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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1946

Page

6

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.

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.

Blanchard Davis Army al Smith Carlisle Indians Thorpe Guyon Harvard Mann Brickley Yale Coy Philbin Michigan Heston Boss Weeks Cornell Pfann Raw Pennsylvania Hollenback Manier Stanford Grayson Hamilton Notre Dame Bob Neyland Tennessee Neyland South Wally Butt Georgia

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