The Archive · 1938

Chicago Bears Go Down Again

Team Handicapped by Loss Of Giant Fullback; Lions Get Victory Over Rams

Chicago, Nov. 8.

The once mighty Chicago Bears, pre-season favourites for the National Professional League championship, were headed to their third straight defeat here today when they bowed to the league leading Green Bay Packers by a score of 24-7.

The Bears were never in the picture at any time. Handicapped by ihe absence of Bronko Nagurski, giant fullback about whom the entire offensive system is built, the Bears were powerless against ihe Green Bay forward wall and easy prey to the off-tackle and end run dashes of Cecil Isbell and Arnold Herber.

The Washington Redskins, twice tied by the Brooklyn Dodgers but as

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