Show r l fP SPICE I IA fA A FTER the war there Is certain i to be a shift in more than a few fen dUes clues so far as baseball and football are concerned along major maor lines There will be a new tidal wave of oi sport port a greater grenter boom than sport knew after the first World war in 1919 and 1920 I It Is almost certain that Los An gales teles on Its Us way to ot or population will be one of the thelie new lie main centers In both baseball and football v With transportation transportation tion so far advanced advanced ad ad- and new improvements Improvements Im im- coming Los Angeles will be only a few hours bours away from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York much less Detroit De Dc troit and Chicago 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 many other cities can match this As a major maor league baseball city I doubt that any two other big league towns could outdraw this fast growing growing grow grow- ing metropolis on the West coast Lo Los Lod 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 prospects Baltimore has already proved to tobe tobe tobe be one of the best football spots in inthe inthe inthe the country where crowds from 40 40 to are willing to pay payout out money to see pro exhibition games and where Navy and Notre Dame can pass St. St Louis is almost sure to lose one of its major maor league teams Even pennant winners cant can't stir up the inhabitants inhabitants in in- habitants although both her teams have been setting the pace most of oi 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 professional football after the war ends will be on the terrific side In addition to the present present present pres pres- ent pro football league I know of at least three other leagues that are under way or will be started soon These will range to coast-to-coast and from Texas to the Canadian border There is hardly room enough for more than two major maor football leagues so the unsuccessful team will take a neat beating on the financial side Selections of cities that have bave spectator spectator spec spec- 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 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 Los Angeles Baltimore Buffalo Dallas San Francisco Atlanta and New Orleans with a second team in to New York One point to think about is that not all members of 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 Green Bay Day 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 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 I I back and take the top offer But they will first have to be sure they will collect There should be room enough for two major leagues in football Just Justas 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 when the fur will be knee deep before the 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 the first post- post W World war war boom that gave us Ruth Dempsey Bobby Jones Tilden Man Mano o 0 War and others in those high altitudes altitudes al al- is something only the next few years can cnn show Sammy Baugh and the T 1 The majority of of pro football coaches will tell you that Washington's Washing Washing- tons ton's Redskins are the team to beat this season the toughest assignment assign assign- assignment ment that each must face For in addition to more experienced material material ma the Redskins still have Sammy Sammy Sam Sam- my Baugh who is supposed to operate oper ate from the T formation for a change Sammy is hard to handle from any including the entire alphabet Time Marches On Elephants and Buddy De Sylva never forget Eighteen years ago when Leo McCarey's McCarey daughter Mary was born Buddy had just finished writing the hit tunes for George Whites White's Scandals As a present he sent the baby a contract contract con con- tract with White saying he would star her at 18 10 Leo had forgotten but Buddy and George The Theother Theother Theother other day on her birthday White notified her that he was ready to fulfill ful fill the contract |