Evening star., 1946-01-23
Rams Share Stadium
With Bears, UcIans;
Seats 100000
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Natlonai Footbau League forces
apparently have scored stunning
victory over the upstart All-America
Conference in their first clash at
Los Angeles with the champion
Rams winning the right to share
the 100000 capacity Memorial Coli
scum with Southern California and
U. G. l.. A. for the 1916 season.
The Associated Press, quoting the
Los Angeles Times, said the ALL
America apparently was frozen out
at a meeting last night of the Coli
scum Commission and representa-
|tives OF the two schools. A contract
calling for Is per cent of the Rams
receipts, plus cleanup charges, will
be drawn up today, it was reported.
Another contract, formally award
ing three-year contracts to the
schools and the Rams, will be signed
at the commissions regular meeting
next Tuesday, the report added.
All sources maintained discreet
silence on the application of the
Los Angeles All-Americas, who made
the first pro bid for the stadium.
Commission Chairman Leonard j.
Roach told reporters the school rep
resentatives had expressed fear that
football every Saturday and Sunday
OF the season might carry the game
beyond the "saturation point"
Will Use Smaller Park.
Don Ameche, president of the ALL
America club, has said his team,
which last week signed Dud de
Groot, former Redskin coach, in a |
similar capacity, will play at 25,00O
Gilmore Stadium If the Coliseum is
not available. Gilmore also is the
home of the Hollywood Pacific Coast
League club and Ameche,s team
would have to share dates.
1t was recalled here today that |
the Redskins and Rams previously
had signed contract with The
Times for charity game in Los
Angeles early next September.
De Groot Gets Bears O'Rourke.
Dud De Groot will begin his ca
reer as coach of the Los Angeles All
America Conference team with a
decided edge on his rivals in at least
one position, it was revealed today
with the signing of Charley
O'Rourke.
Jumping from the Chicago Bears,
ORourke, heir apparent to Sid
Luckman's berth on that club, gave
De Groot his second top-flight T.
formation quarterback and left his
old boss, George Halas, without one
to his name. The Bears are in
desperate plight for signal-callers
with Luckman apparently destined
to handle the position again on a
full-time basis.
Peculiarly, both O'Rourke and
Bertelli won their college spurs un-
der the same coach, Frank Leahy,
but at different schools. At Boston
College, where he tutored O'Rourke,
Leahy used the Notre Dame box
formation with variations, while at
Notre Dame, using Bertelli as the
keystone of his attack, he shifted to
the popularized T. O'Rourke spark
ed the Eagles to 1913 win over
Georgetown in their memorable
game Of 1910.
Halas and Marshall Confer.
Halas, meanwhile, met with |
George Marshall, Redskin prexy, and
Bert Bell, Elmer Layden's successor
as commissioner of the older loop,
at Chicago yesterday, but no news
developed. Bell, who is acquaint-
ing himself with the Office routine,
said he would transfer league head
quarters to New York in about six
weeks.
The Bears announced the sign
ing of Rudy Mucha as a guard. A
center at the University of Wash
ington and quarterback for the
Cleveland Rams in 1941, recently was
discharged by the Navy after A
months service. He scales 270l
pounds, but told Halas he would
get down to his normal playing
weight of .235.
General Manager Harry Thayer of
Philadelphia negotiated a deal with
the Boston Yankees whereby the
Eagles will obtain Guard Augie Lilo
for Tackle Rocco Canale. While
the Eagles needed strengthening at
that position Boston needs tackles
even more and observers believe it
got the best of the swan.