Evening star., 1946-12-20
Delay on franchise
Transfer Is Hinfed
As League Meets
By Harold cloossen
Associated Press Sports Writer

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Associated Press Sports Writer
CLEVELAND, Dec. 19.-Every in
dication but one today pointed to
Baltimore as the 1947 home Of the
orphaned Miami Seahawks Of the
All-America Football Conference
just two days In advance Of, the
playod game between the the Cleve-
land Browns and the New York
Yankees for the 1916 loop title.
That lone indication was the hint
from Commissioner James Crowleys
Ohio headquarters that Hampton
Poole, coach Of the Florida Sea-
hawks during the last half Of their
present campaign, would represent
the franchise in the player draft
here tomorrow.
! Crowley, q week ago, used $4,000
of league funds to pay Seafawks
debts and announced that the clubs
fate would be determined at spe-
cial session of the clubowners here
today. When 1t became known in
Baltimore that Robert Rodenberg Of
Washington had obtained a football
lease on the Municipal Stadium in
the Maryland city for 1947 1t was be-
lieved that the club would be moved
there.
Might Not Keep Coach.
Rodenberg, in Baltimore, inti-
mated yesterday that If his group
did acquire the franchise Poole
might not be retained as coach.
Other cities In the postwar loop are
New York, Brooklyn. Buffalo. Cleve-
land, Chicago, Los Angeles and San
Francisco. Dallas, Boston and Phila-
delphia also are reported as inter-
ested.
Other Miami hackers are known
to be interested in retaining the
franchise and there are indications
that the holder of the eighth fran
chise In the young circuit would not
be determined until q league busi-
ness meeting sometime next month.
However, Baltimore representatives
flew here during the night to present
their case.
While the fate of the Seahawks
occupied most Of the official pre-
meeting gossip today. the man In
the street primarily was concerned
with Sundays game and had in
stalled the Browns at a 1515-point
favorite over the club the Cleve-
landers had beaten twice during the
regular season.
Yankees Missed Parker.
In neither of those defeats were
the Yankees able to use Ace Parker,
star OF their single-wing backfield
who tossed lis passes during the
regular season and had only three
intercepted. In addition, the New
Yorkers approach a game without a
hospital list for the first time this
season
Cleveland. meanwhile. must play
only three regular tackles. Jim
Daniel, team captain and star
tackle, lost q decision to the Cleve-
land policeslast Saturday night and
was dismissed from the squad Mon
day by Coach Paul Brown.
Lou Golden Toe) Groza,. another
tackle who is the conferences lead
ing scorer by virtue of conversions
and field goals, Is out with injuries !
leaving only Regulars Ernie Blan-
din, Lou Rymkus and Chet Adam
for the vital line spot Bill Willis
ace Negro lineman, will alternate at
tackle and guard. s,as. :.
Adams, by coincidence, also takes
over Groza's point-kicking dutsSs. :
Hold Brief Workouts. ~
Both teams worked out briefly
yesterday, the Yankees taking over
League Park for drill shortly after
their arrival from New York and
the Browns limbering up late in the
afternoon.
The New Workers, winners of the
Eastern half championship, didn't
reach the Ohio metropolis until
shortly before noon when snow
storm in Eastern Pennsylvania and
Western Ohio delayed their train.
No snow fell in Cleveland, however,
and the weatherman predicts bright
sunshine and mild temperature for
Sundays contest.
II those conditions prevail, Cleve-
land Ticket Chief Jerry Forstner
predicts that $4,000 will see the
game. The Browns already have
established q pro attendance record
by Turing 648, 1924 paying customers
through the turnstiles. The old mark,
set last year. was 521 900 by Green
Bay of the National League.
A year ago the Cleveland Rams,
now the Los Angeles Rams, defeated
the Washington Redskins In the
same arena by 15-to-14 score with
38, 900 spectators shivering through
a contest played in 2-below-zero
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