Evening star., 1952-01-19
|Yanks Fail 10 Obtain
Any sConcession
On Six Home Games
By Lewis F. Atchison
Sfcr S;off corresnondent

| Star ssoff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Jan. 19-The mex
move was up to Owner Ted Collin
of the New York Yanks today IL
his >tug-o'-war with the New Yorl
Giants for a more equitable di
vision Of home dates in their Ma
tional Football League schedule.
The IL club owners met for fou
hours last night, adjourning a
midnight. without arriving at ,
solution to the problem. All in
dications. however, pointed to tn,
eventual departure of the Yank.
from New York within a year OF
two
Tim Mara, Giants owner and {
veteran Of pro football wars, hele
all the aces and was adamant
in his refusal to give up the si1
home dates allotted him by thu
NFL constitution.
Giants Owner Posts Dates.
Mara posted October 10, rs, No.
vember 8. 16, % and December
as the dates he wanted for 1852
which automatically would defeat
Collins proposal for six home
games for the Yanks. There sim.
Iply aren't enough Sundays to play
IL games.
But if the meeting opened on
a fiery note, the conferees ad-
journed amicably to "sit down
congenially and consider the sit
uation," as Commissioner Bert
Bell put it. Collins major al
Tentative appears to lie in play
ing two or even four home games
out of town.
A report that Collins was ready
to transfer the franchise to Bal
timore was squashed by President
George Marshall of the Redskins,
who declared he would oppose
such a move. Marshall must give
any Baltimore group his permis-
sion to field a team in his terri
torial jurisdiction.
Won't Approve Transfer.
II would not approve of the
transfer of the Yanks to Balti-
more under the present circum-
stances. Marshall said. "All this
group has is conversation and a
lawyer, and he's on a retainer.
My boy. money is what talks"
Dallas and Buffalo are the two
sites to be considered for Yanks
home games"
Frank Fitzgerald, Collins SON.
ln-law and general manager of
the club, said Baltimore was al
most definitely out of the picture
as. a possible site for the teams
transfer. A committee of Balti-
more businessmen made Col
Inns f1attering offer to bring the
Yanks to that city, including the
guaranteed sale of 10000 season
tickets and a guarantee against
any losses. The fly in the ointment
was that Collins would not COM
pletely control the team.
Several owners privately said
they believed Dallas ultimately
will get the Yanks, but they re-
fused to guess how long Collins
Will stay in New York.
Losses on Home Games Cited.
Some observers believed Collins
to be offside in asking for six
home games when he failed to
show a profit on the four played
in New York last year.
Commissioner Bert Bell said the
league would confer with Dan
Topping. owner of Yankee
Stadium. about legal angles of the
Yanks' lease on the stadium
Topping, who owned the BROOKLYN
club in the NFL. jumped to the
All = America Conference and
finally gave up football as bad
investment. He insists that the
baseball season doesn't end until
after the World Series and will
not permit the football Yanks to
play in the stadium until after
the series.
Seeks Lower Rent.
Collins said he will seek a re-
adjustment of the $4,000 annual
rent charged his team by Topping
unless he gets more than four
home games. But, Bell pointed
out. with Topping preventing the
Yanks from coming into the
stadium until mid-October and
the Giants getting preference for
their home games, the NFL season
would have to be extended to
grant Collins request. This most
certainly will be defeated.
The owners were to hear legal
aspects Of television contracts
discussed today and probably will
get around to their first attempt
to frame the 1852 schedule to-
night or tomorrow.
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