Show r G R CE A A FTER the war there is certain to be a shift shUt in more than a few cities so far as baseball and football are concerned along major lines There will be a new tidal wave ol oj sport a greater boom than sport knew after the first World war in hi 1919 and 1920 It is almost certain that Los An geles on its way to 01 or population will be one of the k new main centers in both baseball and football With transportation t tion Ion s so 0 far a advanced advanced ad ad- d- d vane cd and n new improvements improvements im Im- pro coming t Los Angeles will be only a few hours awa away from New NewYork NewYork York much less Detroit De Dc troit and Chicago Grantland Rice Los Angeles for some time has been one of the big sporting centers of the country Los Angeles has known football crowds plus track and field crowds above at the Olympic How I many other cities can match this As a major league baseball city I doubt that any two other big league towns could outdraw this fast growing grow growS I ing metropolis on the West Vest coast Los Angeles isn't the only present minor league city now out to break into the big league show Baltimore is another So is Buffalo Both fine I prospects Baltimore has already proved to tobe tobe I Ibe be one of the best football spots in inthe inthe inthe the country where crowds from 40 to are willing to pay payout out I money to see pro exhibition games and where Navy and Notre Dame can pass I St. St Louis is almost sure to lose one of its major league teams Even pennant winners cant can't stir up the inhabitants inhabitants inhabitants in in- habitants although both her teams I have been setting the pace most ol of 01 the present season San Francisco is another time big-time spot in sport one of the best New Orleans can draw football crowds above Rush to Pro Football The rush to ro professional football after the war ends will be on the terrific side In addition to the present present pres press ent pro football league I know of at least three other leagues that are under way or will be started soon These will range coast to and from Texas to the Canadian border There is hardly room enough for forI more than two major football I leagues so the unsuccessful team I i will take a neat beating on the I I financial side I I I I i I I Selections of cities that have spectator spec I accommodations will play a abig abig abig big part in naming the survivors Just where they will find enough talent to handle the proposed new newis leagues is another guess But there are more than a few willing to risk their cash along these lines In addition to the cities that make makeup up the present major football league those under consideration include I Los Angeles Baltimore Buffalo Dallas San Francisco Atlanta and New Orleans with a second team in New v York One point to think about is that not all members of f the present big league make any financial killing New York and Washington head the pack The Chicago Bears have done well Brooklyn had lost good money Cleveland was no mint mint and and the same goes for Detroit Detroi Green Bay Successful Green Bay with a series of great teams has made a fine showing for its size But I wouldn't know how much money Green Bay has made I It will be interesting to watch this rush to pro football when the fight fight- ings ends It will at least be a big break for the players who can sit back and take the top offer But they will first have to ro be sure they will collect There should be room enough for two major mayor leagues in football Just Justas JustI as there is in baseball with the same world series arrangement for the wind But the battle to establish the second league may easily be a wild and woolly affair where the fur will be knee deep before tho the finish I dont don't believe anyone can doubt there will be a large and active postwar postwar postwar post post- war boom in every form of sport There are too many reasons for this to happen with some veterans looking for excitement Whether or not this boom can match the quality of or the first post- post World-war World boom that gave us Ruth Dempsey Bobby Jones Tilden Man Mano o 0 o War and others in those high altitudes altitudes altitudes al al- al- al is something only the next I few years can show |