The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-09
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(Reg. U. S. Pat. On.) By JACK CUDDY
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 New York, Dec. 9.-(UP)-If the major league baseball moguls take their contemplated sock at pro foot ball net week, it may blast the pro grid owners out of their long time lethargy and force them to con- slider seriously building their own stadia.
 The annual metings of the Ma tional and American B. B. leagues in New York next week are ex- pected to adopt a proposal, Spon- sored by Ed Barrow, president of the New York Yankees. This pro- posal would ban pro grid teams from any major league park until the baseball schedule of the home club is completed.
 This weeks minor baseball meet ingS at Buffalo, N Y, set the stage for ma jor- circuit action. Represen- tatives of the minors lashed the pro pigskin sport as 'unfriendly and unfair competition until after the end of the baseball season." The International league was particular ly aggrieved because the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins had competed with the little world series at Baltimore by staging an exhibi- tion game that drew more than 10000 fans.
 Barrow Hot"
 Meanwhile Ed Barrow of the Yanks lifted the flaming sword last September 17th, when Connie Mack notified him that a Yankee-AthleticS game at Philadelphia must be post poned 24 hours because Shibe Parks turf had been badly torn up the previous night by pro football game which was played in the rain The rain continued and forced tht Yanks-A's contest to be shifted later to New York; but it did mol cool off Barrow
 Major league baseball now is play. ed from mid-April through Septem. Der, and sometimes into the frs week of October. Pro football-ir its National league, at leaSt-ha. gradually been muscling in on tht late baseball season. The Wash. ington Redskins, for example, play. ed an exhibition with the MarcI Field Flies at Los Angeles last Aug A.
 If the hogshide outfits are banned from major ball parks during thu overlap period in September, i may force the football magnates tt follow Red Oranges advice anc | build their own Stadia. when tht war is over Grange, head of thu new United States Pro F. B. league has been campaigning for years tt have grid owners build stadia de, signed especially for football HI advances three principal reasons CD They would eliminate the earl, conflict with baseball; @ The, would eliminate the weather gam ble; and (3) They would provid better visibility for the fans. It is Oranges suggestion that tn new football stadia have vast nov able roofs that can be telescopes out of. the way in good weather but drawn back in place in bat weather This would prevent man of the clubs from suffering fnancia losses on days when rain or snol keeps away the crowd. Clubs lik Washington and the Chicago Bear sell most of their tickets in advance like colleges, but the others are no so fortunate. They depend upol game-day sale, which in turn de bends upon the weather. Eliminat the weather hazard, says Grange and pro football should be profit able for every outfit that tackle it.
 Part of the upkeep for these con vertible stadia would be defrayet by other sports staged ther throughout the year.