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Green Bay Press-Gazette SPORTS AND MARKETS GREEN BAY, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1939 10 Riggs Achieves Great Goal; No. 1 Ranking as World Tennis Champion NEW YORK (U.R) Bobby Riggs, the cocky little Chicagoan with the Charlie Chaplin walk, today had achieved the goal of every tennis player No, 1 in world ranking. He gained undisputed claim to Packers Repulse Cardinal Rally, Win by 14 to First Half Touchdowns Result that high post yesterday when he routed Welhv Van Hnrn. I.ns An Chicago Team Offers Determined Opposition to Green Bay Attack geles young.ster, in straight sets in the final round of the National championship. He had staked out y.

rL j't I JiiJ fi-FMr In Victory Before 11,792 Fans By JOHX WALTER The Green Bay Packers struck twice through the air at City stadium yesterday afternoon, marking up two touchdowns in the second period, and then successfully repulsed a dangerous last half counter attack by the Chicago Cardinals, to launch their National Professional Football league season with a 14 to 10 victory. The score sounds close, and the game was close, right up to a teeth-rattling 47-yard aerial gain by the invaders on the last play of the afternoon, which sent the 11,792 spectators home talk nis claim to ranking amateur in June with a victory in the all-England championship at Wimbledon, and his win at Forest Hills gave him full title. Every Inch Champion Riggs was every inch a champion in turning back Van Horn, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. He had all the shots and, what is more important, he had the knowledge of how best to employ them against the savage hitting Califnrnian who had swept aside El wood Cooke, Wayne Sabin and John Bromwich in a sensational march to the final. Riggs had Van Horn's game pegged to a before he took the court, and let him get started.

Tilden never mixed up his shots or capitalized on an opponent's every weakness better than Riggs did yesterday. He kept the youngster guessing all the ing to themselves. Failure to block effectively cost "'V VvVM'V' i 1 KW- A 3 1 V'j lit the Packers many good yards on the ground, but they put up against the Cardinals a defense which forced the Chicagoans to fall back upon the good old breaks for their scores. And Arnold Herber, with two vastly important forward passes, one to Carl Mulleneaux and other to Don Hutson, set up those vital points in the first half points which never quite were erased by the Cardin- Pet 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .003 Game Statistics NATIONAL LEAGUE (Professional Football) Western Division I. GREEN BAY 1 0 Detroit 1 0 Chicago Bears 1 Cleveland 0 1 Chicago Cardinal 0 2 Eastern Division Brooklyn 1 0 Washington 1 0 New York 0 0 Philadelphia 0 1 Pittsburgh 0 1 way.

He fed him speed and then slow-balled him. He pulled him in with short shnts and ninned him 1 als. to the baseline with deep drives. Pot 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .030 Sunday's Results f.RKKX BAY 14. CHICAGO CARDS 10.

Washington 7, Philadelphia 0. Both called for classy reception. The ball was on the Chicago 26-yard line when Herber looped a high toss down the alley to Mulleneaux, who grabbed the ball on the run toward the goal and stepped across for the touchdown. Vram Intercepts Pass Just four plays after the next kickoff Andy Uram, a busy man all afternoon, intercepted a for- Wednesday's Game Cleveland at Brooklyn. (Night game) Next Sunday's Games CHICAGO BEARS AT GREEN BAY.

Chicago Cardinals at Pittsburgh. New York at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at Detroit. tic uscn nat drives ana drives with spin. He kept him everlasting on the run, never allowing him to get set and utilize his terrific power.

Confidence Follows Timing: Van Horn, understand ingly nervous before his first big crowd, slowly went to pieces. His timing was the first thing to depart and his confidence soon followed. The youngster need not feci ashamed, however He made the tournament with his three mighty victories over higher ranked players, and he showed enough stroke equipment to cause the critics to tag him as the men who'll be champion of the world within two The Starting Lineups CARDINALS Rirlem. le Blazine, It i PACKERS le, Gantenbein It, Kay lg. Letlow Svendsen rg, Goldenberg rt.

Lee re, Steen oh, Bruder Ihb. Isbell rhb, Buhler lb, Hinkle sabados, lg Aldrirh, Carter, rg Babartskv, rt Smith, re Fisher, qb Patdick, lhb Popovirh, rhb Agee, fb Cardinals Best Team, Nevers No Bad Injuries The Packers acquired no casualty list of any importance against the Chicago Cardinals yesterday. Dr. W. W.

Kelly, physician, announced today. Joe Laws, halfback, picked up a charley horse in his leg and Cecil Isbell's mouth was in.iured. The entire squad will be available for next Sunday's game with the Chicago Bears, Dr. Kelly said. States After Grid Contest The Green Bay Packers were banging away at the 15-yard line of the Chicago Cardinals in the first period yesterday, when this photo was taken.

It shows Cecil Isbell attempting to drive off tackle against determined opposition. From left to right are Baby Ray of Green Bay (No. 44), Buckets Goldenberg of Green Bay (No. 43), Hank Bruder of Green Bay, on hands and knees, Isbell carrying the ball, an unidentified Cardinal making the tackle, Sabados of the Cardinals (No. 38), years.

him worK at nis game during the winter his backhand reeds revision and next summer will find him a terror. He had the flair for the game, the touch, and he has the power. A few refinements here and there and even Riggs couldn't be sure of stopping him. Riggs says he has no thought of turning professional that he will play in a few California tournaments, visit his family out there, Replacements Cardinals: Ends Mason, Deskin. Tackles Zelenrik, Dunstan, Volak.

Guards Monahan. Kochel, Thomas. Center Adams. Backs Lawrenre, Cherry, Russell. Goldberg, Bobbins, Mc-Donough, Crowder, Keed.

Packers: Ends Hutson. C. Mulleneaux. Craig. Moore.

Tackles Kell, Kil-bourne, Schultz. Guards Tinsley, Bi-olo, Zoll, Engebretsen. Brennan. Centers Brock, Greenfield. Backs Jan-kowski, Laws, Herber, Uram, Schneid-man.

Score By Periods East Hangs Up Victory No. 30 Red Devils Run Wild In Last Half, Subdue Sturgeon Bay by 39-7 By JOHN TORINUS The 1939 heirs to Green Bay East's gridiron dynasty opened a new season in a very impressive manner with a 39 to 7 victory over a none-too-easy Sturgeon Bay eleven at City stadium Saturday night. The first-string lineup, playing about half of the game, scored five of the six touchdowns paced by Mike Michalske Joins Chicago Team Staff as Assistant Coach, Scout By DICK FLATLEV When the little fellow in the unpressed blue serge suit began to yell, "Give us Herber," he apparently tiad at least a partial key to what it took for the Green Bay Packers to defeat the Chicago Cardinals by 14 to 10 Sunday afternoon at City stadium. Almost 12,000 fans in the stands Reds Reinforce Their Position Time Ticking on for Challenging Teams in National League Race I in the 3 10 014 Cardinals 0 ft Packers 0 14 1 Scoring Touchdowns: Cardinals Agee, Pack- and then return to his work with an advertising company in Chicago. We'd hate to bet, however, that a fat guarantee from the pros wouldn't break down his amateur resistance.

No Court Supcrwoman Alice Marble is no superwom-an of the courts. That was proved by her narrow victory over the veteran Helen Jacobs in the women's final. After winning the first seven games of her match her game broke down in front of Miss Jacobs' same and clever chal were beginning to feel the same way about it ward pass by Frank Patrick, former Pittsburgh star, and the old Herber to Hutson combination was called into play. Hutson made a dream catch of the football on the 7-yard line stumbling, off-balance, the oval landing on his finger tips and an angry Dougal Russell wrestled him to earth five yards short of the goal. Eddie Jankowski, the battering ram that walks like a man, was given the ball on two successive plays, and he rode it over.

Tiny Engebretsen's accurate toe added the extra points by placement after both touchdowns. Enough Points To Win These were enough points to win the game, but nobody was sure of it until the final gun sounded, due to a determined counter-thrust of the Cardinals, which spoke a scoring language twice in the dying period. Cecil Isbell, attempting to throw a pass, was tackled by Bill Smith, the Cards' great end, just as he held the bafl above his head, when Arnie did get into the By JOHN WALTER Press-Gazette Sports Editor THERE WAS no cause for undue pessimism, nor was there reason for excessive enjoyment, in the 14 to 10 victory which the Packers scored over the Chicago Cardinals yesterday. It was a class of football good enough to defeat a sturdy, 'hard-fighting opponent, but it would not have been good enough to whip the Chicago Bears, the powerful arch rivals of the Packers, who are booked for the next appearance at City ers (viuueneaux, Jankowskl. Points after touchdown: Cardinals-Smith, Packers Engebretsen I.

Field goal: Cardinals Smith. Officials Referee Edward Cochrane. Kansas. Umpire Bobby Cahn, Chicago. Headlinesman Irv Kupcinet.

Iowa St. Field Judge Dr. David A. Reese, Dennison. The Statistics First downs Green Bay Packers 12, Chicago Cardinals 11.

BY JUDSON BAILEY Associated Press Sports Writer Time is ticking away chenccs of clubs chasing the Cincinnati Reds in the National league, and some of them mustknow by now how a clock sounds' to the condemned. game. With him came Don and the picture changed from a deadlock of 1wo pint-sized halfbacks destined to give E.ist a great offensive combination this tar, Benny Allard and Al-Vin Mancheski. Sturgeon Bay scored on a 54-y a forward sorts to enough Every day unreeled from the senior circuit's crowded calendar in the last week has made Cincinnati's Zxk game lead look longer. Far from fading under persistent pressure of the St.

Louis Cardinals and the strain of three dou- for a Packer Total yardage Green Bay Packers 268, Chicago Cardinals 182. Total yardage from scrimmage Chicago Cardinals 97, Green Bay Packers 94. Total yardage from forward passes Green Bay Packers 174, Chicago Cardinals 85. Forward passes Chicago Cardinals attempted 9, completed 3. 3 intercepted.

Packers attempted 19, completed 8. 1 intercepted. lenge, and she found herself trailing 1-3 and then 3-4 in the final set. At that pcint she was hitting shots that a novice would be ashamed of, and those S50.000 worth of radio, movie, and nightclub contracts she signed on the strength of being National champion, appeared headed for the waste basket. But Miss Jacobs, runner-up in the tournament as long ago as 1928, tired badly, lost her touch and ability to cover court, and Miss Marble pulled fl i mrfS victory.

In fact, when the shouting fc'as all over and Ernie Nev- KiiciiiiisKe Ik fpass from stadium. Failure of Green Bay blocking to hit the heights can be laid to early season ineffectiveness, but it too must be placed on a firm foundation if the Bear defenses are to be stormed with success. Any number of times yesterday Packer ball carriers were left to fight their way forward or backward entirely alone, and the forward passers, particularly Cecil IsbelL were all but rushed to death. There are no statistics available to indicate how many completed forward passes Arnold Herber has sent'sailing into the air 4 iiopnomore br- neHitt to Jack bleheaders in four days, the Reds swung back into their best stride since July by winning seven of nine games. Face Lower Teams Furthermore, the schedule Ihis Mancheski Herman.

The win was East's 30th in a row, setting up next week's game at out the match. But she didn't look like a Moody or a Lenglen in doing it. The final score wes 6-0, 8-10, 6-4. Sheboygan North as the one which may tie the state record. ers made some attempt at relaxation back at the Hotel Northland, he said: "I still think we have the better ball club Outside of two long passes and a prayer, what did you (the Packers) have?" Well, the Packers had the most points, which is the all important consideration when the league standing is being compiled, but out of the football chatter that reverberated through Paul Gocke's lobby came an assortment of Herber The scoring summary gives the best indication of the manner in which Allard and Mancheski stole Penalty yardage Green Bay Packers 30.

Chicago Cardinals 10. Fumbles Chicago Cardinals 5. recovered 5. Green Bay Packers 2, recovered 0. Individual Statistics Ball Carrying Cardinals Agee 54 yards in 12 attempts, average 4.5; Cherry 19 yards in 5 attempts, averagev3.8; Fisher 9 yards in 1 attempt; McDonough 8 yards In 3 attempts, average 2.7; Goldberg 7 yards in 4 attempts, average 1.75; Popovirh 6 yards in 3 attempts, average 2.0: Lawrence 1 yard in 1 attempt; Russell lost 5 yards in 1 attempt; Patrick lost 2 yards in 1 attempt.

Packers Isbell 27 yards In 11 attempts, average 2.5; Jankowski 24 yards in 6 attempts, average 4.0; Laws 15 yards in 4 attempts, average 3.75; Hinkle 13 yards in 9 attempts, average 1.4; I rani 7 yards in 6 attempts, average 1.2; Herber 5 yards in 2 attempts, average 2.5; Buhler 3 yards in 2 attempts, average 1.5. Forward Passing Cardinals McDonough attempted 8. completed 2 for 73 yards, 2 intercepted. Popovich attempted 1, completed 1 for the evening's show. Mancheski ran 51 yards off tackle on the second play of the game for the first and the oval bounced to the ground, where it was recovered by Thomas of the visitors.

Two plays later McDonough's long forward pass was speared by Smith on the Packer 4-yard line, and from that point it took lunging Sam Agee onl ytwo plays to ride it across. Smith added the extra point by placement. The next and final Cardinal score came on the second play of the fourth period, another Packer fumble giving them their chance. Trying to filter his way through Chicago defenses, Joe Laws dropped the ball and the Cards recovered on their own 43. March Toward Goal They couldn't make all the distance to the goal, but they did march 22 yards, reaching the CONTINUED ON PAGE 15.

COLUMN I touchdown, took a 22-yard toss Linskey of All-Stars Goes to Chicago Team OSHKOSH, Wis. Manager Lonnie Darling and Coach George Hotchkiss of the Oshkosh All-Stars, National Professional Basketball league Western half champions last season, Sunday completed the sale of Frank Linskey, guard, to George Halas, manager of the Chicago Bruins. from Allard shortly afterward to week gave them an opportunity to reinforce their position with 10 games against the Boston Bees, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates the last three teams In the league and a class of opposition from which the Reds have won 41 games and lost only 12 this season. In contrast, the Cards were carded for eight games with New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs all dangerous. St.

Louis won 29 and lost 25 against them earlier. The first club to feel the pinch of the constantly tightening finish' wase Chicago's defending champions, who have only 11 games to play and are 10 games behind. This' was the standing today: go to the one-yard line and then lugged it over from there. Allard took ovet the limelight views in which the Cardinals were getting a good portion of the acclaim. Beyond the sphere of just grid talk came the announcement that Mike Michalske, one of the greatest Packer linemen and an all-America guard from Penn State, joined the Cards' staff.

as the first team came back in at the start of the second half. He went over from the four yard line on an off-tackle smash. Man- Assists With Scouting: for the Packers, but no two ever played a more vital part in the final score than did those he delivered to Don Hutson and Carl Mulleneaux yesterday. Both were magnificient catches, but they served to prove principally that Herber still is a potent factor in the Packer aerial warfare. There is no one' who can stand back there and look over his field with the disdain for charging linemen that Herber shows in every Packer game.

A New York scribe wrote last year that he was "still a money player in his dotage," and if dotage this is, the Packers can use it. A Chicago writer in the press coop yesterday, as Mulleneaux gathered in his touch- down toss, commented, "Don't those guys know Herber can throw that thing farther than thirty yards?" Then he added, more resignedly, "Why don't they get back eighty?" The Packers showed an alertness on pass defense which was encouraging. Charley Brock and Tom Greenfield, a pair of first year centers, each hooked off one, and Hank Bruder, who is no rookie but played a lot of football yesterday, took another. And the defense against running plays should be strong this year. The Packer reserve strength should be vastly superior to that of recent seasons, once the young fellows are broken in thoroughly to the Green Bay style of play.

But, as Coach Curly Lambeau remarked after the game, "There's much, much work to be done before we'll be ready for the Bears." CONTINUED ON PAGE 14, COLUMN 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 14, COLUMN 3 Mike will assist with the and do scouting work for Charles Bidwill's club. He will GB GP Cincinnati ...85 2 17 St. Louis 82 56 3i 15 Chirago 78 65 10 11 Brooklyn 74 63 11 17 St. LoAis (GP) One game with New York cancelled. Key: () Won.

I Lost. GB Games behind. GP Games to play. The Reds and Cards divided doubleheaders yesterday. Cincinnati sounded the theme for the day by making nine errors, but Paul Derringer overcame six of them in the first game to beat the continue to maintain his residence here.

The change for Mike made him halfway neutral as far as the ball game yesterday was concerned, but from the mouths of others came significant talk that indicates more coordination along the line will be needed when the Chicago Bears arrive here next Sunday for tilting. Strangely, one of the few men who didn't see it that ONE YEAR AGO TODAY Sept. 18, 1938 The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers meet here tomorrow East high won its 21st consecutive football game against Madison East here last night, 14 to 0 touchdowns were scored by Des-tichc nnd Hob LfFebTT West high opens against New rl ill London last night The North Side Major Bowling league rolled its first set of games, with Hank Zeutzius hitting 660. FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY ThrB Imnrnvprl upon their all-time Green Bay scoring records yesterday Tiny Engebretsen's two points after touchdown were his 21st and 22nd for Green Bay, boosting his total to 49, and enabling him to pass Myrt Basing, 1923-26, who has 48 Engebretsen now is in 19th place on the big lisf, nine points behind Red Dunn, 1927-1931 Eddie touchdown was his seventh as a Packer, and lifted his all-time total to 45 he jumped past Carl Lidberg. George Sauer and Milt Gantenbein, each of whom has 42, and now ranks 21st, three points behind Basing Carl Mulleneaux scored his fourth Packer touchdown and now has 24 points.

oa Sept 18, 1934 Chester Appleton fullback, has been held to his contract by the St. Louis Gunners and will leave the Packers. filD Bees, 6-5, for his 22nd victory and seventh straight. Boston took the nightcap, 5-3. Carl Hubbell pitched the Giants to a 2-1 triumph over the Cards in the first game, but Fiddled Bill McGee reversed the tables in the second session with a four-hitter to win by the identical score.

Cubs Are Eliminated The Brooklyn Dodgers swept two games from Chicago virtually to eliminate the Cubs from pennant contention. The Cubs made three boners in the first game and lost 10-4, then fell helpless, 3-2, before Luke Hamlin's five-hit flinging in the second. The Pirates committed eight errors in their first game to collapse, 7-3, for the Phillies, but grabbed the second installment by a 10 to 1 score. The Yankees relaxed, having Wd, tu a iCCoi 't that way, was George Halas, the Bears' coach who was among those present. "I frankly don't believe I can cope with the Packers," was the way George put it in the near convention on football that followed the game.

With the Northland lobby dotted by the representatives of five National league teams, Halas made that comment, but just how much of it he meant may be another story. Next Sunday will tell. Congratulations on Victory Bidwill was one of the first to congratulate Coach Curly Lam-beau and his assistant, Red Smith, on the Packer victory. The Cards' owner almost missed his bus from City stadium to stop at the Packer training quarters. Still, Charlie makes no reservations about the TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Sept.

1929 Clarence L. Derwae, former Green Bay resident, has been selected to play with the All-Marine football squad, which plans to meet some of the strongest teams in the east this fall fought. Joe Vanderkelen and Ray Lamal starred for the losers, while Lemens, Janquet and Pierquet stood out in the line, and Clark, Dedecker and Van Roy in the backfield for Preble. 'Coach Ervin Janquet of Preble anounced a practice for his team Wednesday and Friday nights under the lights. Teams looking for games can contact him or call herry 33F21.

The junior team, under the supervision of Corch Kenny Clark, also is anxious to schedule games with teams of grade school size. 15 YEARS AGO TODAY Sept. 18, 1924 Twelve Major Bowling league teams will swing into action tonight at the North Side Community alleys. Preble C.Y.O. Wins Football Game, 12-0 The Preble C.Y.O.

football team smashed its way to a 12-0 victory over Curran's Nighthawks at Preble Athletic field Sunday morning. The win kept the slate clean for Preble, which piled up a 19-6 score over the Bay Beach Bombers the previous week. The first half was all Preble's, as Van Roy raced across from the 20-yard line to score in the first period, and Les Rentmeester battered his way through the line for another marker in the second period. Both attempts for the extra point failed. The second half was evenly clinched their fourth consecutive American league championship Saturday, and dropped a double bill to the St.

Louis Browns, 8-4 and 3-1, as the tailenders gave a disrespectful salute to Red Ruf fact that he believes the picture will be reversed when the Packers play the Cardinals in Milwaukee Oct. 8. Like Nevers, Bidwill feels that the Cards are a "coming ball team." Nevers goes into it farther. Ijx his opinion the Packers owe their victory to the pitching arm of Herber, the tts of Hut- fing and Lefty Gomez, New York's aces. STONE MOTOR Co.

25 YEARS AGO TODAY Sept. 18, 1914 Louis Nejedlo was elected president of "the Jolly Cork Bowling club at a meeting last night St. Norbert college and West high school teams are practising every night for their coming football game. Athletics Beat Feller cntffiOitttt Five errors by the Cleveland In- September 29, 1914: The Cer-mans begin to attack Antwerp, Belgium. Heavy sinege guns bombard outlying forts.

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