The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-19
Gridiron,s Brightest Satellites
Are Signed For Football League
Professional Game Becomes an Established Organization
This Fal-ProMdes Outlet for College Stars Who
Have Several Years of Playing Ahead

ern circuit can be welded together in
1922.
1t is the plan of the American Pro-
fessional Football association to have
two separate leagues operating in
1922, one composed Of eastern cities,
the other of towns in the middle west.
The banner gridiron clash of the year
then will come when sort of world
series will be played between the
championship teams of the East and
West.
Among the $50 men who will battle
under the various civic standards on
the football fields this fall, are the
following:
Elmer Oiiphant, who ranked as the
greatest halfback of his time when he
played with West Point; Heinie Mil
Ter, the great Pennsylvania end; Rob
ertson, Alexander, Cobb, Usher Err
wig and Romlin, of Syracuse; Fritz
| Pollard, the sensational Brown halt
back of two seasons ago; Bob Nash,
of Rutgers; Ockie Anderson, the wiz.
card Colgate quarterback; Purdy, OF
Brown; Daley, of West Virginia /;
Paddy Driscoll, of Ohio State; Rund
quist; Clio, the former Colgate cap
tain; Henry, who will ever be con
sidered, because of his work with w
| & J., as one of the greatest of tackles
Bob Higgins, an AlI-American end foI
two years.
| Other Stars.
| Guyon and Calac, the Indians, are
amongst the players. So are Polesk1
of Notre Dame, Secrist, of Penn
State, Hicks, of Chicago, Johnson, Of
Northwestern, Rezewski, of Notre
Dame, Chamberlin, of Nebraska, Wray
and Little, of Pennsylvania. Bashaw
of Michigan, Hess, of Indiana ane
Kannop, of Illinois.
The players already have been as
! signed to the various cities.
The men will work under contract:
much the same as do professional bal
players. They will get certain sun
/ for each seasons work. They will b'
subject to release, trade or sale il
much the same way as ball players
And, when anyone fails to keep il
playing condition, he is subject t
suspension.
President Confident
I Joe Carr, of Columbus, Ohio, presl
dent of the new organization, is enthu
siastically confident Of success for thu
| venture.
professional football has bee
played in the Middle West for nearl.
20 years, but without an organization
backing it." said Carr. None OF tn
professional teams ever have know
bad season financially and every on
of their big games have drawn crowd
ed stands. The people out in the Mid
die West have come to realize tina
the professional games have involve'
team play as great as is shown In a
most any collegiate clash and ind
..vidual work usually beyond the CO
lege brand.
Provides Outlet
THAT is because the teams hav
been made up, in the main, of all-star
from the colleges; men who were de
veloped to greatness while battling 10
: their alma matters and who 'carriet
on" afterward in the uniforms of pro
fessional teams.
ct long has been the thought tina
there should be a real outlet for co
, lege stars after their school days ar
over As it used to be, the boys wer
: developed into wonderful gridiron all
letes and then, just as they were i
their football prime, they were grad,
ated and had to lay aside their regal
:. for all time
"The organization of a footba'
league. with numerous teams, mean
that the public now will have I'll
chance to see those great players i
action in the very best football year
of their career. And that, l feel cor
: fident, is something the public Ion
has wanted
Copyright 1921 BY King Features
Il Syndicate. Incl