On the Scoreboard it looked good: it was 14-14, going into the last quarter. But New York's pro football Giants just didn't have a backfield to their name:
¶ Fullback Bill Paschal was out with a week-old broken jaw.
¶ Fullback Merle Hapes was ruled out of the game while cops investigated a Broadway gambler. The gambler had tried to bribe Hapes and a fellow Giant to throw the game for $7,000.
¶ Halfback Frank Reagan was manhandled so badly by Chicago's bruising Bears that he was rushed to the hospital at halftime, with a fractured...
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