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...impression," says Giant Coach Allie Sherman, "is that the caliber of ball in the American League is closer to that of the Big Ten than the N.F.L." Remarks like that provoke wrath in such A.F.L. coaches as San Diego's Sid Gillman and New York's Weeb Ewbank-both of whom coached title-winning teams in the N.F.L. before switching. "The two leagues are absolutely equal now," says Gillman. "Our top teams are every bit as good as the top teams in the N.F.L., and our weaker teams are every bit as strong as the weaker N.F.L. teams...
...football's bonus war, it is obviously more fun to be a private than a colonel. Weeb Ewbank, 58, earns $35,000 as coach of the American Football League's New York Jets, and this season he has already found himself in the position of trying to give orders...
...taxi-squad fullback (from the Ivy League, no less). All Weeb needed to make his embarrassment complete was an independently wealthy lineman, and last week he got one when Jets Owner Sonny Werblin signed Michigan's 230-lb. Tackle Bill
...bidding for Rhome will probably start somewhere around $20,-000 for a bonus-which is more than the Jets apparently want to spend. Last week they gave Houston their rights to Rhome in return for a draft choice Jets Coach Weeb Ewbank did his best to explain the decision: "I'd have to say that the boy is accurate in the 10-to 15-yd. range," he said. "But I can't tell you whether he can throw long." Then, too, Rhome is only 6 ft. tall: "He might be too short for the pros." Only a cynic...
...Akron, spent two wartime years in the Navy: then back to football he went, this time at Miami of Ohio, a small school with an uncanny knack for producing big-time coaches?Army's Earl Blaik and Paul Dietzel, Ohio State's Woody Hayes, the pros' Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank and Sid Gillman. In 1947, a solid 190-lb. halfback, Ara led the Redskins to an undefeated season, won All-America mention and a pro tryout with the Cleveland Browns...