Evening star., 1936-12-05
A Change Held Helpful.


FOR all of that however it might
be 4 good thing If Mr.. George
Preston Marshall's laundered Indians.
rather than the Giants, were to meet
the mastodonic Packers Of Green Bay,
Wis, next week for the cash foot ball
championship of the universe. 1t
would shake things up a bit and
bring new blood into the play-off sit
uation. Base ball people will tell you
that public interest is apt to ebb
when one team obtains hammer
lock on the top rung of the ladder.
Also. Mr.. Marshalls Redskins are
sadly in need of bolstering. Always
q pretty good club, they somehow fail
to capture the imaginations of the
burghers in and around Boston. Mr..
Marshall points with true Danish mel
ancholy to the fact that only 1000
customers turned out the other day to
watch his boys engage Pittsburgh in
what may be described as a crucial
game. He even talks broodingly of
shifting his franchise to Washington,
his own town. where men are men,
according to Mr.. Marshall, and shirts
are laundered without too much
starch.
Mr.. Marshall's board of strategy has
q theory that the people of Boston
eschew the Redskins because they are
too broke of Sunday to scratch up
the price of a ticket. For this fiscal
pickle, Mr.. Marshalls advisers blame
the horses and the dogs, who, it ap-
pears, hold a great fascination for
the people of Boston.
Bostonians bet that one dog or one
horse will run faster than a lot Of
Others at a given time, and they
usually lose, which is strictly in ac-
cordance with the laws of percentage.
Mr.. Timothy Mara, being book
maker in his spare time, would ap-
preciate the advantages of this situa-
ton. But Mr.. Marshall, being q
laundryman, does not care for it.
: Must Meet the Packers.
THE Redskin-G game this week
is just the beginning Of the fun,
because the winner will meet the
Green Bay Packers for the national
title. and the Packers are young men
full Of animal spirits. They eat their
meat raw, according to rumor. and
shave with acetylene torches. They
: wear canal boats for shoes. They
pick their teeth with cold chisels.
Green Bay is a town where the ca
naries, as Mr.. Bugs Baer puts it, sing
bass.
The Packers will be decided favor
ties over either OF the Eastern teams.
although, of course. one foot ball game
being one foot ball game, they might
lose. That would show up some Of
the folly of the present play-of sys-
tents. because the Western cash teams
are decidedly stronger than the East
erners over the seasons span. The
result of one game is too slight
foundation for the awarding Of the
cup and the national title The
Giants were by no means the best
team in the country two years ago,
though they beat the Chicago Bears
'handily in the play-off.
Next year the East may close the
gap somewhat. This seasons crop of
Eastern college foot ball players was
unusually strong. and the pro teams
normally recruit their players from
colleges in their own part Of the
country. which means that the good
Eastern collegians will be playing for
the Eastern pro clubs.
:. West the Better Field.
EVEN so, the West remains bigger
and richer field to pick FROM
Mr. Steve Owen. coach of the Giants,
listing the 1886 college players on
whom he has heard the best reports
from his scouts and agents, mentions
five Western boys and only two East
erners. The latter are Kurlish Of
Penn and Dulkie of Fordham.
OF course. Mr.. Owen is not giving
the question of college players his un-
divided attention just now. His chief
concern at the moment Is to keep the
Eastern pro title in the possession Of
the bookmaking Mara family, which
pays his wages. and he does not see
how the approaching contest with
MI George Preston Marshall's Red
skins can be called a soft touch in
any sense of the phrase.
"On top of which," says MIR. Owen,
"there are those Green Bay Packers.
waiting for the winner. Boy, what
q ball club"
Thus, the future is fraught with
peril for the Giants and their title
monopoly, and Mr.. Timothy Mara,
dean of the bookmaking Maras, is not
catching up on his sleep. It is a very.
interesting situation.
tCopyrisht. 1886. BY the North American
-, Newspaper Alliance. Ine.t