Show Is L LAST AST year on our way west we traveled as aa far as chicago with george halas owner awner 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 just as baseball has today halas think so we have the only league he said with new york chicago philadelphia washington pittsburgh boston ton detroit and los angeles these are the prot proven places there Is room enough lor for two big leagues in baseball halas continued but not football we suggested u a 0 ilamai these spots new york two clubs chicago two clubs and 0 one e each tor for philadelphia los adrig angeles t les san francisco brooklyn pi pittsburgh washington cleveland boston bui buffalo and baltimore that only adds up to 14 clubs bilas said we still need two more and I 1 dont like three youve thrown in buffalo brooklyn and baltimore football Is different than baseball brooklyn always has been 11 great baseball town brooklynn Brook lyns football team cost dan topping around and its new owners more than 11 these figures are startling one has to admit still colllns collins in boston Is 11 ou out t more than and detroit Is at least that much in the red and these are two national league cities there must be something wrong in the running and handling of pro football oot ball looking back 20 odd years there here have been more than 20 teams in the national league only four have ever made money they are new york chicago washington and green bay philadelphia has been breaking even and so has pittsburgh the rest have gone bankrupt or like detroit and boston are more than halt half a million out so far brooklyn boston and detroit have been the major dabblers in red well more than a million and a halt half miami blew up with a detonation outside of a few teams 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 mo than 28 years of age have been pu puff ing around others have rep reported arte rte 20 to 40 pounds overweight IV we a agree r with red bialk when youve passed ass 28 go out and get another job well also add when you weigh more than pounds take up some orne fat mans game at least 40 per c cent e nt 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 wih happen later Is a guess beyond our reach pro football I 1 so 10 far has cost various promoters ri 1 0 close to 10 million dollars A i f few e w have made money but nothing like this arno amount I 1 dont believe the losing promoters will take this beating much longer and this includes both leagues As far as I 1 can dig up the figures pro football as great a game arme as it Is Is still deep la in I 1 the he re red d 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 sate safe side washington has been a sellout on a basis due to sammy baugh when baugh leaves georke george marshall will have more headaches than a ton of aspirin can cure the sound spots in pro football today are cleveland 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 iney might lf you care to gamble with a loss most of these are strictly college towns tawni there was some years ago a general belief that pro football would wreck college football just as pro baseball smothered college baseball I 1 never believed this would happen the college game is stronger boday than it ever has been before pro football look over college attendance figures al michigan around in the california forr ils pennsylvania and ohio state stands in los Angeles from to all over I 1 the he college map ollege college football Is I 1 still out drawing pro football raire fame foi gapp fame by at t least two to one |