Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-09-09 | Page 21 | Pro Gridders Regain Prestige as Leemans Leads in 14-7 Win

Pro Gridders Regain Prestige : As Leemans Leads in 14-7 Win NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UP) Professional football regained gome J of its lost prestige today by the 14-7 defest handed the eastern col- . legiate all-stars by the New York Giants last night at the Polo Grounds before a crowd of 25.000. a ths college boys last yssr, was ths top msn on ths pro side. He sprinted sprint-ed 62 yards to a touchdown and! deadlocked ths score in ths second period. The stsrs had scored first in ths same session when, with Kobrosky flinging passes to Lou Elverson of Penn. they drove 38 ysrds to s score. i The Gisnts stsrted their second , touchdown drive lets In the third; period. Hank Soar, former Provi-j Provi-j denes sre, went over for the touchdown. touch-down. Manton converted. It was ths fourth of a series of' preseason gamea between tha pros snd sll-star collegiate teams and the win evened the games won snd lost st two-slL The pros scored their first win Tuesdsy when the Chicago Bears beat an Oklahoma all-star college team 25-0. Prior to that the Green Bay Packers had dropped a 6-0 decision de-cision to sn sll-star team in Chicago Chi-cago and the Bears had auffered a similar defeat in Dallas, Texas. Ths Giants were superior on the ground Wednesday, clicking off 97 ysrds sgsinst 52, but in the sir the stsrs made 128 yards sgsinst 41. Stsr of the college aide waa Mickey Kobrosky of Trinity, who threw aev-en aev-en complete passes for a total of 90 yards. Tuffy Leemans, former George Wsshington see who starred for