Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-09-16 | Page 12 | McLemore Says Pro Football, under Marshall, Gives Customer Too Much for His Ticket

McLEMORE SAYS SAYS SAYS- Pro fo Football Under Marshall Gives Customer Too Much for His Ticket By HENRY MCLEMORE McLEMORE I WASHINGTON Sept 16 UP UP- UP The biggest bargain since the Indians Indians Indians In In- got short changed for the island of Manhattan is being offered offered offered of of- I here in Washington by a a launderer turned sports promoter one George Preston Marshall Using the Washington Redskins a professional football team as a front no-blueing no Marshall is running running running run run- ning hog wild as a master mind of al fresco foolishness It is just justa a question of time until he is grouped with P. P T T. Barnum Billy Rose C. C C. C Pyle Father Divine and Tex Rickard The Redskins opened the pro season against the Brooklyn Dodgers I ers in Griffith stadium here yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- and the only thing that was lacking to make it a circus was sawdust three or four of the flying a halfback who could go off oft tackle in an elephants elephant's elephants elephant's elephants elephant's ele ele- ele- ele howdah and two seals playing America on a cornet And the hottest tip around town is that Marshall will have supplied supplied supplied sup sup- plied these missing items before the New York Giants come in next week The Redskins won the game 24 to 17 and had the game been staged In normal surroundings I would tell you of Dr Jock Sutherland's Sutherlands Sutherlands Sutherland's Sutherlands Sutherland's Suther Suther- lands land's debut as a professional coach the great passing of Sammy Sammy Sammy Sam Sam- my Baugh the superb debut o of Banks MacFadden and the courage courage courage cour cour- age of Ace Parker in playing on what amounts to a broken leg But the game was incidental It was nothing more than an incident incident incident inci inci- dent in the afternoon show staged by the Starch Mar Mar- shall It is a tribute to Marshalls Marshall's organizing ability that time for forthe forthe forthe the game was found at all and that the customers weren't told that owing to the tremendous amount of entertainment engaged by We-Sew-on-Buttons We Marshall the football game would have to be eliminated These are a few of the items that Marshall provided provided provided pro pro- vided for the customers yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- A full sized wigwam so accurate accurate accurate ate in construction that only a descendant of Sitting Bull with witha a degree of architecture from M. M I. I T. T could have done the blue blue- prints I IA A wigwam the same one mentioned mentioned men men- menI I above full of swing musicians musicians musicians musi musi- and so hot on the reeds and trumpets that the feathers in their hair and the fringes on their leggings leggings leggings leg leg- I gings were pecking and rug cut ting for four quarters A piece band rigged out in Indian costumes that would get its members shot as prowlers on the first Indian reservation they ever walked on A pair of bagpipers who despite the cry of the crowd insisted on in the dead center of the field A Scotch lassie who wearing the full equipment of Scotch lassies lassies lassies las las- sies who insist on dancing in public public public pub pub- lic shook a mean highland fling on the yard 40 line Jesse Jones new secretary of commerce Sonja Henie Henle throwing out the first ball And until you have seen Sonja throw a forward pass you cannot possibly realize the truth in the statement concerning the weaker sex