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Growth of West Coast as Major League Power Shifts
Grantland Rice surveys rising strength of Los Angeles and San Francisco as premier sport centers, noting high attendance at Pasadena Rose Bowl and Santa Anita races. He argues big league economics now favor cities with strong markets, and examines the westward shift in college football with new powerhouses in the Midwest and South, questioning South vs Big Nine Notre Dame dominance.
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San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Pasadena
Santa Anita
Baltimore
Browns Park
St. Louis
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Yost
Wolverines
East
Tom Shevlin
Gordon Brown
Big Jim Hogan
DeWitt
Graydon
Michigan
Stanford
California
Pop Warner
Howard Jones
Andy Smith
Pacific
Ohio State
Pittsburgh
Army
Midwest
South
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Winois
Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Big Nine
Dan McGugin
Wallace Wade
Bernie Bierman
Frank Thomas
Jack Heisman
Bill Alexander
Bob Neyland
Carl Snavely
Dixie
Georgia
North Carolina
L.S.A
Alabama
Duke
Kentucky
Tulane
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Auburn
Mississippi
Mississippi State
North Carolina State
Virginia