Evening star., 1940-12-03
P|ayoff Tilt Already
Sold Out Will Have
Gate Of S101,530
Winning Team Members
To Get About 81 900,
Losers $500 Less
BY BILL DISMER. JR.

Dreams of splitting the winners
share of the largest play-off purse
in professional football history kin
died new vigor in the Redskins to-
day as they began active prepara-
ton for meeting-and beating the
Bears for the second time this sea-
son.
While the Redskin Office began the
joyless task of returning hundreds
of out town requests for tickets
following yesterdays four-hour SELL
out, the Indians went through their
first workout since winning the
Eastern championship two days ago.
Rookie Halfback Bob Hoffman, still
bothered by an injured leg, was the
only player with chance to play
who didn't participate in the drill.
Owners Get Very Little.
Preliminary calculations based on
the Sl0l $50 gate indicates that each
member of the winning team will
receive between 5000 and 81 900, with
the losers getting about $500 less.
Fifteen per cent. or little more than
$4,000, will go to Clark Griffith for
rental fthe stadium, while bit
more than $4,000 will go to the own
erships of the contesting teams.
At a meeting last night, the Red
skins voted full shares to 80 players
and Coaches Ray Flaherty and Turk
Edwards. Half shares will 60 to As
toc
been restored to the active player
list; Andy Farkas, who has played
less than three minutes this year,
and Trainer Ray doc Mauro.
Fred Baxter, the clubhouse boy and
assistant property custodian, will get
one-third of share.
BY the time the last season ticket
holder has picked up his seat, 35,752
seats will be in the hands of paying
fans. Not a single seat in the park
will have been given away, League
President Carl Storck. owners,
coaches and players all paying their
Way-or their wives way in.
Could Have Sold $4,000.
Disappointed fans still were
plaguing General Manager Jack
Espey today with plaintive requests
for tickets, but there was absolutely
nothing he could do about it.
There just aren't any more" 4"
Espey tried to explain. I'VE could
have sold probably 100000
if we'd had the space to put the
people"
Fo rthe deprived fans. radio and
neWsreel cameras will have TO suffice
And, from that angle, the game will
be as completely covered as any in
the history of the sport. No less
than lis stations will be hooked up
with the Mutual BroadcaSting Sys-
TENS coaSt-to-coast network, while
all five newsreel companies-Pathe
M-G-M, Paramount. Fox and Uni
versal-will take movies of the
game.
Further, it appears that all Of
the country'S leading sportswriters
have become worked up over the
natural between the Redskins and
the Bears. for requests already are
in from nearly 300 with present
accommodations providing room for
only 1874. Both the regular football
and baseball press boxes will be
used and several rows in Section P
will be given over to the writer's.
FrieSell Will Referee.
No matter how the game goes.
the Redskins shouldn't have any
squawks over the officials When
President Storck appointed William
H. Honest Red Friesell as referee,
the Redskins were unanimous in
their belief that he had appointed
the best. Friesell's assumption of
blame for the Dartmouth Cornell
result reversal and his subsequent
work in the Army-Navy game last
Saturday have won him confidence
on every hand.
Harry D. Robb of Penn State will
be the other Eastern official and
will serve as umpire while Irving
Kupcinet, a Chicago sportswriter
and North Dakota University grad
uate, and Fred Young of Illinois
Wesleyan, will represent the West
as head linesman and field judge, re-
Spective!y.