Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
Diserunt|ed Yank Boss
|Admires New Lineup;
Tribe SET for Giants
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

| Reports persisted today that Ted
Collins, owner of the Boston YAM
KEGS pro football team, would fol-
low Dan Topping's action in jump
ing from the National Football
League to the upstart all-America
Conference. True or not, there
seemed to be some basis for the
rumors.
Collins team is merged with Top
pings Brooklyn eleven in the Ma
tional League this year. Collins,
master of ceremonies for Kate
Smiths radio show and her business
manager, also is close friend Of
Jimmy Crowley, commissioner of
the new loop. Their friendship
blossomed during Crowley's coaching
regime at Fordham University and
the latter originally was slated to
coach Collins team before he was
offered the new leagues top post.
Several weeks ago an article en-
titled II Fell Among Football Pros"
appeared under Collins name in a
weekly magazine. In it he described
how rival club owners took him to
the cleaners, selling him "the lame
and the halt, the aged ard the
extremely young, the used-to-was
and the never-will," to help him
field team last year. He also
complained of the schedule-making,
indicating the Yankees did not get
fair shake. In all, Collins seemed
rather displeased with the entire
Setup.
NFL Owners Not Alarmed.
Should Collins take his club into
the new circuit it will have 10
franchises to begin operations next
year, although there is some doubt
whether all will be ready to answer
the starting whistle. Baltimore, for
example, is reported Oil the doubt
full list, while the Los Angeles Club
still has no stadium of suitable
seating capacity for its home games.
Franchises are located in Buffalo,
New York, Brooklyn, Baltimore,
Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Miami.
National League team owners,
meanwhile, are not alarmed either
by Topping's action or reports of an
impending similar move on Collins
part. They believe there is room for
two major pro football leagues, but
that the new loop must prove itself
before there can be any dealings
between the two, such as territorial
and player rights, a football world
series, etc. Most NIL owners think
there are too many bugs" in the
new setup to permit It's successful
operation for some years to come.
Tribe Staging Crucial Game.
The National League season ends
tomorrow, with the New York Giants
invading Washington for a game
that can end the race with the Red
skins winning the Eastern cham
pionship, or force the Tribe into a
playoff with Philadelphia. The
Eagles have home game with Bos-
ton, which they must win. Another
setback on the heels of their sur
prising last-half 1921 upset by New
York last week would be disastrous
to their hopes.
Reports that Greasy Neale. Eagle
coach, was on his way out were
scotched by Alex Thompson, youth
full wealthy owner of the team, who
said Neale would "be with us as long
as he feels like coaching"
Frank Sinkwich, former Detroit
Lions star, was discharged from the
Army Air Forces yesterday and left
by train for his Youngstown (Ohio)
home. Sinkwich, it is feared, may
never play football again because
of an injury suffered while playing
with the I'd Air Force Superbombers.
Before being drafted by the Army he
had been discharged by the Marines
and merchant marine for physical
disability