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In 1935 the Packers missed the League's Western Division championship by the margin of one point, having failed to kick a goal after a touchdown against the Chicago Cardinals. This year they played ten games in a row without a similar omission. The Packers lost their second game of the season, 30-to-3, against the Chicago Bears, in Green Bay's City Stadium. The humiliation was so extreme that they won every game thereafter until they clinched the Western Division championship last fortnight.
To the winner of the Packers v. Redskins game this week will go the professional championship of the U. S. Among the Packers' stars favored to win it are: Halfback John Blood, whose service record of 13 years is the longest in the League, whose size (6 ft., 190 Ib.) is pygmy compared to a team averaging 20 Ib. more, and whose orangutan arms make him equally dreaded as a pass catcher and a tackler; End Don Hutson, whose 34 catches this season broke the League record; Arnold ("Flash") Herber, whose accuracy has enabled him to throw completed passes totaling 1,225 yards, which is not only a record individual total but more than the total gained by any other team in the League this year. Last week, the Packers warmed up for their crucial game against the Redskins by playing a monotonous 0-to-0 tie with the Chicago Cardinals.