Cardwell of Nebraska, Howie Weiss of Wisconsin, Bill Shepherd of Western Maryland, Johnny Pingel of Michigan State and Jim McDonald of Ohio State are the Lions' spearheads, every one a great ball carrier. Cardwell holds the highest average of the group, having ripped off 8.6 yards on an average every time he carried the ball. He will be one of the toughest men for the Packers to halt on Sunday. Arnold Herber and Cecil Isbell continue to handle practically all of the Packers' aerial assignments. Herber has thrown the most, and has completed the most for the best aerial total but Isbell has connected with nine out of 27. The Lions likewise place their faith on two passers - Pingel and Darrell Tully of East Texas Teachers. Between them they have thrown 35 of Detroit's 46 passes, and have completed all but one of the 20 successful Lion aerials. They share the work about equally. Don Hutson hold his usual place at the head of the Packer pass receivers. He already has set a new National league record in reception, and to date this season has caught 11 passes for a total of 297 yards. The Green Bay aerial attack has compiled considerably more yardage than that of Detroit. The best Lion pass snatcher is Chuck Hanneman, who came to the Detroit from Michigan Normal. His four catches have been good for 84 yards. Cardwell also has nailed down four, but his total is 70. Neither appear in Hutson's class as a pass receiver. Hinkle and Herber have done almost all of Green Bay's punting, and each is averaging 37 yards, from line of scrimmage to the point received. Herber has booted the longest kick, the punt going 65 yards. The best Detroit punter among the men still on the squad is Johnny Pingel, with an average of 41 yards. Bill Shepherd has a better average, but has kicked only five times, to 11 for Pingel. Hinkle is leading the Green Bay scoring list, with a 17-point total. Hutson is next with 13, and third in line is Jankowski, who has scored two league touchdowns. Hanneman, an end, is leading the Detroit scoring parade, which is well diversified, with 17 points. Monk Moscrip, another wingman, is second with 13.

ST. LOUIS GRID FANS AWED BY IMPRESSIVE WORK OF PACKERS

OCT 20 (Green Bay) - St. Louis sportswriters were awed by the appearance of the Green Bay Packers against the Gunners in their exhibition game of last Sunday, clipping from St. Louis newspapers reveal. The following excerpts are from the St. Louis Star-Times: By James Toomey - There has been some talk for the last few years of the possibilities of the St. Louis Gunners obtaining a franchise in the NFL, but approximately 11,000 fans went home from Walsh stadium yesterday afternoon wondering if the Gunners would have much of a chance against such big-time competition. The question mark in their minds was almost as large as the score by which the Gunners were defeated by the Green Bay Packers, a name that has been the very essence of football magic for the twenty-one years the team has been in existence. The Packers, using their first-string players only sparingly, triumphed by a score of 31 to 0, and put on the most dazzling display of football this city has seen in some years, perhaps since the Green Bay team made its last appearance here in 1933...GUNNERS TRIED HARD: Not that the Gunners didn't try. They did, valiantly. But trying is not enough against a hard-running, swift passing and sure-kicking aggregation such as the Packers. What could the Gunners have done, or other teams in the same league with the Packers done, against the passing combination of Arnie Herber to Don Hutson, or against the hard charging of Andy Uram, Jimmy Lawrence, Larry Buhler, Vic Jankowski and George Balazs, or against the automatic foot of Ernie Smith? It really doesn't make much difference what is done, the smooth-working Packers are on the tops...GUNNER PASS INTERCEPTED: It was the Herber to Hutson combination that gave the fans their greatest thrill of the day. Late in the second period the Packers were deep in their own territory when Hutson intercepted a Gunner pass. Plunges too the ball to the Packer 44-yard line and then it came. Herber faded back, back, back to about the Packer 25 and then he tossed, long and high. Hutson was running behind the Gunner safety man. He caught the ball on the ten, juggled it, seized it firmly on the five and trotted over the goal line. The entire play netted 56 yards, but the pass itself was thrown for easily 65 yards. The Gunners had several opportunities, but couldn't advance to any great extent against the Packers' alert and stubborn defense. The following is from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: By James H. Gould - That St. Louis lovers of sport will turn out in goodly numbers whenever the attraction is worthwhile was proved yesterday when a crowd estimated at 12,000 at Walsh Memorial stadium saw the St. Louis Gunners take a football lesson from the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. The lesson was attached to a 31 to 0 defeat, but the score indicated not that the Gunners were a bad football team, but that the Packers had a mighty good one. For one period - the first - the Gunners stood off the attack of the Packers but, in the last three quarters, the National leaguers showed the expected power of their attack with a defense that only slipped twice to let the Gunners get in Packer territory except by kicking when held for downs...SCORED FOUR TIMES: Four times, the Gunner goal line was crossed, twice in the second period and once each in the third and fourth. All four extra point tries were converted and, in the final period, Ernie Smith, who had kicked two of the extra points, placekicked a field goal from the 20-yard line. Jankowski, once of Wisconsin, scored two of the Packer touchdowns while Hutson, the former Alabama end, scored one and Laws, late of Iowa U., the other. Hutson and Engebretsen, the pride of Northwestern, added points after touchdowns...NOTE OF THE GAME: The attendance was the best at a professional football game - or any other - here in many years...Lou Ambers, who recently regained his lightweight title and celebrated by getting married, was in attendance...To most observers, the chief Gunner on offense was Ray Johnson with Billy Wilson, former Gonzaga end, taking local defense honors. For Green Bay, Lawrence, Hutson and Ernie Smith along with Jankowski proved shining lights.

SELLOUT CROWD TO WATCH BAYS

OCT 20 (Green Bay) - The largest crowd of the season, numbering between 22,000 and 24,000 persons, is expected here Sunday for the football game between the Green Bay Packers and Detroit's Lions. The game with the Chicago Bears here several weeks ago drew 21,000, the biggest crowd of the season to date. The contest is a vital one for the Packers and the first of three tough battles they will face within the next few weeks. Next week they play Washington at Milwaukee and on November 4 the Bears will furnish the opposition in a return game in Chicago. Coach Curly Lambeau announced Friday that Pete Tinsley, guard, and Larry Buhler, halfback, may not play Sunday because of injuries. Lambeau has drilled the Packers on pass defense all week in anticipation of the Lions' aerial attack.

PACKER NOTES

OCT 20 (Milwaukee Sentinel) - How come the Bears always seem to come up with two or three of the most publicized football players in each draft? That's a question that has been fired at this corner many times and one that bears some attention. The draft is supposed to work like the major league baseball draft. This means the club in the cellar has first choice, the club next from the bottom second choice and so on until each club has had its first choice. Then the cellar club gets its second choice and the process is continued until the draft is completed. Under that plan, and if carried out according to the aims of its supporters, the draft would be the means by which the poorer clubs would soon gain the playing strength needed to become title contenders and good drawing powers. But it doesn't. In many instances the lower clubs are also the clubs that haven't the financial resources to be able to offer a standout college draftee the necessary "bait". What happens? The last place club arranges a trade with one of the leaders whereby the topnotcher gives up some cash and one or two of its name players, but players who are on the way down, for the rights to the draftee. And thereby all the benefits of the draft are lost. Take that recent "deal" between the Bears and Brooklyn. Ray Buivid of the Bears was traded for Bob MacLeod, 1938 Dartmouth ​ace, who was the property of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Both players were holdouts. Buivid not only announced to George Halas he was definitely through with the pro football, but told Dodger officials the same thing when approached on the matter before the trade was consumated. The deal went through. The Bears got MacLeod, and the Dodgers got the "rights" to Buivid, who is still on the retired list. Perhaps the Dodgers were compensated on a cash basis; I do not know. But I do know the deal has caused a lot of eyebrow lifting in the ranks of pro fans who are beginning to believe that George Halas, owner of the Bears and vice president of the league, can do anything he wishes in the circuit...NEED NEW BY-LAW: MacLeod's addition to the Bears gives the Chicago club three of the standout backs of the 1938 college season. Billy Patterson of Baylor, Sid Luckman of Columbia and MacLeod. If the league is sincere in its efforts to build up the tailenders through the medium of the draft the addition of MacLeod, at least, to the Bears could have been averted, for the benefit of the whole league, by adding one simple by-law. The league should have a rile making it compulsory for every draftee to sign and play with the club that drafted him, for one year at least, unless a two-thirds vote of the league members sanctioned a proposed trade. Coverup deals are as plentiful in the pro loop as in organized baseball. I have been told of one deal in which a cellar club put in as its first choice the name of a player who was badly needed by a title contender. The player was drafted and next year showed up in the lineup of the title contender. The cellar club got its piece of chance but made no advancement toward the top or as a drawing power in the loop.

TWO UNBEATEN TEAMS TRAVEL ON SAME TRAIN

OCT 21 (Detroit) - Two undefeated football teams out in front of their respective leagues went to Chicago Friday evening in two sections of the Michigan Central twilight train. Michigan, Big Ten leader (with Ohio State), was in the first section bound for a contest with Chicago's Maroons Saturday, and Johnny Pingle and the Detroit Lions were in the second section, bound for Green Bay for a  game with the Packers there Sunday.

PACKERS AWAIT LIONS' INVASION

OCT 21 (Detroit) - The unbeaten Detroit Lions left here last night for the Green Bay country and a clash Sunday with the Packers, early-season favorites to win the Western Division title in the NFL. Dutch Clark's Cleveland Rams took some offensive starch out of the well-balanced Packers several weeks ago when Parker Hall passed the Packers dizzy and the Rams emerged victorious. Green Bay's Arnie Herber to Don Hutson passing combination was oiled up and primed for the Dutchman and the Rams, and for the first half worked well. The Packers were out in front at the half and it looked like a breeze for them until Hall loosed his passes. Green Bay just went haywire. It's line was ripped apart for Hall's plunges and its secondary demoralized. It was the biggest upset of the National league season. Because Detroit easily trounced the Rams last week without much effort, and because the Cleveland team whipped Green Bay, Detroit went up to the Wisconsin country the favorite. And that isn't the best way to go to Green Bay. Because the Packers do have some runners, plungers, passers and punters. The Green Bay line is one of the best in the league, and when roused, as it certainly will be Sunday, can be very tough for any professional team. Green Bay always has been tough for Detroit on Packer ground.

DETROIT LIONS, PACKERS WILL COLLIDE HERE TOMORROW

OCT 21 (Green Bay) - Two football teams desperately anxious for victory stage a mighty collision on the turf of City stadium tomorrow afternoon as the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions meet in the first episode of their 1939 struggle for the championship of the West. The Chicago Bears, who stand to profit by the outcome of the game, should it be anything other than a deadlock, will keep a weather eye on the outcome, although they will have troubles of their own in facing the title-holding Giants at New York. Green Bay is intensely excited over its football weekend. Throughout the city for more than a week, the sole topic of conversation has involved the first Lion-Packer game, which send the Bays, beaten only by Cleveland, against a Detroit eleven which has yet to taste defeat. Both teams are close to full strength. Larry Buhler and Pete Tinsley, Packer halfback and guard respectively, may not see action because of injuries sustained in the St. Louis game, but Ernie Smith, left tackle who has yet to appear in league competition for the Packers this year, will be ready when and if needed. Both squads will feature driving attacks. The Lions have rolled up 80 points in their four game to date, while the Packers have accounted for 86. Defensively, the Detroit record is much better. Only 30 points have been scored against the Lions, the Packers having yielded 73. The Packer offense has been better than Detroit's this season, while the Lion defense, particularly against passes, appears much the superior to Green Bay's. The Lions put in an easy afternoon against Cleveland last week, when they definitely appeared to be pointing for the Packer contest and revealed little of their stuff. Statistically, Detroit holds the edge in yards gained from scrimmage, lateral passing, forward passing efficiency, pass interceptions, punting, most opponents' fumbles recovered, touchdown passes, least opponents' gains, pass defense and least opponents' scores...MORE FIRST DOWNS: The Packers appear superior in first downs, yards gained passing, total yards gained, runback of punts, least years penalized, least fumbles, touchdown runs and scoring. The ticket situation is highly satisfactory from the standpoint of the Packer management, and Director of Sales E.A. Spachmann has even hinted at a record crowd, given good weather tomorrow. The mark is 22,968, established at the Detroit-Green Bay game last season. Spachmann announced that the Legion building headquarters will be open from 9 to 12 Sunday morning and from 5 to 6 in the afternoon, to accommodate out-of-town fans desiring to secure tickets for next Sunday's Washington-Green Bay game at Milwaukee. The Lions already are on the scene, having arrived on the North Western line this morning, headed by Coach Elmer (Gus) Henderson, in his first season as Detroit mentor. He succeeded Earl (Dutch) Clark, who transferred his activities to Cleveland. With the Lions came a host of Detroit fans, and others are on the way. Some are driving to Ludington, and are taking car ferries across to Manitowoc. Others are coming by train around through Chicago, and the Lions are assured plenty of support at City stadium tomorrow...FANS ARE MOVING IN: So are the Packers. Hordes of fans are converging upon Green Bay from all over the state. One special North Western train will pull in from Ironwood, Mich., tomorrow morning, carrying 200 wild-eyes fans from the iron country. Another special delegation will bring Milwaukee boosters up from that city. The state's football fans will be drained from all areas before noon tomorrow and deposited in one howling throng at City stadium. Given good weather, and they'll storm the gates, for a sellout now definitely is in prospect.

HOWIE WEISS, JOHNNY PINGEL AMONG STARS WITH DETROIT

OCT 22 (Green Bay) - Random notes on the Detroit Lions, who will growl their loudest at the Green Bay Packers here Sunday: The Lions' all-America roster, though less publicized as such than some in the league, is star studded. Howard Weiss, Wisconsin fullback, and John Pingle, Michigan State halfback, were two of the 1938 college season's hottest backs. Alex Wojciechowiz made top honors at center while at Fordham. Back in 1932, Jack Johnson was almost a unanimous choice for all-America tackle while at Utah. Then there is Bill Shepherd, the fullback from Western Maryland who led the nation's collegiate scorers in 1935, and Monk Moscrip who gained recognition from coast to coast while working the Stanford wings. Several were on the rolls for honorable mention on mythical teams, like Lloyd Cardwell of Nebraska whose name was there in 1934, 1935 and 1936...MOST FEARED BACK: Cardwell is one of the most feared backs in the league this year, according to coaches (including the Packers' E.L. Lambeau). It is reported that he is running the reverse plays better than Ernie Caddel ever did, which is something. Last season he was named at right halfback on the all-National league team. His size helps. 200 pounds, 6 foot 3, only 26 years old. Weiss is an understudy to Shepherd, but is coming along fast. Shepherd is having a great year which is bound to keep a newcomer in the background. The former Western Maryland ace is one of the hardest running backs in the league. Fans who saw him during the past four seasons recall that he also is a red hot punter and placekicker, and he blocks, which is handy. Detroit scoring this season has been well distributed. Tully, Pingle, Cardwell, Sloan, Shepherd, Hanneman, Moore and Moscrip all have made touchdowns. The latter three are ends. Tully is a former East Texas State Teachers halfback whom Texas writers proclaimed one of the best pro prospects of the 1938 college crop. Last week he was in the starting lineup at quarterback for the Lions. Like Green Bay, Detroit has extra point kickers in gross quantities, and more than a few of them are able placebooters. Moscrip looks best. Pingle will be one of the most watched players on the field. He has gained 159 yards for an average of 4.6 yards per try, and is nobody's fool as a passer. In a less potent backfield he might stand out even more, but Lions' Coach Henderson has replacements aplenty and they all have done pretty well to date. Shepherd's ground gaining average, by the way, is 5.8 per attempt. His total is 206 yards, fourth highest on the league list, but Cardwell has reeled off an 8.6 yard average in 14 tries...NO CAUSE FOR GLOOM: "Gloomy Gus" Henderson has a record to be proud of in his first four starts as a National league mentor. His team has scored 80 points in the quartet of victories. Only 30 points have been counted by Detroit opponents - a tribute to the work of taciturn Hunk Anderson, who handles the coaching in that department. Henderson denies "razzle dazzle" play attributed to his team. He says: "We pass whenever we feel a pass will score. We run whenever we think a run will score," which is saying nothing at all except the fundamental truth that is behind the motives of every coach and quarterback in the league. All Anderson had to say is "It's a coming team." Coming or going, the Packers will ruffle the Lions, but it may be close.

PACKERS CHOICE OVER LIONS SUNDAY

OCT 22 (Milwaukee Sentinel) - It may be sticking my neck into a noose, but I like the Packers over the Lions Sunday afternoon at Green Bay despite the undefeated status of Coach Gus Henderson's club and the fact the Packers fell so far from grace as to suffer their only defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Rams. Offsetting the Lions' undefeated record is the cold fact they haven't as yet been called upon to face the Bears, to my way of thinking the best club in the league this year, and the Packers have met - and defeated - the Bears. But make no mistake, the Lions have one of their greatest clubs and, if anything, are reputed to have the best coaching in Detroit pro football history. The Rams and Cardinals proved what good passing and good receiving can do to any aerial defensive plans. They had great passers in Hall and Robbins, but neither rates any more highly than the Detroit bomb tossers, Dwight Sloan and Johnny Pingel. Sloan, ace passer of the 1938 Cardinals, went to the Lions in a trade for Vernon Huffman who quit the game, and Pingel came out of Michigan State where he established the reputation of being the best college back of the year by those who know and by those who were unbiased in their opinions. Coach Curly Lambeau of the Packers has been stressing pass defense all week, but when it comes right down to it there is little that can be done when the passer is accurate and the receiver is as fast as the man covering him. Under those conditions the best pass defense is a prayer. However, this also holds true on both sides and certain Packer parties such as Arnie Herber, Cecil Isbell and Jimmy Lawrence as passers and Don Hutson, Joe Laws, Milt Gantenbein, Moose Mulleneaux and Hinkle as receivers will keep the Lions from enjoying any siestas during the afternoon while on defense. Granted that the aerial maneuvers should be pretty much of an even thing, although I'll string with Herber and Hutson in the clutch, this leaves it up to ground attacks