Show illy at LAST AST year on our way west we traveled as tar far as chicago 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 lust just as baseball has today halas think so we have the only league he said with new york chicago philadelphia washington pittsburgh boston detroit and los angeles these are the proven places there is room enough tor for two big leagues in baseball halas balai continued but no football we sur suggested g ested G halas these spots new york two clubs chicago two clubs and one each or philadelphia los angeles san francisco brooklyn pittsburgh washington cleveland boston nut but r alo and baltimore that only adds up to 14 club 5 bialas said we still need two more and I 1 dont like three youve thrown tn in buffalo brooklyn and baltimore football Is different than baseball brooklyn always has been great baseball town brooklyn football team cost D dan an topping around and its new owners own er nore than these figures are startling one tas IBS to admit still collins in boston a out more than and detroit s at least that much in the red and these are two national league cities there must be something n the running and handling of pm football oot ball looking back 20 odd years here have been more than 20 teams ln in the national league only tour four lave ever made money they are jew ew york chicago washington and green bay philadelphia has h a been breaking even and so ha pittsburgh the rest have gone bankrupt or like detroit and bos on are more than half a million out so tar far brooklyn boston and detroit have been the major dabblers ln in red well more than th ai n a million and a half miami blew up with a detonation outside of a fe few earns eams 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 i ing around others have reported 20 to 40 pounds overweight we agree with red blaik when youve passed 28 go out and get another job well also add when you weigh more than pounds take up some fat mans game at least 40 per cent of the pro football players today are in no physical condition to play out a game that demands so much on the physical side just what will happen later Is a buess bess uess 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 dont believe the losing rs will take this beating much longer and this includes both leagues As far ar as I 1 can dig up the figures pro football is as great a game as it ft 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 washington has been a sellout on a basis due to sammy baramy baugh when baugh leaves george marshall will have more headaches than a ton ol 01 i aspirin can cure the sound spots in pro football today are cleveland I 1 los angeles new york part of chicago pittsburgh philadelphia and san francisco chicago cant possibly take care of three teams the rockets already have discovered this sad news brooklyn a fine baseball city possibly 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 baltimore can be strong centers given high grade teams neither will support a loser long there has been talk of atlanta dallas akron and a few other cities including new orleans that might work out they might if you care to gamble wi with b a loss most of these are strictly college towns there was some years ago a general belief that pro football would wreck college football just as pra baseball smothered college baseball I 1 never believed this would happen the college game is ii stronger today than it ever has been before pro football look avez college attendance figures at al mi around in the call cali fornia pennsylvania and ohio state stands in los angeles from to all over the college map college football Is still out drawing pro football game fol foi game by at least two to one |