​EXPERTS CALL PRESENT PACKERS BETTER THAN GREAT TEAM OF '29

NOV 17 (New York) - The amazing Packers of 1936, who made the Brooklyn Dodgers look like tank town semi-pros, Monday were acclaimed as one of the greatest pro teams of all time - possibly better than the Packers of 1929. Comment from New York papers follow:

Bill Farnsworth, Jr., New York Journal - "They're better, offensively at least, than the Packers of '29. There was winking and tongues stuck in cheeks when Johnny Blood rated this season's Green Bay outfit over Curly Lambeau's smashing aggregation of 1929. We figured that team the greatest ever to don moleskins and folks had begun to build legends around the backfield of Bo Molenda, Verne Lewellen, Red Dunn, and Blood. Had Johnny said second best we might have believed him. No matter how good the Packers were, they couldn't surely measure up to the pre-depression standard, was the general belief. But we were wrong. The mighty men of Green Bay came to Ebbets field Sunday and smashed and passed a good Brooklyn Dodger club to a 38 to  defeat before an amazed gathering."

​Pat Rosa, New York Post, warning Steve Owen, Giant coach: "Those Packers had everything. It was like watching a moving picture of all the football that's been played since your freshman days at Phillip to the present to see them go - a complete review of football down through the ages. Working most of the time out of a guards back, Notre Dame shift, they flashed power plays greater than anything Detroit or the Bears ever had. Burly Clark Hinkle did most of the heavy duty ball carrying. Old Buckets Goldenberg, who used to be a back and now a whale of a running guard, opened plenty of holes. Then they'd go into spinners and trick reverses, mostly from Monnett to Sauer or with Sauer or Johnston spinning. Neither is an Ace Gutowsky on that, though. When that would stall, they'd go into passes, with Monnett throwing beautiful, soft, arching aerials that Curly Carroll, your clubhouse boy, could catch. Monnett threw four for four in the second half, two of them for touchdowns, one to Joe Laws and the other to Wayland Becker. That Laws was probably the sweetest back on the field. He ran the team from a halfback position did plenty of ball toting himself and more than his fair share of blocking, defensive tackling and pass interception. Herber throws a funny pass. It seems to come out of his shoulder like Freddy Fitzsimmons throwing his knuckler. It's soft enough but seems to travel on a line instead of hanging in the air the way Ed Danowski's and Monnett's go."

Frank Red, Brooklyn Eagle: "Arnie Herber and Bob Monnett are the Carl Hubbell and Tommy Bridges of professional football. They can ferry the pigskin any place they wish. Each of them threw two touchdown passes and between them gained 194 yards through the air. Monnett completed seven out of 10 for 114 yards, while Herber, the best passer in the business, had a record of six out of 11 for 80 yards. But even a great passer would be worthless without sure fingered receivers. And there is no shortage of them on the Green Bay roster. Like Herber, Don Hutson played less than half the game but still he caught three passes, two of them for touchdowns. Joe Laws pulled down five, one for a tally. Until Sunday the Dodgers had a great defense against forward passes. But the Packers completed 13 of 23 attempts and four times crossed the goal line with passes."

​Tom Reilly, New York World-Telegram: "Paul Schissler, coach of the Dodgers, said after the game the Packers were positively the best team in the league. That wasn't a very dangerous statement to make considering the show they put on. They probably run off more plays in one game than any other team in the league. They go into a huddle about every third play. Then for two plays the ball is passed after the calling of only one signal."

Bill Morgan, injured all-league tackle, scouting the Packers for the Giants: "It's the best team I've ever seen. They've got everything."

Paul Schissler, coach of Brooklyn Dodgers: "There's no doubt about the Packers being the best team in our league. But you have to remember that they were hot against us. Next Sunday against the Giants they won't be as perfect. They ought to beat the Giants, but still I wouldn't be surprised if the Giants stopped them. The Packers had no business piling up such a score. My boys were so worried about Don Hutson that they were playing the ball instead of him. They even stood by to let him catch a couple of passes. The Packers are about two or three touchdowns better than we are, but no more."

Steve Owen, Giant coach, Monday congratulated Schissler. "What for?" asked Schissler, thinking of the 38 to 7 score. "For scoring," said Owen.

BARRAGE OF INK CAUSES WARNING BY PACKER COACH

NOV 18 (New York) - With a warning from Coach E.L. Lambeau stinging in their ears that the Giants would be sizzling hot this Sunday the Packer squad went through the practice at Central park today with more determination than ever despite the fact that King Winter had laid its hand over Gotham with the mercury dropping to the "early twenties". During the ride in the bus from the hotel to the practice lot the Packer pilot talked it over with his players and doubly warned against any over-confidence. Lambeau told the Packers that practically all of the Giant cripples would be ready to go and this would give Steve Owen, the New York coach, the needed manpower to make frequent substitutions, which he could not do against Detroit as four of his first stringers were on the hospital list. "Remember how we felt after the Bears whipped us at Green Bay 30 to 3 early in the season," Lambeau said. "Why, after that game we were so mad at ourselves that we could have licked our weight in wildcats. Well that is just how the Giants are feeling this week after the touchdown blizzard they ran into at the Motor City and you can bet your bottom dollar that they will be a 'red hot' football machine when the whistle blows on Sunday at the Polo Grounds."...CAN'T LET DOWN: "We simply can't let down for a minute and I want every member of the squad to sleep, eat and think football all the rest of the week. A victory this Sunday means so much to our championship hopes. We must have the right mental attitude both on and off the field." Lambeau also warned about the flowery newspaper comments which had been tossed at the Packers. The army of Gotham scribes have been unanimous in their barrage of praise. The Packer coach told his players to remember that football games are won on the field, not in the newspaper columns. Bernard Brown of the Brooklyn time Union, which is one of the ace sport columnists in the metropolitan area, had this to say about the Packers in his Tuesday's "rehash": "There may be better football teams around then the Green Bay Packers but the writer for one has never seen them. It was the dream team in real like. Such an exhibition of forward passing and running as the Wisconsin whirlwinds put on at Ebbets Field Sunday against the hapless Dodgers has seldom been seen on any gridiron. The Packers simply made mincemeat of Paul Schissler's expensive hirelings. After running up a 38 to 0 lead these gridiron greats from the Badger state just coasted during the last quarter and it is my honest belief that they didn't try very hard to avert the lone Dodger touchdown which came in the closing minutes of play."...BADGERS DROP IN: Several of the papers in their stories about the Packers have spread the news that Green Bay is stopping at the Victory hotel. As a result Wisconsinites from miles around are dropping in to meet Coach Lambeau and his players. Words can't tell how proud these former Badgers are of the Green Bay team. Take Louie Cook, the lumber broker, for example. He is a member of an old Green Bay family and has lived in the East for about 20 years. Talking with Coach Lambeau Cook said, "Curly, you can't even realize how the Packers have put Green Bay in the public eye. Everywhere I go around New York I mention that I am from Green Bay and the usual reply is 'That is where they have that great football team.' The Packers have put Green Bay on the sport map in big letters and I only hope that the 'folks at home' realize what your organization has done for Green Bay in a publicity way." The Packer invasion of New York sort of served as a Kaukauna baseball reunion here, as four former Electric City diamond knights have been around to see Red Smith and some of the other members of the Packer squad. Les Smith and Mush Esler motored down from Ticonderoga. Al Prange comes over from Boston while Matty English is in charge of the dressing rooms at the Polo Grounds. And just to make it a real baseball convention Eddie Lenahan, manager of the Madison Blues, bobbed up on the scene. Lenahan is on his way back to Wisconsin after visiting his parents in New England...LOOKING FOR HUTSON: Next to the Blue Hills' sojourn the best laugh of the trip cropped out Wednesday afternoon in the hotel lobby. An alleged graduate of Alabama (name unknown unless if was John Barleycorn) was goose stepping between the marble entrance and the registration desk looking for a Packer, who would point him out to Don Hutson. Several of the players purposely dodged the "Alabam", but Lon Evans hove into sight and he was nearly tackled by the southern gentleman who was Hutson hunting. Evans thought fast and remembered that Kiesling was standing out in front of the hotel. He sent one of the other players after "Kies" and big Walt soon came striding into the lobby. Evans said to the pest, "There's Hutson." The Alabaman dashed up to Kiesling, stuck out his right hand and remarked: "Gee, Don, you sure have filled out since you started playing pro football." For a minute Kiesling was dumbfounded. He took one look at "Rock and Rye" walking advertisement and came back with: "Sure I have. You know they feed you pretty well up in Wisconsin." With that he moved away from the Alabaman, got his key at the desk and hopped an elevator while the Packers who were in on the joke nearly busted their sides laughing.

PIRATES AGAIN LEAD PASSERS

NOV 18 (New York) - Western teams in the NFL are waging a close battle for offensive honors, with the Detroit Lions having the best average to retain its leadership in ground gaining, and jumping ahead of the Green Bay Packers with the best average for scoring. The Lions now have an average of 322 yards in eight games to 281 for Green Bay and 278 for the Chicago Bears, each of whom has played nine games. These teams are almost even on yards gained, with the totals 2,536, 2,516 and 2,500 for Green Bay, the Bears and Detroit, respectively...BEATS SCORING TOTAL: Green Bay this week surpassed the 1935 scoring total of 192 points made by the Bears in 12 games, but its 196 points in nine games averages 21 per game while the Lions' 177 points in eight games averages 22. The Bears have scored 180 points for a 20 average per game. Pittsburgh again took the passing lead from the New York Giants with 77 completions out of 178 

and captain huddles. This extra stress was laid on to sidetrack any possibility of overconfidence creeping into the ranks. All the players have entered the spirit of the program and unless we miss our guess the Giants will have their hands full this Sunday...TALKS ABOUT TEAM: The Packers have heard a lot of things which Cal Hubbard has said in New York about the team and Green Bay. This has served as a natural "key" and it should spur the Bayites on to even greater efforts. This Hubbard feud has got some of the Gotham sport scribes asking questions but the Packers are keeping mum and results Sunday afternoon will speak for themselves. For the first time in the history of professional football here, the workouts of the rival teams are being covered by staff men of the newspapers. The Giants have been drilling in the afternoon at the Polo Grounds while the Bays take their morning exercises on the West Meadow gridiron in Central park. This enables the same writers to view the teams and then pen their comparisons. Coach Steve Owen of the Giants, dissatisfied with the way his club clicked on the offense against Detroit, has revamped his starting backfield. Ed Danowski, who has been calling the signals and doing the bulk of the passing for the New Yorkers, has been replaced by Tuffy Leemans, the sensational freshman from George Washington university. Running with Leemans, who by the way is a Superior, Wis., product, are Kink Richards, a loose hip running back; Leland Shaffer and Tillie Manton, who earned his collegiate football spurs down in Texas.

JOHNNY, WALT VETERANS OF PROFESSIONAL GRID PLAY

NOV 20 (Green Bay) - Professional football players may come but like the legendary river, Johnny Blood, halfback, and Walt Kiesling, guard, of the Green Bay Packers go on and on. In point of service they are the oldest players in the NFL. Blood has played pro football 13 years, Kiesling 11. Blood is regarded as one of the best pass receivers in the league, while Kiesling has few superiors as a guard. Neither is a 60-minute player anymore, but both can go at top speed for a quarter in each half, regardless of how tough the going may be...FAST AND SHIFTY" Blood, better known in the Midwest as the "Vagabond Halfback", has scored 37 touchdowns for the Packers since he joined the team in 1928. Extremely fast and shifty, he has a reach that enables him to grab a pigskin above an ordinary player's head. Johnny started his pro football career with the Duluth Eskimos in 1924. After playing with the Eskimos two years he joined the New York Yankees under C.C. Pyle and Red Grange. Later he went to Pottsville, played with the famous Maroons for two years, and next came to the Packers. In 1934 he played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but returned to the Packers in 1935. Blood once attended the University of Minnesota for one year and played on the freshman team. He calls signals for the Packers when he is in the game...STARTED AT DULUTH: Kiesling, who tips the scales at 255 pounds, also started his pro career with the Duluth Eskimos - under Ernie Nevers in 1926. He has played guard for Duluth, Pottsville, the Chicago Cardinals and the Chicago Bears. He joined the Packers in 1935 and has one of his best seasons in the line. He's a smart guard, a sure tackler despite his bulk and adept at rushing a passer. For years Kiesling has played league baseball in Montana and Canada. His home is at St. Paul, Minn. He is a graduate of St. Thomas college, Northfield, Minn. Both Blood and Kiesling expect to be back with the Packers next season.

'BLOOD AND SAND' STARTED PACKER ACE ON GRID WHIRL

NOV 20 (Green Bay) - Continuing the great publicity barrage which has featured the Green Bay Packers' current campaign in the East, the New York Times again has devoted considerable space to the invaders from the Midwest. John Kiernan, scribe of that newspaper, turned over his column, "Sports of the Times", to a visit by Coach E.L. Lambeau, Johnny Blood and Arnold Herber. He entitled it "Blood and Sand; a Football Play" by John Kiernan: "One Notre Dame alumnus had gone over the Notre Dame-Northwestern situation thoroughly and had taken himself off with a confident air. He had won the coming game for his alma mater by two touchdowns and had removed Northwestern from the undefeated class without consulting the team, the coach or the faculty of the institution. He couldn't have been far away when the doorways was darkened again by three large gents. The leader of this party was a wellknown Notre Dame alumnus, a man who had played on the same team with George Gipp out there. It was Curly Lambeau, the coach of the Green Bay Packers. He introduced his companions as Johnny Blood and Arnie Herber. Johnny Blood was recognized immediately. No introduction was needed. Johnny has been playing pro football for 13 seasons. The Pol Grounds fans have seen him in action often enough and the Giants players have seen him in action too often...CAN'T BE HERBER: But that chunky other chap - that couldn't be Arnie Herber. He was the right size and shape, to be sure. Built like an ice box. He was wearing a dark coat and a dark suit and a wine-purple shirt and dark shoes. It could have been Herber in that drapery, but he was wearing a hat. It couldn't be that the black-haired Herber who went unhelmeted through the fierce football wars, tossing his tresses in the teeth of the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, would don a felt hat to protect his sconce from a light touch of frost. 'Sure, he's Herber,' said Curly. 'If you don't believe it, get a football and he'll toss it over this building.' But that hat! 'His wife made him wear it,' said Mr. Lambeau grimly. Herber was

allowed a chance to clear himself of the charge, but he just grinned and said nothing...DOESN'T TALK MUCH: 'He isn't much of a talker,' explained Curly. This turned out to be a vast overstatement by the usually conservative Curly. Through the entire visit of the Green Bay trio Arnie maintained a complete silence. Possibly he thought that Curly and Johnny wouldn't like to have him cut in. They were rattling their trains of thought along in fine style. It was recalled vaguely that Johnny Blood's real name was something else. "Yes, McNally," said Johnny with a laugh. "I've seen it written that my real name is Johnny Blood McNally and I just dropped the last part for pro football purposes. I was just John McNally until I decided to be Johnny Blood carrying a football." Johnny comes from a family that is