Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20

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When Money Talks
By LEWIS r. ATcHlsoN

THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE championship
game between Cleveland Los Angeles
Monday appears building up record jackpot
for the players with $4,000 seats IS copy already sold
Some of the older faro dealers around the circuit have
notion the gross take will be much 100000 more than
last years S289,126 a new record for pro football.
In the Coliseum with its capacity of 100000 the
hope to draw at least $4,000 the big game crowd
of 9535 watched the Rams whip the Green Bay Packers in
the finale when they cinched their division title and
the Rams 1921 victory Cleveland in preseason game
in Angeles should bring back for the blue chips affair
The figures important because the idea of moving
the championship into of the major bowls on New
Years Day isn't dead-not by any means In fact. big
attendance in Los Angeles will only bolster the argument
that should be moved to warmer cline and big stadium
More and coaches well club owners are thinking
this way
at may happen the year or two or the next
Ave." coach said in talk at the last
league meeting, but it's got to come sooner later
THE PLAYERS WOULDN'T object not when a move
would money in their pockets The collected
$247S each and the Lions $585 last year whacking up
the players 10 cent of the net gate and there certainly
desire to return to the days when the
$500 and the losers less than grand
Day date in city where the climate could expected
be reasonably good should guarantee big crowd
generous pay-of.
There objections to such plan, of course.
Baseball officials who rent their facilities the pros
regular league wouldn't to give up their 10 per
cent fee for title game Indeed Wrgey Field officials
reported to have clause in their contract with George Halas
that If the Chicago Bears hosts in the payo it must
be played there
fans undoubtedly would object too especially
those whove suffered through losing loyalty paying
their money for tickets But the club
that these fans would the for free television
well heeed lucky enough at Charles Town. would
have the dough and the disposition to make holiday
jaunt to Florida other spot.
The idea isn't wacky unfair it sounds-unless
the hundreds of requests for Maryland Oklahoma Orange
Bowl tickets are coming from potential scapers Several
thousand Maryland fans will follow the Terps to Miami
and there probably just many Redskins supporters
willing to follow them South to the championship payo
THE ORANGE AND ROSE BOWLS partially solved their
problems by contracting with four conferences involved
furnish New Years Day games but there's guarantee that
they'll get the best team year in and The no-epeat
rule has kept the best out Of both games before and when that
happens the committees have real selling Job on their
hands It's easier to sell the champions than the
and the pros always guarantee attraction
The National Football League close to moving into
the Orange Bowl couple of years before the ACC and
Big Seven signed but several of the club that
time weren't convinced 1t was smart Now, with
televon making bigger impact than before sports
they've begun to eevaluate the situation think
better of the idea.
The Cotton Bowl, in which the Southwest Conference
champion host is closed to the pros and the Sugar Bowl
charter specifies that the New Orleans attraction must be
college game. But there's law against changing rule
There smaller cities in the South that would welcome
the championship payof Of course and daring pro-
moter with bankro might up with suitable spot
Don't 1t can't happen Fowery language is nice and
fiery words be frightening but the pros best understand
the conversation when money talks. And 1t does.