Show V SOME alert statistician has figured it out that the next two months will see more big football games than any season in history E even ven with the call of the bugle there will be ft a greater number of stars in action g and a greater number af pf p headline contests but what about 3 the size of the crowds how will the transportation snarl be settled this is where the big guess enters grantland itice george preston marshall owner owner of the washington redskins Red skins would like to make a wager that his big professional team will outdraw any other squad in the country college or pro and that it will vill equal its best year in this respect whether or not he can outdraw notre dame is still part of future happenings frank leahy has one of his finest squads at south bend and from the present outlook he will play to capacity in most of his bis con tests this will be true against army michigan navy northwestern and southern california capacity wont be far away against the others including stanford lowa iowa naval cadets cabets and the great lakes squad it would not be surprising tu to see notre dame close to the half million mark naval cadet teams the georgia and north carolina naval cadet teams win will attract fully as much interest as any college squad especially if 11 they C can an get away with fair success they are i still gambles to a certain extent but they wont be weak they are taking the hardest training in any service for future flying and win will be physically ready for even their starting assignments they ire are all ably coached and they all have the heart and the fire to give all their systems can carry the major cities such as new york chicago los angeles boston philadelphia san Fran frandisco pisco etc will draw big crowds the smaller bowls or stands that can call for automobile transportation will have a rougher road ahead there also alp will bejera be lesa jesA railroad grovel on the spectators side close to the top pennsylvania with a hard nine game schedule and the outlook for a first class team should be close to the leaders in packing them in philadelphia is one of the best of an all football cities 1 michigan mach agan is another team facing a big attendance year the wol merines verines lare from athe front with such teams to meet as great lakes michigan state iowa naval cadets cabets northwestern M minnesota inne sota illinois harvard notre dame ohio state and iowa this is what you might easily label a package of heavy trouble it is close to being country fritz crisler has a fine squad with such backs as tommy kuzma and paul white but no one can expect the wolverine to claw its away way unbeaten through this barrage of human flesh minnesota and notre dame alone are twin twid bundles adles of dynamite there will be no bother about big crowds in the mid fritz crisler dle west including ohio states home at columbus with domany feature games and so many featured stars in the east what about the east new york PhUn philadelphia delphia boston and baltimore will be beyond the average new york with several games transferred to its subway service will nin have its best football year be the colleges and the probes donal giants the polo grounds and he yankee stadium win will set new records ec even with the transportation odds it them oil au other sports have shown an am amazing abing attendance record this goes for baseball golf and racing especially As football happens to be the best crowd magnet of them all there la Is no reason why the fall season just ahead more than keep pace with other forms of competition although at least a hundred stars have been taken by the various I 1 services from the pro camps there has been no lapse of public interest as the chicago and log Lo angles games have already shown with doss close to fit at these two opening salutes teams are expecting capacity crowds from denver to boston and B baltimore a it imore via new york and 1 I dont t think hink they will be disappointed there may be a dizzy drop latex later en cn but 1942 will set some form ol 01 record before the final block is put in and theft the acal pass is thrown or OB h fas gridiron |