Two Pro Football Leagues Reach for Nationwide Stature
The article argues the U S can support two major pro football leagues alongside baseball. It cites the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns setting attendance and performance milestones, predicts 16 teams total, and suggests interleague rivalry with a postseason could boost interest and profits.
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New York Giants
Yankees
Dodgers
Polo Grounds
Cleveland Browns
Los Angeles
Giants
Army Twin Backs Blanchard and Davis Stand Alone in History
The article weighs the famed Army duo Blanchard and Davis against historic backfield pairs from Carlisle Harvard Yale Michigan Cornell Pennsylvania Stanford Notre Dame Minnesota Tennessee Alabama and others. It praises the two for speed passing blocking tackling kicking stamina and consistency and asserts no other backfield combination matches their all around ability over three seasons. It also notes Bob Neyland’s return to coaching and Tennessee leading the South in his first year back, ahead of Georgia.
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Army
al Smith
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Boss Weeks
Cornell
Pfann
Raw
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Hollenback
Manier
Stanford
Grayson
Hamilton
Notre Dame
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Neyland
South
Wally Butt
Georgia
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