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Chicago, Dec. 6- As far as the Chicago Cardinals are
concerned, Pottsville, Pa., is the hub of the National
Professional Football League wheel and the sturdy
football machine representing the Pennsylvania mining
town is the champion of the league.
In the face of a driving attack staged by the Eastern
eleven in the second and fourth periods the Cardinals
curled up and were smeared in the snow on the gridiron
at Comiskey Park today, 21 to 7, in a game which
definitely decided the ownership of the National Pro-
fessional title for the 1925 season.
The Cards owned the championship of the western
half of the league, while Pottsville held claim to the
eastern section crown, and the Pennsylvania eleven
now has a clear road to the title- at least until the annual
meeting of the league moguls is held. Last year the
Chicago Bears were claiming the title, and apparently
had

    That break came in the form of a long punt which
hopped over Red Dunn's head and rolled to the Cardinal
five-yard line, where a Pottsville man downed the
ball. Driscoll immediately punted out from behind his
own goal and Quarterback Ernst of the Pennsylvania
team, took the ball on the 50- yard line and raced through
a broken field to the Cardinal five-yard mark again. Then
the husky Wentz, fullback from Penn State, crashed at
the Chicago line and on his third attempt went over for
the first touchdown. Berry kicked the goal.
     After the next kick-off the Cards started up the field
with a forward passing attack but Herb Stein, of Potts-
ville, grabbed one of Dunn's heaves and Pottsville had the
ball on its own 38-yard line. On the next play Halfback
Flanagan, of the Pennsylvania team, was taken off the
field with a broken collar-bone and the stage was set for
the entry of French.
     He showed the fans he was in the fray immediately.
He took the leather and raced down the field 30 yards
before he skidded and was down. A couple of line plays
followed and then Mr. French got his wind back and
took the ball again for another romp around the Cardinal
right end for 30 yards more and a touchdown. The
Cardinals tackled French in the course of his run, but he
shook all of them off. Berry again kicked the goal.
     Then the Cardinals woke up. Smith was sent to end,
McDonald replaced Driscoll and Mahoney replaced
Erickson. Red Dunn took the Pottsville kickoff and
started to heave passes. There were only a few minutes
left to the quarter and Dunn buried pass after pass. Six
passes were completed in succession with Koehler.
McDonald and Mahoney on the receiving end and the
Cards had their lone touchdown of the game. The six
passes gained a total of 45 yards. Dunn was set to kick
the goal for the point after the touchdown, but Pottsville
was off-side and the Cards were awarded the point free.
     That ended the action, except for a flash in the final
period, when Pottsville staged another big drive up the
field, with French tearing and ripping his way through
the line and around the ends. Then Wentz dove off
tackle for three yards and the final touchdown of the
contest. All through the third and fourth periods, the
Cards tried vainly to get their forward passes working
again, but they failed and Red Dunn was still heaving
passes when the final gun barked.

Philadelphia Record- Monday, December 7, 1925