"A purple tornado, riding abreast a mile a minute gale of almost cyclonic fury swept out of the timbered hills of southern Ohio Sunday afternoon at Universal Stadium before a record concourse of 12,000 frenzied fans and blew the Wisconsin Green Bay packers far off the world's football throne. As the mighty Packers toppled from their lofty seat, the Spartans took their place, reaching the highest pinnacle the football world offers, after three years battling misfortune, disappointment, reverses, and great odds, pushing courageously and tenaciously onward to their current goal. Portsmouth's victory ensures the Spartans of at least a tie for first place."