Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-04 | Page 15 | Tim Mara Calad He Bought Grid Franchise for $2500

Tim Mara Glad He Bought Grid Franchise for 2500 By LAWTON CARVER CARYER United Sports Sports Writer NEW YORK Dec 4 In 4 In 1925 Tim Mara bought a professional football football foot toot ball franchise for 2500 TImes were pretty good then He wouldn't sell now V for lor any price Sunday his New York Giants winners of the eastern half hall of the National Professional league race meet the Chicago o Bears wes western rn half halt winners and or pr more persons will go to the Polo grounds to see sec the game The glO gross S take will willbe willbe be around B Bed Bad d For B Baseball Mara does not not subscribe to the opinion that professional f football will put the colleges out of business But he does believe that professional profession profession- al at baseball will suffer within the next 10 0 years from the inroads of pro professional football The public finall finally has his cometo conic come to realize that professional football football football foot foot- ball is strictly on the level he said salt The public realizes that it must be on the level or a franchise franchise fran fran- chise wouldn't be bc worth a ter The result is a steady growth in crowds For the same reason rason that college football is the outstanding amateur sport professional football will wilt be the outstanding professional sport And if you dont don't believe it take a l look at the game garne a few years from now He slapped a rubber band around a roll of bills and rush rushed d one of ot his office workers to the bank with a deposit that brought the total of Mondays Monday's ticket sales for Sundays Sunday's game to Averages Pounds He has nursed the Giants through the ailments of infancy and now that thai they have grown up he cant can't quite turn them loose The team that he will send out against the Bears Sunday lost the playoff last year after the lead had changed sides seven even times tunes The Linal final fi Li- nal margin of victory was 2 points The Giants have hae a 3 pound backfield and a 3 team that averages averages aver aver- ages arcs pounds over all The Bears weigh no pounds over o all I The game is likel likely to be one of the best of the season from a standpoint standpoint stand stand- point of sheer heer football and All Amer will be on parade all after after- noon