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Looking Lookmg back 20 odd years yearsthere yearsthere yearsthere there have been more than 20 teams teamsin teamsin teamsIn in the National league Only four fourhave fourhave fourhave have ever made money They are areNew areNew areNew New York Chicago Washmgton Washington Washmgtonand Washingtonand Washingtonand and Green Bay Phllldelph Philadelph a has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been breaking breakmg even and so has hasPittsburgh hasPittsburgh hasPittsburgh Pittsburgh The rest have gone gonebankrupt gonebankrupt gonebankrupt bankrupt or like Detroit and Bas Bos Baston Boston Boston ton are more than halt hall half a rmllion million rmllionout millionout millionout millionoutSo out outSo So far Brooklyn Boston and De Detrolt Detroit Detroit trolt troit have been the major dabblers dabblersIn In red-well red well red - well more than a m1lJon million m1lJonand millionand millionand ! and a hall half M l\l l DI \ ami blew up with a < 300 3oo 000 detonat on Outside of a few fewteams fewteams fewteams teams both leag leagues es have suffered sufferedheav sufferedheavily sufferedheavily heav heavily y on the financial sideOverpaid side sideOverpaid Overpaid Overpmd PlayersMany Players PlayersMany Many ot of them have been payin paying payingfootball payingfootball football players two and three times timeswhat timeswhat timeswhat what they were worth . . . Players more morethan morethan : than 28 years of o1 age have been puff puffing puffbig puffing ing big around Others have reported 20 20to 20to 20to to 40 pounds overweight We agree agreewith agreewith agreewith with Eed Red Bla k-when k when k - when you ve ye passed passedW 28 go out and get another job lob JobWe lobWe jobWe We II 11 also add-when add when add - when you weigh weighmore weighmore weighmore more than 230 pounds - take up upsome upsome upsome some fat man s game At least 40 40per 40per 40per per cent of the pro football players playerstoday playerstoday playerstoday today are re m In no physical conditIOn conditionto to play out a game that demands so somuch somuch somuch much on the physical sideJust side sideJust Just whatwill what will happen later Is a aguess aguess .guess guess . guess beyond our reach Pro foo football foot football ball so far has cost varlois various pro pro- promoters promoters - . moters close to t * 10 million mJllon ! dollars A Afew Afew Afew few have made money but nothing nothinglke nothinglike nothinglike lke like ! this amount amountI I don t believe the losing promot promot- promoters promoters promoters - - ers will take this beating much muchlonger muchlonger muchlonger longer And this includes both bothleagues bothleagues b tbleagues leagues As far as I can dig up the thefigures thefigures thefigures figures pro totball football * as great a agame agame game as it ! is s is still shll deep in the tbe redLos red redLos Los Angeles has proved to be the thebest thebest thebest best town for pro football with withCleveland withCleveland withCleveland Cleveland in second place The N Y YGiants YGiants YGiants Giants through the fine football that thatthe thatthe thatthe the Mara brothers and Steve 0 O ven yen venhave yenhave venhave have provided for so many years yearsare yearsare yearsare are well on the sate safe side WashIng WashIngton Washington Washington ton has been a sellout on a 34 000 000basIs 000basis 000basis basIs due to Sammy Baugh When WhenBaugh WhenBaugh WhenBaugh Baugh leaves Geol Geoige ge Marshall will willhave willhave willhave have more headaches than a ton 01 of 01asplrm ofaspirin ofaspirin asplrm aspirin can cure The sound spots in inpro inpro inpro pro football today are Cleveland ClevelandLos ClevelandLos ClevelandLos Los Angeles New York part of ChJ Chi ChJcago Chicago Chicago cago Pittsburgh Ph Philadelphia adelphla and andSan andSan andSan San FranciscoChIcago FranciscoChicago Francisco FranciscoChicago Chicago can t possibly take care careof careof careof of three teams The Rockets already alreadyhave alreadyhave alreadyhave have d scovered this sad news newsBrooklyn newsBrooklyn newsBrooklyn Brooklyn a fine tine baseball city pos posSJbly possibly possibly SJbly sibly the best has known only third thirdand thirdand thirdand and fourth rate football teams for foryears foryears toryears years Brooklyn never has had a achance achance chanceFew chance Few rew Opportunities Opportumtzes OpportunitiesI I still believe Buffalo and Bait BaIti BaItimore Baitmore ! ! more can be strong centers given givenhigh givenhigh givenhigh high grade teams Neither will sup support support support port a loser long There has been beentalk beentalk beentalk talk of Atlanta Dallas Akron and a afe afe afe fe v other cities includ mclud ng New Or Orleans Orleans Orleans leans that might work out They TheymightIf Theymightif Theymight might-If might If - - if you care to gamble WIth witha a $300 300 $ 000 loss Most of these are arestrictly arestrictly arestrictly strictly college townsThere towns townsThere There was some years ago a . gen general generai general eral erai belief belet ! that pro pr * fottbaU football would wouldwreck wouldwreck wouldwreck wreck college foctball football Just as pro probaseball probaseball prbaseball * baseball smothered sDlothered college base base- baseball baseball baseball - - ball I never believed this ihis would wouldhappen wouldhappen wouldhappen happen The Th colleg college * game t nr I 1'stronger 1stronger ' . 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