Evening star., 1946-01-14
Redskins Make Paci
With Hollywood and
Norfolk Outfits
BY SID FEDER.
Associated Press Sports write-.

professional football loops have
thrown in with the National League
in its war against the young ALL
America Conference, and regardless
of how the fight comes out, it now
is certain that the play-for-pay
game is going to be organized on
a Nationwide basis, much after
baseballs pattern.
With the Pacific Coast League,
Dixie League and American Asso-
citation already back of the National
in this national association" ap-
proved by the magnates over the
week end, and the currently build
ing Texas League asking for infor-
nation on it, the entire organiza-
ton apparently is in the battle
against the All-America.
What's more, the All-America now
finds itself opposed in all key cities
as a result of the switch Saturday
night by the National League cham
pion Cleveland Rams to Los Angeles,
where the new loop previously was
unopposed by the older circuit. De-
cision by Ram Owner Danny Reeves
to move his titleholders put the
National squarely against the ALL
America in New York, Chicago and
the California city-the three top
gate" towns in the country-in the
now open and all-out war for pro
grid power.
And as the Nationals clubowners
| headed into the stretch of their
annual meeting with schedule kinks
to be ironed out and player draft
to be held, it was obvious the moguls
were taking the battle lot more
seriously than they were when they
first got together last week-and
felt they were a lot better pre-
pared for the brawl
Keep Schedule, Draft Secret.
Just how seriously they now were
taking the competition was obvious
in the fact they decided to keep
their schedule and player draft
secret and were willing to make con-
cessions to get the three minor loops
into the proposed National Asso-
citation of Professional Football
Leagues" Following baseballs gen.
eral outline, the National League
moguls agreed to recognize terri
torial rights and player contracts of
the three loops and will work out
plans for player exchanges and
working agreements.
In addition they made three fur
ther concessions to help solve
Coast League problems. These were
agreements to:
l. Guarantee part of any losses
suffered by the coast loops Holly
wood and Los Angeles clubs If both
the Au-America and National have
teams in Los Angeles.
2. Give the Coast Leagues San
Francisco Clippers first chance to
move in the National if a San
Francisco franchise is opened in
the future, despite the presence in
that city of an All-America club.
3. Not to conflict with playing
dates of the coast circuits Los
Angeles Bulldogs next season. This
would put the Bulldogs in direct
opposition to the All-America club,
although much hinges on the out
come of the meeting of the Los
Angeles Coliseum Commission there
tomorrow to decide on applications
of both the All-America and Ma
tional for use Of the 100,000-seat
stadium next season.
Redskins Tie in With Hollywood.
Working speedily after getting
together with j. Rufe Klawans, the
coast loop president, on the gen.
eral outline of the National As
ISOLATION" several National League
clubs Immediately hooked up in
working agreements with teams of
the other loops.
The Green Bay Packers got to-
gether with the coast circuits San
Diego outfit, the Washington Red
skins with Hollywood in California
and Norfolk, Va, in the Dixie
League: the Boston Yanks with the
American Associations Long Island |
Indians, which they own, and the
Dixie's Portsmouth, Va, club, and |
the New York Giants with San
Francisco and Paterson, N. j., in
the association. Several other |
teams in the association, which is
preparing to reopen after being
dormant during the war, are af-
filiated with National League clubs.
One of them, the Newark Bears, is
a Chicago Bear farm"
Although the Texas League was
not represented here. Giant Owner
Jack Mara said he had received a |
letter concerning a National AS
ISOLATION" setup from a Texas loop
official and had turned it over to
Bert Bell, the National Leagues new
commissioner, for further action.
Work Hard on Schedule.
Except for the get-together with
the minor loops, the club owners
spent most of yesterday and vir-
tually all of last night on their
schedule. Although they will not
reveal dates or home sites, it was
learned they virtually have agreed
on returning to the prewar 11-game
schedule.
This would have each team in the
Eastern and Western division play
ing each club in its own section
twice, on a home-and- home basis,
and meeting three outfits of the
other section twice, on a home and
home basis, and meeting three out
fits of the other section during the
season. Thus, two of the top draw
ing-power clubs in the loop-the
Chicago Bears and Green Bay
Packers-would appear against the
championship Rams in Los Angeles,
prospect that pleased the moguls
no end in their discussions of their
fight with the all-America.
The draft probably will be held
late today or tomorrow, but the only
names of graduating college play
ers selected to be revealed will be
those each individual club owner
wants to let out himself. In this
manner, the magnates feel they
won't be tipping off the All-America
on players they may have secuted or