Pottsville Wins
Pro Gridiron

Championship - 21 to 7

Maroons Conquer Cards,
Take Crown

Easteners Surprise Western Foes in Post-
Season Contest to Make Certain that Champion Would Have Clear Title to Laurels

John "Blood" McNally

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"Championships are won on the
field and Pottsville won it there in
1925.  The Cardinals were defeated
in an honest contest by Pottsville
and should not claim a championship
they did not win.  I support the
Maroons as the true champs of 1925."

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CHICAGO, Dec. 6- Out of the East today came
a whirlwind arrayed in the Maroons of the warriors
of Pottsville, Pa. to swirl down upon the Cardinals,
bury them 21 to 7, and take back eastward an un-
clouded title to the national professional football
championship.

Philadelphia Inquirer- Monday., December 7, 1925

Maroons Take
National
Championship

Pottsville Wins Title
By Stopping Cardinals

Maroons Capture Professional Crown in Post-
Season Game When Walter French, Former
West Point Star, Rises to Super Heights
Against Home Players.

Michael A. Close (former Mayor of Pottsville)

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CHICAGO, Dec. 6- As far as the Chicago Car-
dinals are concerned, Pottsville, Pa., is the hub
of the National Professional Football League
wheel and the sturdy football machine repre-
senting the Pennsylvania mining town is the
champion of the league.

"Their (Pottsville Maroons) gridiron deeds
of long ago will always be remembered as
a bright chapter in the history of Pottsville,
never to be dimmed by the passage of time."

Philadelphia Record- Mon., December 7, 1925

Pottsville Wins
National Title

Pottsville Wins
National Pro Title

Downs Chicago Cardinals
21 to 7, in East-West Play-
Off of National Football League

French Scores TD,
Runs Wild For Miners In
Rout Of Chicago, 21 to 7

Stein and French Star

Pottsville Player, who cavorts in outfield for
Athletics during summer, hero in winning
of National Crown

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CHICAGO, ILL., Dec. 7- POTTSVILLE
won the national professional football
league pennant here yesterday afternoon when it defeated the Chicago Cardinals,
21 to 7, in a fierce battle.  The fight was waged on an ice covered field, with a
thirty mile gale making the temperature
of 18 degrees seem much lower.

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CHICAGO, ILL., Dec. 6- The doughty football players from
Pottsville, Pa., claimants to teh national championship of the
professional league in the East, journeyed to Comiskey Park
today and silenced the Cardinals, who laid claim to the Wes-
tern title, by a score of 21 to 7.

Philadelphia Ledger- Monday Morning, Dec. 7, 1925

Evening (Philly) Bulletin- Dec. 7, 1925