The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-30
BROOKLYN HAS OUTSIDE CHANGE
 IF EAGLES WIN
All=New York Game at Polo Grounds May Draw
 10000 Fans
BY JOE WILLIAMS

schedule of the Professional Foot ball league comes to a rather scram- bled end tomorrow. It's all full of its. We won't bore you by attempt ing to detail them.
 When you start throwing ifs around with abandon everybody goes mad. Remember the last ten days of the American League base ball campaign? They're still treat ing people in Cleveland for iffy fever, most treacherous malady. Despite the uncertainty it is pos sible for the pros to end their regu- lar schedule simply and sanely if not altogether satisfactorily for cer- tain biased communities. If the Washington Redskins beat the Phil adelphia Eagles they win in the east and qualify for the play offs; if the Chicago Bears beat the Chi- cago Cards they win in the west and thus face the Redskins. That's the way the pros work it, you know. The winner of the east | ern group against the winner of the western group. This makes for sort of world series. One year the play offs are in the east, the next in the west. This is the casts year. Everybody says it will be Washing ton and If you're a betting man that's the way you must bet.
 The Redskins wind up with the Humpty-Dumpties of the league, the Philadelphia Eagles. They waited until Thursday to win their first. game of the season. They may still be overcome by shock when they meet the Redskins. Worse still, they will have had but two days rest, so they can't be physically sharp.
 Topping ~Beefs."
 This is an incident that has pro- voked vehement controversy The Eagles were to play Pittsburgh last Sunday. The weather was bad. the crowd was worse, so the game was moved up to Thursday, or Thanks giving No. 2 Dan Topping weighed in with large sized beef. MT. Top ping owns the BrooklynS. The Brooklyns play the Giants tomor- row.
 This in itself If not extremely en- gazing. It seems the Brooklyns are always playing the Giants at some- thing. What moved MT. Topping to hack himself a hunk of beef is the fact that the BrooklynS have what is known as mathematical chance to win in the east. As rule these mathemat atical chances run for Sweeriey. This one seems that way, too.
 Nevertheless, MT. Topping has a beef coming. If the Eagles could beat the Redskins while his Brook lyns were beating the Giants twe warned you about that iffy fever, didn't weO It would produce tie in the east. The Redskins then would have to beat the Brooklyns to get in the play offs.
 Even at their best, fully rested and everything, the Eagles would need a grade "A" miracle to beat the Redskins: plainly with only two days rest their chances become that much more bleak. On edge and ready to go the Eagles might have had an outside chance, too, because the Redskins have been in a slump, losing two of their last three.
 We have heard from several sources that the aftermath of this switched date is liable to be explo- sive. Specifically, it is liable to cost Carl L. Storck his job as president of the league. It develops he has been in several jams with the club owners this season, and sentiment is growing against his retention.
 Nom Executive.
 Even to outsiders MT. Storck didn't look brilliant in handling the switched game. It seemed that he tried to be all things to all men. Before finally agreeing to the Thursday date he. made three diff ferent decisions. This might be all right in a radio quiz but it scarcely adds to the stature of an executive.
 The campaign to unseat MT. Storck was under way before the Eagles incident. The latter merely gave it added stimulus. There is to be an executive meeting the day after the play-offs at which MT. Storck's fate will be decided. No, that's not right. It's already been decided. The important business will be in deciding on successor. This may not be easy. More jeal- ousy and suspicion exists among the club owners than is healthy for harmonious organization. Every body apparently wants to name his own man.
 The pro game is a fast growing sport. It's time the men backing it grew up and acted their age. Let 'em name a strong, aggressive foot ball man and let him run the league on his own.
 You hear Mara is suspicious Of Marshall, Marshall is jealous of his own importance, this fellow is in so-and-so's pocket; that fellow is red, a bolo and no good gee. What is this anyway? A legiti- mate, adult business or a bunch of screaming, pouting old maids?
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