Evening star., 1949-12-10

Of Job to settle the dlspoSltlon
plus college stars who had been
drafted, but who now will be
dumped into a gigantic pool along
with pros. The re-assigning proc
ess likely will begin in Philadel-
phia next January 10.
Dozens OF details, including a
schedule for the odd number OF
teams, remain to be worked out,
but transcending all else will be
the scramble for talent. And it
will be q scramble, to hear. Presi-
dent George Marshall Of the Red
skins. He wants his share.
The original story out OF Phil
adelphia, where peace between the
All-American Conference and the
older National League was de-
clared. indicated that players OF
the now defunct Buffalo Bills
would combine with the Cleveland
Browns and that the Los Angeles
Dons would join forces with the
Los Angeles Rams.
Baltimore Needs Bolstering.
mot If can help It," Marshall
stated today. Every club in the
league should get its share Of the
players from every team that's
been eliminated, with one excep-
ton. That exception is the New
York Bulldogs, because Ted Col
Inns bought out Dan Topping and
is entitled to Topping's players. )"
It is understood that six of Top
pings players will go to the New
York Giants and the rest will be-
come the property Of Collins.
Players OF the defunct Chicago
Hornets will go into the pool, and
Marshall is emphatic when he
says he will insist they be Joined
by the leftover Bills and Dons.
1T would be silly to dispose Of
them any other way than to leave
lit up to Bell to assign these play
ers according to his own good
Judgment. A good many teams,
such as Baltimore, need build
ing up"
Asked about his Redskins, win
ners Of only four games this sea-
son, Marshall said, They don't
need as much help as people
think. would like to land few
seasoned men, however. because
I've got II flrst-year men on the
squad this year and they've made
q million mistakes
Competitive Bidding Ends.
College stars already drafted.
including Notre Danes Leon Hart
and Lynn Chandnois Of Michigan
State, will be reassigned. it is
understood, and in all likelihood
1.-The players will suffer financially.
The days Of competitive bidding
for talent are over. Hart, who had
been drafted by the Detroit Lions
and Baltimore Colts, said earlier
this week that he would demand
Iplenty Of money-"say, t25, 900 as
a starter" He may have to settle
for considerably less for, when he
finally Is assigned by Bell, he will
have to play for one team and no
other.
The myriad problems and de-
tails are just beginning to unfold.
There is, for example. the ques-
tion of whether Collins of the
Bulldogs will retain title to Quar-
terback George Ratterman. whom
he lured away from Buffalo sew
eral weeks ago. Then there Is
the problem Of the schedule.
Under the new setup, all 10
of the original National League
teams will remain. joining three
former All-America clubs-Balti-
more. San Francisco and Cleve-
land. They have been divided
into two sections, the National
and American.
It is believed they will be di-
,vided as follows:
National Observation-Disclosures,
Philadelphia, Chicago Bears, New
York Giants, Pittsburgh and
Green Bay.
American division -- Baltimore,
Cleveland, Chicago Cardinals, De-
troit, San Francisco, Los Angeles
and New York Bulldogs.
Bell to Map Schedule.
Bert Bell is the boss Mar
shall said. "and he'll settle the
schedule problem. I admit the
oddity in numbers is not COM
pletely desirable, but it can't be
helped. I had been in favor all
along Of either a 10-team league
Or q. 16-team league. letting Glenn
Mccarthy put q team in Houston.
But nobody paid any attention
to me-"
Marshall. who says that he
knew peace negotiations were go
ing on "for something like two
weeks" thinks the schedule will
be worked along these lines: /
Each team except Baltimore will
play IL league games, meeting
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