Evening star., 1947-01-03
Gov. Lausehe Of Ohio,
McKeeyer Doomed
For AA Grid Jobs
By Lewis r. Atchison

yOhio's job hunting Governor and
Bill McKeever, who recently rel
signed his Cornell post, were men,
toned prominently today in con-l
nection with berths in the ALL
America Football Conference, but
1t was wholly unofhcial.
Gov. Frank j. Lausche, whose
term expires January 13, was doomed
as Jimmy Crowley's successor asI
commissioner of the Junior circuit
by Sports Columnist Gordon Cob
bledick of the Cleveland Plain Deal
er, according to an Associated Press
dispatch. McKeever was said toI
have the inside track for the head
coaching berth at Baltimore.
Cobbledick proposed that Lausche
be placed over all pro football, add
ing that football could look fur
ther and do considerably worse than
name the retiring Governor to be
car" of the game. Lausche was
described as ''uncompromisingly
honest" and "a character who
doesn't play politics.
The Governor played q year or so
Of organized baseball, the Associ-
ated Press said, before embarking
on Law career that led him into
politics. He served as municipal
Judge and was Mayor of Cleveland
before becoming Governor.
The idea of making Lausche COM
missioner of all pro football will be
ignored by the National League, OF
course. The circuits club owners
tore up Commissioner Bert Bells
contract, which still had two years
to run, and gave him brand-new
five-year contract at $50, 900 year
a 10-grand hike-and it is unlikely
they would ask him to step down or
be subject to Lausche.
From long range it appeared that
Lausche merely is Cobbledick's per-
sonal nominee for the post, but those
close to pro football believe the
ofice being vacated by Crowley will
60 to a man more intimately &C
quainted with the game and con-
versant with current All-America
LS 1dbUCL Oh 4d1 6OAy
financial but also involve trying to
evolve working agreement with the
NFL that would end the costly draft
war and player raids and would
bring about a football World Series.
McKeever's name has been mem
toned frequently as speculation
grows concerning Baltimore's new
coach,
Meanwhile. the Associated Press
reports that proposal that Amer
lean Association baseball parks be
leased to the National Football
League for farm circuit and ex-
hibition games next autumn will be
considered at meeting In New
York next week.
Frank Lane. IA prexy who is In
Florida, authorized the statement
through his Columbus, Ohio, office.
National League Commissioner Bell
Is in Harrisburg, Pa, to attend the
Inauguration of his brother, John c. |
Bell, jr., as Governor of Pennsyl-
vania. He said he had written Lanes
predecessor, Roy Hamey, several
months ago about the possibility of
using association parks and that the
call for the meeting was the result
of that correspondence.
If a plan can be worked out,
though. it will encounter opposition
from within the league. While a
number of club owners favor farm
teams for developing player ma
terial, more are convinced that big
time college football with all its
fanfare and player publicity, Is the
leagues most fertile player soil. This
latter group also thinks minor league
football can not develop enough
talent for the bigtime to make it pay.
Meanwhile, Bob Rodenberg, Wash
ington sportsman, who heads the
syndicate operating the Baltimore
franchise. today said he expected
to announce the clubs coach with
In the next few days" Rodenberg
said none of the college players Sc
lected in the recent All-America
draft had been contacted, pending
the signing of the coach.
The Baltimore club, meanwhile,
has opened a Washington branch
office at 822 Fifteenth street NV,
where applications for season tickets
are being accepted. Over 1000 ap-
plications have been received, Roden-
berg said, with all of the Baltimore
Stadium's 912 box seats already sold |