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JIMMIE, Ia 3M y PONT LIKE THEM- . V EVERYTHINO.' T VV Arv :JCK VOU'VEGOT jjM Z HANGIN8 AROUND 7 L L MSlTS 3 idL ' ByLenKIei G. Halaa T AST year, on our way west, we traveled at far as Chicago with George Halas, owner of the Chicago Bears. The discussion came up as to whether or not there were spots enough for two football leagues, with eight teams In each circuit, just as baseball has today. Halas didn't think so. "We have the only league," he said, "with New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Wash-ington, Pittsburgh, Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles. These are the proven places. There is room enough for two big leagues In baseball," Halas continued, "but not football." We suggested these spots New York, two clubs: Chicago, two clubs, and 'one each (or Philadelphia:, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Washington, Cleveland, Boston, Buffalo Buf-falo and Baltimore. "That only adds up to 14 clubs," Halas said. "We still need two more, and I don't like three you've thrown In Buffalo, Brooklyn and Baltimore. Balti-more. Football is different than baseball. Brooklyn always has been a great baseball town. Brooklyn's Football team cost Dan Topping around $300,000 and Its new owners more than $250,000." These figures are startling, one has to admit. Still Collins In Boston is out more than $500,000 and Detroit ts at least that much In the red. And these are two National league cities. There must be something wrong In the running and handling of pro football. Looking back 20 odd years, there have been more than 20 teams in the National league. Only four have ever made money. They are New York, Chicago, Washington and Green Bay. Philadelphia has been breaking even, and so has Pittsburgh. The rest have gone bankrupt or, like Detroit and Bos ton, are more than half-a-million out So far, Brooklyn, Boston and De troit have been the major dabblers In red well more than a million and a half. Miami blew up with a I $300,000 detonation. Outside of a few teams, both leagues have suffered heavily on the financial side. Overpaid Players Many of them have been paying football players two and three times what they were worth. Players more than 28 years of age have been puff ing around. Others have reported 20 to 40 pounds overweight. We agree with Ked Blaik when you've passed 28, go out and get another job. We'll also add when you weigh more than 230 pounds take up some fat man's game. At least 40 per cent of the pro football players today are in no physical condition to play out a game mat demands so much on the physical side. Just what will happen later is a guess beyond our reach. Pro football, foot-ball, so far, has cost various promoters pro-moters close to 10 million dollars. A few have made money, but nothing like this amount. I don't believe the losing promoters promot-ers will take this beating much longer. And this Includes both leagues, As far as I can dig up the figures, pro football, as great a game as it is, is still deep in the red. Los Angeles has proved to be the best town for pro football, with Cleveland in second place. The N. Y. plants, through the fine football that the Mara brothers and Steve Owen have provided for so many years, are well on the safe side. Washington Washing-ton has been a sellout on a 34,000 basis, due to Sammy Baugh, When Baugh leaves, George Marshall will have more headaches than a ton ol aspirin can cure. The sound spots in pro football today are Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, part of Chicago, Chi-cago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Chicago can't possibly take care of three teams. The Rockets already have discovered this sad news. Brooklyn, a fine baseball city, possibly pos-sibly the best, has known only third and fourth rate football teams for years. Brooklyn never has had a chance. Few Opportunities I still believe Buffalo and Baltimore Balti-more can be strong centers, given high-grade teams. Neither will support sup-port a loser, long. There has been talk of Atlanta, Dallas, Akron and a few other cities, including New Orleans, Or-leans, that might work out They might if you care to gamble with a $300,000 loss. Most of these are strictly college towns. There was, some year ago, a gen. eral belief that pro football would wreck college football, just as pre baseball smothered college baseball. base-ball. I never believed this would happen. The college game ii stronger today than it ever has bees before. Fro football isn't. Look over college attendance figures 86,000 at Michigan around 80,000 In the California, Cali-fornia, Pennsylvania and Ohio Stat stands 60,000 In Los Angeles from 40,000 to 60,000 all over the college map. College football la still out drawing pre football, game foi game, by at least two to one. 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