New York, Dec. 4.
Crushing the world champion Vashington Redskins, 36-0, to win the Eastern Division championship of the National Professional Football League today, the New York Giants will clash with the Green Bay Packers for the world title.
The Packers will be Giants' opponents because they won the Western Division championship when the Detroit Lions crumbled before the Philadelphia Eagles, 21-7, today.
Had the Lions triumphed today a tie between the Detroit team and the Packers would have resulted and a sectional play-off would have been necessary.
The victory of the Gaints closed the most successful football league season in history, for this year's games were attended by a greater number. of spectators than ever before.
Swamping the Redskins with a grand display of power, the Giants Scored in all' periods except the second. Only in that quarter did the Redskins give the Giants anything like a close fight The defeat of the Redskins was fully expected, however, because the title-holders were roughly handled throughout the present season following the loss of some of last year's stars and the injection of new blood around the circuit.
The Redskins were only able to enter the territory of the Giants on four occasions, but each time they met a stonewall defence. The Giants, on the other hand, pierced the
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