from the federal railroad administration rule banning special trains, starting on Sunday. The round trip fare is
$10.72 and exchange ticket stubs can be secured from any of the players, or at Lynch and Van Beck's, Harry Levitas', Congress poolroom, Billy McGinnis', Neveu and Schweger's or any of the hotels in the city. The cash guarantee for the 125 fares must be deposited not later than Wednesday of next week and those planning to make the trip are asked to buy their tickets before next Wednesday, so that the money necessary to secure the "Packers' Special" can be turned over to John P. Hogan, C. & N.W. agent.
DE PERE-PACKERS FRAY CALLED OFF; ICE COVERED GRID
DEC 1 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - By mutual agreement, the Green Bay Packers-De Pere football game, which was scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Hagemeister park, was called off owing to the condition of the playing field. If weather conditions improve, it is probably that the game will be played on Sunday December 14. It was out of the question to play the contest booked for yesterday. The gridiron was covered with a coating of ice (some of the youngsters were using it for a skating rink) and there were six inches of solid ice here and there across the gridiron. If the game had been played, there would have been more work for the undertakers and doctors than there would have been for the officials and scorers. The game was not finally called off until 11 o'clock Sunday morning and the management made every effort possible to spread the news of cancellation about the city. Even at that, hundreds of people made the trip to the grounds but one looks at the grid satisfied 'em that a game was impossible.
BELOIT, GREEN BAY PLAY AGAIN SUNDAY
DEC 2 (Janesville Daily Gazette) - Arrangements have been completed between the Green Bay Packers and the Beloit A. A. C. elevens to stage another big battle at Fairbanks-Morse field, Beloit. The game will be played next Sunday and promises to be chuck full of thrills and even more spectacular than the one of November 23 when Beloit defeated Green Bay 6 to 0 and claimed the Wisconsin professional gridiron title. Manager Calhoun of the Packers has closed a deal with Manager McCarthy of Beloit, backing it up with a reported $1,500. Officials, over which there was so much argument in the Iast game when it was declared by Green Bay that the Beloit referee threw the game to the Line City team, will be picked by the sporting editor of a Chicago newspaper. In addition, the field will be roped off five yards all around behind the side lines.
BELOIT CALLS OFF PACKERS FOOTBALL GAME, DECEMBER 7
DEC 2 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Packers will not play at Beloit Sunday December 7, owing to a cancellation by Manager McCarthy of the Beloit team. A special delivery letter to the Bay management, which arrived this morning, stated that a sleet storm followed by a cold snap, on Monday, covered the gridiron with a
coat which arrived this morning, stated that a sleet storm followed by a cold snap, on Monday, covered the gridiron with a coat of ice and that it would be impossible to play the game. He also says something about injuries to his men. Before closing, Manager McCarthy takes a rap at the article in the Green Bay Press-Gazette. His letter is as follows: TEXT OF LETTER - "Manager of the Green Bay Packers, Green Bay, Wis. Dear Sir - Owing to the severe weather that has set in here and the terrible condition of the field it is necessary to call off negotiations for a game here next Sunday. It rained here all of Sunday and then froze up solid, the field being covered with a couple of inches of ice and as hard as cement. Four of my players are also basketball men and as we have begun our basketball season, I do not desire to risk injury to them on a frozen field at this time. I regret the necessity for this action but under the condition it is the reasonable thing to do as basketball means more to us than football at this season of the year. Was interested in reading the account of our game in your Green Bay paper and must say you are all very fortunate in having a class of fans down whose necks you can poke such an unlikely story. However, the story is considered a joke both in Beloit and Janesville. Trusting we may meet again next season and assuring you that any unpleasantness which may have arisen in connection with our game has been forgotten by the writer, I am, Yours very truly, D.F. McCarthy"
COLD WEATHER HALTS BIG GAME AT BELOIT
DEC 4 (Janesville Daily Gazette) - Old Man Winter has stepped in and interfered with the plans of Beloit to stage another football match with the Green Bay Packers. Manager McCarthy of the Beloit A. A. C. has suddenly decided that the cold weather has come at a very unseasonable time and ahead of schedule and cancelled the game with the northern team on the basis that it is impossible to stage a real football game with the mercury ranging around zero. The game was to have been played next Sunday.
TAKE PICTURE OF PACKERS TEAM ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
DEC 6 (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - Every member of the Packers football squad is asked to report at the Packing plant, Sunday afternoon at 1:30 with their uniforms. Arrangements have been made to have a picture of the team taken after which the uniforms will be checked in. This will wind up the greatest season of professional football that Green Bay has ever experienced.
The famous photo to the right originally ran in the Green Bay Press Gazette with the following caption: This is the Packer squad that started Green Bay rolling on its way to football fame in 1919. The members were left to right: top row: Herb Nichols, Sam Powers, Jim Coffeen, Martin Zoll, Alvin Martin, Abe Sauber, Herman Martell, Wes Leaper, Wally Ladrow, John Des Jardin, Carl Zoll, Andy Muldoon, Gus Rosenow, Al Petcka, G. W. Calhoun; center: Coach Curly Lambeau; bottom row: Nate Abrams, Fritz Gavin, Tudy McLean and H.J. (Tubby) Bero.
