Chicago Bears 28

  All-Stars 14

December 29, 1940 

Gilmore Stadium, Los Angeles (UP)- The Chicago Bears unleashed the power Sunday that made them king of the world's toughest professionals and crushed a fighting band of National League All-Stars, 28-14.

Clicking off seven points to a quarter, the Bears handed the third straight defeat to the All-Stars in the charity series, but it wasn't until the third period that the champions could begin to roll.

More than 18,500 spectators in Gilmore Stadium watched the All-Stars, sparked by the aerial combination of Slinging Sammy Baugh and Don Hutson, gave the Bears a fright at the end of the first half, tying the game 14-14 after what started to be another rout.

The Bears came back in the third period and pounded out two more scores, generated by Sid Luckman, but the picked band of the best players in the league always were a threat.

The Bears, striking with the cunning and fury that subdued the professional ranks, ripped off a touchdown play early in the first period at though they were toying with the Washington Redskins again. Luckman flipped a 20 yard pass to End Dick Plasman, who lateraled it to Hampton Pool to finish a 40-yard touchdown march. Phil Martinovich kicked the extra point.

But they hadn't figured on the rifle arm of Sammy Baugh, and the oversight resulted in the halftime tie. The All-Stars were handed their initial score, but they earned every bit of the second. Ted Livingston copped Bob Snyder's bobbled pass on the 10 and zipped across the goal as the Bears stood gaping, and Clark Hinkle's kick from placement tied the game, 7-7.

Luckman came to the Bears' rescue and looped a long pass over the head of the All-Stars' halfback, Kink Richards, and into the arms of Harry Clark for a 63-yard scoring play. Snyder kicked the extra point, giving the Bears a 14-7 lead.

Baugh's arm went to work again, and when Don Hutson, the old Alabama boy whose pass catching topped Stanford in the Ruse Bowl, entered the game, the answer was another score. Baugh rifled a couple to Hutson, edging the ball to the Bears' 30. The referee ruled Hutson had been interfered with on the 10, setting the touchdown stage. Baugh flipped a short one to Hutson on the four, then found End .Don Looney standing behind the goal posts and scored a bull's eye. Hutson kicked the extra point.

Plasman set up the Bears for their third score, intercepting Baugh's pass on the All-Stars' 30 and racing down the sidelines to the five where a swarm of blue shirted All-Stars nailed him. A penalty and a five-yard loss by Nolting put the ball back on the 15. There Nolting redeemed himself and drove to the three with Bill Osmanski picking up two more. A quarterback sneak by Luckman broke the tie, and Bob Snyder loped into the game to make good the conversion kick.

The Bears' final score came early in the fourth period after Luckman passed to Bob Nowaskey on the All-Stars' 13 just as the third quarter ended. On the first play Joe Maniaci slipped around left end to the nine, and Bob Swisher drove to the three. Then Bernie Masterson playing his final game for the Bears, made a first down by three inches on the two. Maniaci pounded over left tackle for the score. Maniaci booted the extra point.

Luckman led Bears to win.

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