Show L LAST AST year on our way wes west we traveled as far as chicago chicag with george halas owner of the chicago bears the discussion came up as to whether or not there were spots enough for two football leagues with eight teams in each circuit just as baseball has today halas didn dian t think so we have the only league he said with new york chicago philadelphia wash agton pittsburgh boston detroit and los angeles these are the proven places there is room enough for two big leagues in baseball halas continued but not football we suggested these new G icalas spots york two clubs chicago two clubs and one each tor for philadelphia los angeles san francisco brooklyn pittsburgh washington cleveland boston bu falo and baltimore that only adds up to 14 24 clubs halas said we still need two more and I 1 don t like three you ve thrown in buffalo brooklyn and balti more football is different than baseball brooklyn always has been a great baseball town brooklyn s football team cost dan topping around and its new owners more than 1 these figures are startling one has to admit still collins in boston la is out more than and detroit Is at least that much in the red and these are two national league cities there must be something wrong in the running and handling of pro football looking baak back 20 odd years there have been more than 20 teams in the national league only four have ever made money they are new york chicago washington and green bay philadelphia has been breaking even and so has pittsburgh the rest have gone bankrupt or like detroit and bos ton are more than half a million out so far brooklyn boston and de troit have been the major dabblers in redell red well more than a million and a halt half miami blew up with a detonation outside of a few teams both leagues have suffered heavily on the financial side overpaid players many of them have been paying football players two and three times what they were worth players more than 28 years of age have been puff ing around others have reported 20 to 40 pounds overweight we agree with red blaik when you ve passed 28 go out and get another job we U 11 also add when you weigh more than pounds pound stake take up some e fat man mans s game at least 40 som per cent of the pro football players today are in no physical condition to play out a game that demands so muc much h on the physical side just what will happen later Is a guess beyond our reach pro football so far has cost various promoters close to 10 million dollars A few have made money but nothing like this amount I 1 don t believe the losing promoters will take this beating much longer and this includes both leagues As far as I 1 can dig up the figures pro football as great a game as it is Is still deep in the red los angeles has proved to be the best town for pro football with cleveland in second place the N Y giants through the fine football that the mara brothers and steve owen have provided for so many years are well on the safe side washing ton has been a sellout on a 34 basis due to sammy baugh when baugh leaves george Ma marshall will have more headaches than a ton ot of aspirin can cure the sound spots in pro football today are cleveland los angeles new york part of chi cago pittsburgh philadelphia and san francisco chicago can t possibly take care of three teams the rockets already have discovered this sad news brooklyn a fine baseball city pos sibly the best has known only third and fourth rate football teams for years brooklyn never has had a chance few opportunities I 1 still believe buffalo and balti more can be strong centers given high grade teams neither will sup port a loser long there has been talk of atlanta dallas akron and a few other cities including new or leans that might work out they might if you care to gamble with a loss most of these are strictly college towns there was some years ago a gen eral belief that pro football would wreck college football just as pro baseball smothered college base ball I 1 never believed this would happen the college game is stronger today than it ever has been beel before pro football isn t look ovel over college attendance figures 86 al at Mic michigan lugan around 80 in the call cali forma pennsylvania and ohio state stands 60 in los angeles from 40 to 60 all over the college map college football Is still out drawing pro football game fo foi game by at least two to one |