Show I I Pro Expect Good Season CHICAGO June 14 UP Point WI-Point- Point Pointing ing to the success of baseball as a pattern for the future Elmer Layden Layden Lay Lay- den commissioner of the National Nation Nation- al F Football league said Monday he was confident that the nine club owners who last April pledged themselves to carry on would go ahead with their 1943 plans after a league meeting in Chicago Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- and Sunday The main purpose of the special session will be to adopt schedules which had to be redrawn when Cleveland pulled out of the league There will vill be no supplemental selection selection se so- lection of collegians he said fo fos fOl most of those graduating between June and October were included in the player draft last spring I I think our members feel that now is the time to assert ourselves ourselves our our- selves to show that pro football is deserving of its high position in the sports world Baseball surely surely sure sure- ly had as many problems last year if not more than now confront us I am sure the league will prove it can survive under trying con con- Discarding talk of mergers such as the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Eagles Layden declared de de- de dared We wont won't have talent comparable comparable able to that of last year and we wc cant can't think in these times of great unbeatable teams but there will be beno beno beno no lessening of competition and games will be just as hard-fought hard and exciting as ever Baseball and other sports have proved that competition com corn petition is the big factor He added that club owners have always recognized the importance of of- competitive sports and have not been gui guided led solely by the dollan dollar dol dol- dol lar lan sign Many of them have lost money in normal seasons Some of them never have realized any profit But still they continue |