Show G P CE r TIlE THE HE widest gap between college and pro football this fall faU will involve the financial side The The colleges should play to the largest largen crowds they have ever known all aU at top Mir prices and reduced t expenses if U even part of the Sanity Code Coda works work out t 41 The pros due to 4 the knockdown and out drag cut your throat competition between the National National National Na Na- and the All All- America conference conference confer confer- ence can easily lead lend to a financial debacle I J dont don't believe more Inore than one possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly two of the A. A A. A C. C C teams can break even evea At least four or five will take a B drubbing that runs from to in losses Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land San Francisco and New York might break even or make a little In the National league the losses will wUl be nothing like those In some lome A. A A. A C C. C cities clues but due to much heavier payroll roll expenses expenses expenses ex ex- there will be few profits The National league grabbed most of the college stars of 1917 Lujack 1947 Lujack Conerly Connor Layne Evans Gilmer on Minis on and on The A. A A. A C. C passed up the stars although although although al al- al- al though Chappuis must be rated one of them The Chicago Rockets caught between between between be be- tween the Bears and the Cardinals two great teams may take the heaviest financial socking Possibly a touch The Brooklyn Dodgers opening to when they needed to break even- even badly beaten in their opener opener may may take the next dipping at or The National league Is luckier in having such teams as the Giants Bears Rean Redskins Eagles Eagles Eagles Ea Ea- Ea- Ea Packers etc established in cities clUes where they ther have been planted for years George Marshall of the Redskins Is sold out in advance each season although George and many football writers are not exactly on speaking terms As long as Mr Marshall doesn't care why should anybody else bother He has a monopoly that also wont won't make much money in this football war Tim Mara and George Halas have had the two richest franchises They should have They built up pro football They've been on the job 27 years There Is certainly a place for two big leagues But Out In many ways the new league was badly arranged and badly directed at ai its losses prove What will win happen nobody knows But it may not be pleasant reading for any stockholder in hi either league The College Side On the playing side the pros will have a great season But the colleges colleges colleges col col- col- col leges will have an even greater playing season plus a far tar more cheerful financial side This should be one of or the top years of college football no matter what section you turn to to The East faces one of its most interesting campaigns Penn campaigns Penn State Army Pennsylvania Princeton Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- lumbia Navy Rutgers Holy Cross Villanova Yale Harvard Dartmouth Dart mouth Boston College on College on and on Here Penn State is the team to beat Then move to the Midwest Midwest look look at what they have to offer Notre Dame Michigan Purdue Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota and Northwestern Now to the Southwest S. S M. M U. U T. T C. C U U. Texas and Rice The South presents such teams as North Carolina Georgia Tech Vanderbilt Mississippi State Alabama Georgia I can give you over 50 college college col eol- lege squads along a high level level level- who will draw capacity crowds For example Southern Califor California nia may win no title of any sort But it will outdraw any pro team at least two to one on the financial financial finan finan- financial cial side So will Notre Dame Michigan Ohio State and Cali Call fornia Under the new Sanity Code the colleges wont won't be involved in any expenses involved in building up their teams This problem will be put up to the alumni In the old days some football players player's would die for dear old Rutgers Now some rather wealthy alumnus will go broke for his team whether it is in the Big Nine the South the Southwest or the East Athletes TV Wont Won't Suffer SuDer But dont don't let anyone tell you that any section has gone shy in taking care of its athletes Not by any university or by any college but by certain proud and rather wealthy citizens who might be operating from New York or Chicago or any other spot The Sanity Code isn't going to work perfectly But it should help At last there might be a reduction from the and paid to certain stars stars stars-in in many cases more than the pros pro get Virginias Virginia's refusal to adopt the N. N C. C A A. A. A S Sanity S. Code has somewhat some sonic what shaken the apple cart One penalty is refusal to let the offender play an N N. C C. C A. A A. A team |