Show Great Climb of Chicago's Pro Sounds Like Bear Story but It Isn't Int I nt i Halas Develops Team During 14 Years of Careful Work Editors Editor's Note Nott This is th the first of a sorie of four articles describing the success of or the Chicago Bears Bears' professional professional professional football team By F. F A. A Associated Press Sports Writer CHICAGO Dee Dec 14 Lay 14 Lay aside your thoughts of the Rose Bowl game ame and Minnesota's marvelous squad and step into another world world where where football foot Loot ball is bi big business and the Chicago Bears have ruled the roost Put yourself in the shoes of Geor George e Halas president and md coach of the Bears whose job it is to coach super super- champions in a sport that has skyrocketed sky rocketed to new heights In the l last t two years Probably the leading exponent of popularizing professional football he has seen the game came batter its way from obscurity and scant repute to the point where his Bears play before people in a single season and pay 22 players at the rate of a week Started at Decatur Fourteen years ago ngo by way of contrast con- con rast the team learn now known as tie the Bears started as a 1 club representing a manufacturing company in Decatur Ill 11 with willi Halas once a n star end atthe zit nt the he University of Illinois as 3 organizer organizer organizer organ organ- izer and coach A shrewd systematic b business man mm Halas Halos has combined two talents talents to to develop get that word Granges and Nag and Hewitts Hc into a football machine and place the game on a strict business basis bas profitable for players and fascinating for tor fansTo fans fans' To Halas an an America all player is just another candidate If It the players player is s ready to step from the algebra to the trigonometry of or football football if l-i l if he hehns helias has lias enough stuff stu to develop beyond his i. i standard of or college days days in In other words if hes he's another Grange Grange Halas Halas will give Ji him every chance to show it Looks Locks for Power More than that the Bears Bears' coach W A t s f K 1 4 r f I v i I 1 c 4 Y f 7 v 4 j 4 4 A p 44 v 4 4 7 4 The Ghost of Illinois minol may be fading completely out of the picture but the part he be played in the tho rise of professional football remains one of the most Interesting stories In the history of or the sport aport He Ie is shown here with George Gcorge lIalas who has the tho comparatively simple job of coaching the tho perfect football team demands ruggedness of or physique a avast avast vast ast amount of or pulverizing drive and power an present ever willingness to learn more about football plus football plus initiative ini ml- to master complex plays playon on his own time As A. individuals most of the Bears arc are necked bull plied rivers Th Tho club employs no scouting system tern tem em to collect sophomores for its ranks rank That isn't necessary Halas i n s deluged with recommendations for PlO prospective talent talent many many from university uni uni- verity coaches coach whose opinions he t r values hi highly hl Ten years ago big names were sought for professional football to attract attract attract at at- tract the crowds That day is long since past as far as the B Bears s are concerned If It Halas Is convinced that an unknown unknown un un- known player from a small school has the stuff the man is signed at atso atso atso so much a game same but his contract always always al al- ways includes a provision that he will be ver very much at liberty if it his play pIa falls below the Halas standard cy t |