Show I comparison Comparison Football and Baseball I By GRANTLAND RICE As progress moves along the road there is always a new order of things You can fight this order just so long For example professional football met this challenge and made its change To the older older older old old- er roster of teams R Los Angeles and andr r San Francisco were added The addition of these teams added added added add add- ed immeasurably r to the growth and development of the game and will continue continue con eon N to do so Recently Dallas was added to the the Grantland Gotland Rice Rite pro grid map This latest move will place the Far West well above the East including including including ing New Yorks York's Giants Philadelphia's Philadelphia's Philadelphia's Philadel Philadel- phia's E Eagles a g l 1 e s or Pittsburgh's in the matter of attendance Big league baseball has made madeno no such changes It has defied progress Today Los Angeles San Francisco Dallas Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Balti Balti- more Buffalo and Houston have larger attendance figures to draw on than some major league cities but they cannot break Into the Iron-bound Iron monopoly monopoly monopoly mon mon- of the big league game Baseball has stuck with the 11 cities and 16 franchises it picked up fifty fity years ago and has made no move since In spite of the vast changes in population and interest shown the theold theold theold old game has plodded along clinging clinging clinging cling cling- ing desperately to the past with any views of the future completely hid bid den It may be the original setup left no way to handle this situation There is a big chance a change will come some day in a general revolt of ot potential major league cities now left out that will tear many of the teams in the two older leagues into shreds It may not happen But it could Football hasn't been too smart In Inmany Inmany inmany many directions but it has been smarter than baseball And baseball baseball baseball base base- ball had much the earlier start The point Is that a league big franchise means much to a city really deserving deserving deserving de de- de- de serving it it One must admit that three big leagues would be upsetting I when it came to any world series It is fairly certain however that one big league for a city is about all the traffic will bear outside of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and possibly Chicago They have millions in the way of population to give them a two league chance About College Football Pro football is building every year Additions from the Far West and the Southwest have added tre tre- tre- tre I strength I also happen to believe that college football will appeal to just as many people when the recruited element Is eliminated or reduced It will never be re reduced reduced reduced re- re as long as a single alumnus is found breathing If correct changes are made college football will no longer be bo largely a battle of scouting recruiting recruiting recruiting re re- athletic scholarships and money against at least a a- form of sanity I received a letter letter let let- ter from Don Faurot the able coach at Missouri l Don shows that In the recent awards and dis distribution of deserved prizes at Missouri practically every recipient came from that state I have seen Missouri teams in th the past in which 33 men out of ot 33 came cam from Missouri I believe Missouri has more home-grown home football players play play- ers than any other big university Missouri makes no effort to sen send scouts all over the map 1500 or 2000 miles away in order to bag a passing star a big tackler tackier or a ahard ahard ahard hard running back That's the way it should be Paw Paul Bryant has announced a similar policy policy policy pol pol- icy for tor Kentucky Football players given their earlier education free in some public high school too often bolt for the rich bait blit handed out by some university or college far tar away This is unfair to the state that gave the athlete his chance to get start start- ed The Browns Test The Browns under and Hornsby are dead sure to show im im- provement One question is how is-how how much improvement will they show at the gate Unless the Br Browns Brawns move up above the or attendance mark the franchise may be shifted Baseball expenses have reached the point where no DC or season all-season crowd can pay even part of the way St. St Louis Is a hot ball town es especially especially especially es- es where the Cardinals are involved But this season the Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal Cardi Cardi- nal pennant outlook over Giants and Dodgers is not too keen unless Cardinal pitching reaches the peak It might find in the distance I should think any community would take a deep interest in a young ball club building up But if II the Browns' Browns attendance increase doesn't come off oU therell there'll be more than one outside city more than willing to get the assignment Hornsby has another fine aid in shortstop Marty Marion I If Marion is able to work 90 games at short he will be a big help In any event he will be a big helper St. St Louis with Stanley and Hornsby willbe will be one of the most interesting spots spot of the new season You'll see a lot better baseball from the the Browns |