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The Bears' Home Venue: A Historical Perspective · Sports History Network

• 0:52
  Are
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  the
• 0:52
  Bears
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  leaving
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  for
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  Indiana?
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  We're
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  diving
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  into
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  a
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  story
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  that
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  over
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  the
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  last
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  24
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  hours
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  has
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  taken
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  the
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  sports
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  world
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  by
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  storm
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  as
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  the
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  Chicago
• 1:00
  Bears
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  are
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  being
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  lured
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  by
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  the
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  Indiana
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  Legislature
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  to
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  move
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  their
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  home
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  venue
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  across
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  the
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  state
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  line
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  into
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  Indiana
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  at
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  Hammond.
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  Now,
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  negotiations
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  are
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  still
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  going
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  on
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  in
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  Illinois
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  to
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  make
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  things
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  even
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  more
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  complicated,
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  but
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  examine
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  some
• 1:13
  history
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  to
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  take
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  a
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  look
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  at
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  this
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  scenario
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  and
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  some
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  others
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  that
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  may
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  come
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  of
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  it
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  by
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  looking
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  at
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  the
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  past.
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  I'm
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  Darren
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  Hayes.
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  I'm
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  your
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  host
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  of
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  Pixkin
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  Dispatch,
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  where
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  we
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  love
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  to
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  go
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  into
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  the
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  portal
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  of
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  football
• 1:23
  history.
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  And
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  use
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  that
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  portal
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  today
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  to
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  examine
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  this
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  situation
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  and
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  maybe
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  come
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  up
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  with
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  some
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  answers
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  for
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  you
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  as
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  you
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  worry
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  about
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  where
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  your
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  Bears
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  are
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  going
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  to
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  play
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  next
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  year.
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  So
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  let's
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  get
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  right
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  at
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  it.
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  Oh,
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  the
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  history.
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  That's
• 1:43
  right.
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  Because
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  before
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  they
• 1:44
  were
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  the
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  monsters
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  of
• 1:45
  the
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  Midway,
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  the
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  team
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  started
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  as
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  the
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  Decatur
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  Staleys
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  in
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  1920.
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  We're
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  going
• 1:50
  to
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  take
• 1:50
  a
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  look
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  at
• 1:51
  an
• 1:51
  interview
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  I
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  did
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  with
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  Josie
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  Yemba,
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  the
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  great
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  Chicago
• 1:54
  historian
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  back
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  in
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  2021,
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  who
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  has
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  some
• 1:56
  of
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  this
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  story.
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  Oh
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  sure,
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  and
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  it
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  is
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  a
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  great
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  story.
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  The
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  Decatur
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  Staleys,
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  who
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  are
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  now
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  the
• 2:02
  Chicago
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  Bears.
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  And
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  many
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  people
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  think
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  that
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  when
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  George
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  Hallis
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  was
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  hired
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  by
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  the
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  A.E.
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  staley
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  Company
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  in
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  1920,
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  that
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  was
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  the
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  first
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  year
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  of
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  sports
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  for
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  the
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  Staley
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  company.
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  But
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  actually
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  the
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  football
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  team
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  started
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  in
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  1919.
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  And
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  around
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  that
• 2:20
  time,
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  I
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  think,
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  is
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  when
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  the
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  football
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  team
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  started.
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  That
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  would
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  have
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  been
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  October,
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  September.
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  October,
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  I
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  think
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  September
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  24th
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  was
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  the
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  first
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  practice
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  and
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  they
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  had
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  a
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  coach
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  from
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  the
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  University
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  of
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  Illinois,
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  which
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  was
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  a
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  construction
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  superintendent
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  at
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  the
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  plant
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  named
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  James
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  Cook.
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  He
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  had
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  those
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  guys
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  out
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  there
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  practicing
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  every
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  night
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  at
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  5
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  o'
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  clock
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  on
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  the
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  Staley
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  field,
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  as
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  we
• 2:43
  mentioned.
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  And
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  according
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  to
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  all
• 2:45
  indications,
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  the
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  Journal
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  said
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  they're
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  going
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  to
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  turn
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  out
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  to
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  be
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  finest
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  bunch
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  of
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  semi
• 2:50
  pro
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  football
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  players
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  in
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  the
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  world.
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  That's
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  pretty
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  high
• 2:53
  praise
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  in
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  1919.
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  So
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  the
• 2:57
  football
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  team
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  scheduled
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  local
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  competition.
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  They
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  opened
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  up
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  with
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  a
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  loss
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  over
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  to
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  the
• 3:03
  Peoria
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  Tractors.
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  That
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  gave
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  him
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  the
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  one
• 3:07
  loss.
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  But
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  then
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  after
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  a
• 3:09
  cancellation
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  against
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  those
• 3:10
  dastardly
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  Rantoul
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  Aviators,
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  they
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  won
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  their
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  final
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  seven
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  six
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  games
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  in
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  a
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  row
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  to
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  finish
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  with
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  a
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  6
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  and
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  1
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  record.
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  They
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  knocked
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  off
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  the
• 3:19
  Taylorville
• 3:20
  Independence,
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  which
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  was
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  a
• 3:21
  big
• 3:21
  upset,
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  the
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  champagne
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  11,
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  and
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  then
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  wrapped
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  up
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  the
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  season
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  with
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  a
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  41
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  to
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  nothing
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  win
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  over
• 3:28
  the
• 3:28
  Arcola
• 3:29
  Independence
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  in
• 3:30
  1919.
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  So
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  they
• 3:32
  finished
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  6
• 3:33
  and
• 3:33
  1
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  and
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  there
• 3:34
  was
• 3:34
  a
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  lot
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  of
• 3:35
  emphasis
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  placed
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  on
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  the
• 3:37
  team.
• 3:37
  They
• 3:37
  were
• 3:38
  getting
• 3:38
  good
• 3:38
  coverage
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  from
• 3:39
  the
• 3:39
  local
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  Decatur
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  newspapers.
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  There
• 3:43
  were
• 3:43
  some
• 3:43
  rumors
• 3:43
  that
• 3:44
  the
• 3:44
  players
• 3:44
  were
• 3:44
  receiving
• 3:45
  10
• 3:45
  or
• 3:45
  $20
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  a
• 3:46
  game
• 3:46
  in
• 3:47
  addition
• 3:47
  to
• 3:47
  their
• 3:48
  salaries
• 3:48
  that
• 3:48
  they
• 3:49
  received
• 3:49
  working
• 3:49
  at
• 3:50
  the
• 3:50
  Staley
• 3:50
  plant.
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  But
• 3:52
  that
• 3:53
  was
• 3:53
  figured
• 3:53
  to
• 3:53
  be
• 3:53
  a
• 3:53
  little
• 3:54
  bit
• 3:54
  lower
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  than
• 3:54
  what
• 3:54
  some
• 3:55
  of
• 3:55
  their
• 3:55
  opponents
• 3:55
  were
• 3:56
  getting.
• 3:56
  So
• 3:56
  we're
• 3:56
  still
• 3:57
  seeing
• 3:57
  this
• 3:57
  nudge
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  or
• 3:58
  this
• 3:58
  really
• 3:58
  strong
• 3:59
  hint
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  that
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  everybody
• 4:00
  else
• 4:01
  was
• 4:01
  professional
• 4:02
  except
• 4:02
  the
• 4:02
  Staley's.
• 4:03
  And
• 4:04
  Decatur
• 4:05
  Daily
• 4:05
  Review
• 4:06
  said
• 4:07
  some
• 4:07
  of
• 4:07
  those
• 4:08
  games
• 4:08
  these
• 4:09
  players
• 4:09
  were
• 4:09
  receiving
• 4:10
  a
• 4:10
  lot
• 4:10
  of
• 4:10
  money,
• 4:11
  although
• 4:11
  they
• 4:11
  didn't
• 4:11
  pinpoint
• 4:12
  it
• 4:12
  exactly.
• 4:13
  So
• 4:14
  for
• 4:14
  the
• 4:14
  1919
• 4:15
  team,
• 4:16
  the
• 4:16
  players
• 4:16
  all
• 4:17
  seemed
• 4:17
  to
• 4:17
  be
• 4:17
  from
• 4:17
  the
• 4:18
  plant.
• 4:18
  They
• 4:18
  played
• 4:18
  at
• 4:18
  Illinois
• 4:19
  colleges.
• 4:19
  It
• 4:20
  might
• 4:20
  have
• 4:20
  been
• 4:20
  the
• 4:20
  University
• 4:20
  of
• 4:21
  Illinois,
• 4:21
  Millikan,
• 4:23
  places
• 4:23
  like
• 4:23
  that.
• 4:24
  And
• 4:25
  then
• 4:25
  in
• 4:25
  the
• 4:26
  spring
• 4:26
  of
• 4:27
  1920,
• 4:29
  actually
• 4:29
  winners.
• 4:29
  When
• 4:30
  George
• 4:30
  Hallis
• 4:30
  got
• 4:31
  the
• 4:31
  call
• 4:31
  that
• 4:31
  the
• 4:31
  Staleys
• 4:32
  were
• 4:32
  looking
• 4:32
  to
• 4:33
  start
• 4:33
  a
• 4:33
  football
• 4:33
  team
• 4:34
  and
• 4:35
  looking
• 4:35
  for
• 4:35
  someone
• 4:36
  to
• 4:36
  run
• 4:36
  it
• 4:37
  for
• 4:37
  them
• 4:39
  so
• 4:39
  he
• 4:39
  would
• 4:39
  have
• 4:39
  to
• 4:40
  decide
• 4:41
  what
• 4:41
  to
• 4:41
  do
• 4:41
  about
• 4:41
  the
• 4:42
  team,
• 4:42
  he
• 4:42
  pretty
• 4:43
  much
• 4:43
  cleaned
• 4:43
  house
• 4:45
  by
• 4:45
  the
• 4:45
  end
• 4:45
  of
• 4:45
  the
• 4:45
  season,
• 4:46
  Staley
• 4:47
  said.
• 4:47
  Also
• 4:47
  another
• 4:48
  coach
• 4:48
  called
• 4:48
  Red
• 4:49
  Brannon.
• 4:49
  We
• 4:49
  don't
• 4:50
  hear
• 4:50
  from
• 4:50
  him
• 4:50
  again.
• 4:51
  And
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  big
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  big
• 4:53
  thing
• 4:53
  about
• 4:53
  the
• 4:53
  1919
• 4:54
  team
• 4:54
  was
• 4:55
  their
• 4:56
  upset
• 4:56
  win
• 4:56
  over
• 4:57
  the
• 4:58
  Taylorville
• 4:59
  teams.
• 4:59
  And
• 5:00
  Taylorville
• 5:01
  has
• 5:01
  come
• 5:01
  up
• 5:02
  before
• 5:02
  in
• 5:02
  one
• 5:02
  of
• 5:03
  the
• 5:03
  big
• 5:03
  scandals
• 5:03
  that
• 5:04
  occurred
• 5:04
  a
• 5:04
  couple
• 5:04
  of
• 5:05
  years
• 5:05
  later
• 5:05
  when
• 5:06
  Taylorville
• 5:06
  and
• 5:07
  their
• 5:07
  opponents
• 5:09
  used
• 5:09
  players
• 5:10
  from
• 5:10
  Illinois
• 5:10
  and
• 5:11
  from
• 5:11
  Notre
• 5:11
  Dame
• 5:12
  and
• 5:12
  they
• 5:12
  got
• 5:12
  caught.
• 5:13
  Big
• 5:13
  scandal,
• 5:14
  even
• 5:15
  a
• 5:15
  little
• 5:15
  bit,
• 5:16
  led
• 5:16
  to
• 5:16
  Green
• 5:17
  Bay
• 5:17
  getting
• 5:17
  kicked
• 5:18
  out
• 5:18
  of
• 5:18
  the
• 5:18
  NFL
• 5:19
  for
• 5:19
  a
• 5:20
  few
• 5:20
  months
• 5:20
  in
• 5:21
  1921.
• 5:23
  So
• 5:23
  we
• 5:23
  brought
• 5:23
  it
• 5:24
  up
• 5:24
  to
• 5:24
  date
• 5:24
  as
• 5:24
  to
• 5:24
  where
• 5:25
  George
• 5:25
  Hallis
• 5:26
  has
• 5:26
  joined
• 5:26
  the
• 5:27
  team
• 5:27
  in
• 5:28
  1920
• 5:29
  and
• 5:30
  even
• 5:30
  before
• 5:30
  he
• 5:30
  played
• 5:31
  his
• 5:31
  first
• 5:31
  baseball
• 5:32
  game,
• 5:32
  there's
• 5:33
  an
• 5:33
  article
• 5:33
  that
• 5:33
  mentioned
• 5:34
  him
• 5:34
  in
• 5:34
  the
• 5:34
  Fellowship
• 5:35
  Journal
• 5:36
  and
• 5:36
  it
• 5:36
  was
• 5:37
  talking
• 5:37
  about
• 5:37
  Hallis
• 5:38
  played
• 5:39
  earlier
• 5:39
  the
• 5:40
  year
• 5:40
  before
• 5:40
  with
• 5:41
  the
• 5:41
  New
• 5:41
  York
• 5:41
  Yankees
• 5:43
  and
• 5:43
  now
• 5:43
  he
• 5:43
  was
• 5:43
  going
• 5:44
  to
• 5:44
  be
• 5:44
  working
• 5:44
  for
• 5:44
  the
• 5:45
  Staley's.
• 5:45
  He
• 5:46
  said
• 5:47
  he
• 5:47
  played
• 5:47
  sensational
• 5:48
  baseball
• 5:48
  with
• 5:49
  Illinois
• 5:50
  and
• 5:50
  the
• 5:50
  Great
• 5:50
  Lakes
• 5:50
  Naval
• 5:51
  Training
• 5:51
  Station
• 5:52
  before
• 5:52
  he
• 5:53
  was
• 5:53
  signed
• 5:53
  and
• 5:53
  given
• 5:54
  a
• 5:54
  trial
• 5:54
  by
• 5:54
  the
• 5:54
  New
• 5:55
  York
• 5:55
  Yankees.
• 5:55
  Whereas
• 5:56
  we
• 5:56
  know
• 5:56
  he
• 5:56
  couldn't
• 5:56
  hit
• 5:56
  the
• 5:57
  curveball.
• 5:58
  And
• 5:58
  it
• 5:58
  said
• 5:59
  George
• 5:59
  was
• 6:00
  a
• 6:00
  wonderful
• 6:00
  football
• 6:00
  and
• 6:01
  basketball
• 6:01
  man,
• 6:02
  will
• 6:02
  be
• 6:02
  a
• 6:02
  big
• 6:02
  addition
• 6:03
  to
• 6:03
  the
• 6:03
  Staley
• 6:04
  team.
• 6:05
  So
• 6:06
  though
• 6:06
  they
• 6:06
  didn't
• 6:06
  have
• 6:06
  a
• 6:07
  they
• 6:07
  did
• 6:07
  have
• 6:07
  a
• 6:07
  basketball
• 6:08
  team
• 6:08
  and
• 6:08
  apparently
• 6:09
  George
• 6:09
  Hallis
• 6:09
  did
• 6:10
  not
• 6:10
  play
• 6:10
  basketball
• 6:11
  for
• 6:11
  the
• 6:11
  Staleys.
• 6:12
  He
• 6:12
  definitely
• 6:13
  played
• 6:13
  baseball
• 6:15
  that
• 6:15
  definitely
• 6:16
  ran
• 6:16
  the
• 6:16
  football
• 6:16
  team.
• 6:18
  So
• 6:18
  it
• 6:18
  was
• 6:18
  in
• 6:19
  1920
• 6:20
  that
• 6:21
  Hallis
• 6:22
  was
• 6:22
  hired
• 6:22
  and
• 6:22
  he
• 6:22
  was
• 6:23
  asked
• 6:24
  for
• 6:24
  and
• 6:24
  given
• 6:26
  the
• 6:26
  guarantee
• 6:27
  that
• 6:27
  the
• 6:27
  players
• 6:27
  would
• 6:28
  have
• 6:28
  jobs.
• 6:28
  But
• 6:29
  they
• 6:29
  could
• 6:29
  also
• 6:29
  take
• 6:29
  off
• 6:30
  a
• 6:30
  little
• 6:30
  early
• 6:30
  in
• 6:31
  practice
• 6:31
  every
• 6:31
  day,
• 6:32
  which
• 6:32
  was
• 6:33
  a
• 6:33
  huge
• 6:33
  advantage.
• 6:34
  The
• 6:35
  Schedule
• 6:35
  had
• 6:35
  not
• 6:35
  been
• 6:36
  put
• 6:36
  together
• 6:36
  early
• 6:37
  that
• 6:38
  year,
• 6:38
  of
• 6:38
  course,
• 6:39
  but
• 6:39
  Halas
• 6:40
  was
• 6:40
  part
• 6:40
  of
• 6:40
  the
• 6:42
  early
• 6:42
  founders,
• 6:42
  or
• 6:43
  one
• 6:43
  of
• 6:43
  the
• 6:43
  founders
• 6:43
  of
• 6:44
  what
• 6:44
  we
• 6:44
  now
• 6:44
  know
• 6:44
  as
• 6:44
  the
• 6:45
  NFL
• 6:46
  as
• 6:46
  he
• 6:47
  traveled
• 6:47
  to
• 6:47
  Canton
• 6:47
  to
• 6:48
  become
• 6:48
  part
• 6:48
  of
• 6:48
  that
• 6:48
  original
• 6:49
  meeting
• 6:49
  there
• 6:50
  in
• 6:50
  the
• 6:50
  late
• 6:51
  summer
• 6:51
  of
• 6:51
  1920.
• 6:53
  But
• 6:53
  what
• 6:54
  he
• 6:54
  did
• 6:54
  that
• 6:54
  summer
• 6:55
  was
• 6:56
  unprecedented
• 6:57
  in
• 6:58
  terms
• 6:58
  of
• 6:58
  the
• 6:59
  professionals
• 7:00
  as
• 7:00
  we
• 7:00
  know
• 7:00
  him.
• 7:00
  And
• 7:01
  there
• 7:01
  was
• 7:01
  really
• 7:01
  no
• 7:02
  professional
• 7:02
  league
• 7:02
  when
• 7:03
  he
• 7:03
  started
• 7:03
  this.
• 7:03
  But
• 7:04
  Hallis
• 7:05
  moved
• 7:05
  around
• 7:05
  the
• 7:05
  country
• 7:06
  and
• 7:06
  at
• 7:06
  least
• 7:07
  on
• 7:07
  the
• 7:07
  Eastern
• 7:07
  and
• 7:07
  Midwest
• 7:08
  part,
• 7:08
  recruiting
• 7:09
  players
• 7:10
  looking
• 7:10
  for
• 7:11
  some
• 7:11
  of
• 7:11
  his
• 7:11
  old
• 7:11
  teammates.
• 7:12
  He
• 7:13
  had
• 7:13
  Dutch
• 7:13
  Sterneman
• 7:14
  from
• 7:14
  Illinois,
• 7:15
  Jimmy
• 7:15
  Councilman
• 7:16
  from
• 7:16
  St.
• 7:17
  Louis
• 7:18
  was
• 7:18
  on
• 7:18
  the
• 7:18
  team.
• 7:19
  And
• 7:20
  they
• 7:20
  had
• 7:20
  a
• 7:20
  pretty
• 7:21
  good
• 7:21
  season
• 7:21
  as
• 7:22
  part
• 7:22
  of
• 7:22
  the
• 7:23
  American
• 7:23
  Professional
• 7:24
  Football
• 7:24
  association,
• 7:26
  finishing
• 7:26
  in
• 7:26
  second
• 7:27
  place.
• 7:28
  Alice
• 7:30
  brought
• 7:30
  together
• 7:30
  a
• 7:30
  bunch
• 7:31
  of
• 7:31
  players,
• 7:32
  had
• 7:32
  him
• 7:32
  practice,
• 7:33
  had
• 7:33
  them
• 7:33
  working
• 7:34
  there.
• 7:35
  I
• 7:35
  believe
• 7:35
  he,
• 7:36
  as
• 7:36
  I
• 7:36
  mentioned,
• 7:37
  pretty
• 7:37
  much
• 7:37
  cleaned
• 7:38
  up
• 7:38
  the
• 7:38
  roster.
• 7:38
  So
• 7:39
  they
• 7:39
  went
• 7:40
  kind
• 7:40
  of
• 7:40
  like
• 7:40
  the
• 7:41
  baseball
• 7:41
  team.
• 7:41
  And
• 7:42
  here's
• 7:42
  that
• 7:42
  correlation
• 7:43
  to
• 7:43
  having
• 7:44
  a
• 7:44
  professional
• 7:45
  manage
• 7:45
  the
• 7:45
  team
• 7:45
  as
• 7:46
  the
• 7:46
  baseball
• 7:46
  did,
• 7:47
  as
• 7:47
  well
• 7:47
  as
• 7:48
  recruiting
• 7:48
  players
• 7:49
  who
• 7:49
  were
• 7:49
  players,
• 7:50
  not
• 7:50
  really
• 7:50
  starch
• 7:51
  workers.
• 7:51
  So
• 7:52
  up
• 7:53
  to
• 7:53
  that
• 7:53
  point,
• 7:53
  1920,
• 7:54
  then
• 7:55
  we
• 7:55
  had
• 7:55
  the
• 7:56
  Staley's
• 7:56
  who
• 7:57
  quickly,
• 7:57
  under
• 7:57
  George
• 7:58
  Hallis,
• 7:58
  became
• 7:59
  a
• 7:59
  very
• 7:59
  dominant
• 8:00
  part
• 8:00
  of
• 8:00
  what
• 8:01
  would
• 8:01
  be
• 8:01
  known
• 8:01
  as
• 8:01
  the
• 8:02
  National
• 8:02
  Football
• 8:02
  league.
• 8:03
  Yeah.
• 8:04
  So
• 8:04
  21,
• 8:04
  as
• 8:04
  we
• 8:04
  mentioned,
• 8:05
  they
• 8:06
  Staley's
• 8:07
  did
• 8:07
  win
• 8:08
  what
• 8:08
  would
• 8:08
  become
• 8:08
  the
• 8:09
  NFL
• 8:09
  title
• 8:10
  that
• 8:10
  year
• 8:11
  with
• 8:11
  their
• 8:11
  101
• 8:12
  and
• 8:12
  1
• 8:12
  record.
• 8:14
  They
• 8:14
  start
• 8:14
  out
• 8:14
  the
• 8:15
  season
• 8:15
  playing
• 8:15
  a
• 8:15
  couple
• 8:15
  home
• 8:16
  games
• 8:16
  at
• 8:16
  the
• 8:16
  Staley
• 8:17
  Field.
• 8:19
  They
• 8:19
  beat
• 8:19
  The
• 8:19
  Waukegan
• 8:20
  Legion
• 8:20
  350
• 8:22
  and
• 8:22
  the
• 8:22
  Rock
• 8:22
  Island
• 8:23
  Independence
• 8:23
  14
• 8:24
  to
• 8:24
  10
• 8:25
  and
• 8:26
  then
• 8:26
  started.
• 8:27
  They
• 8:27
  played
• 8:28
  every
• 8:28
  game
• 8:28
  at
• 8:28
  home,
• 8:28
  basically
• 8:29
  because
• 8:30
  the
• 8:30
  remaining
• 8:31
  schedule,
• 8:32
  the
• 8:32
  last
• 8:32
  10
• 8:32
  games
• 8:33
  were
• 8:33
  all
• 8:33
  at
• 8:33
  Cubs
• 8:34
  Park.
• 8:35
  And
• 8:35
  in
• 8:36
  that
• 8:36
  time,
• 8:36
  in
• 8:37
  mid
• 8:37
  October
• 8:37
  or
• 8:38
  so
• 8:38
  late
• 8:38
  October,
• 8:39
  is
• 8:39
  when
• 8:40
  Halas
• 8:41
  was
• 8:41
  called
• 8:41
  into
• 8:41
  A.E.
• 8:42
  staley's
• 8:43
  office.
• 8:44
  And
• 8:44
  Staley
• 8:46
  wanted
• 8:47
  to
• 8:47
  know
• 8:47
  what
• 8:47
  was.
• 8:49
  I'm
• 8:50
  trying
• 8:50
  to
• 8:50
  do
• 8:50
  this
• 8:51
  nicely.
• 8:51
  I
• 8:51
  have
• 8:51
  an
• 8:51
  opinion
• 8:52
  in
• 8:52
  my
• 8:52
  book,
• 8:52
  but
• 8:53
  I'm
• 8:53
  not
• 8:53
  going
• 8:53
  to
• 8:53
  share
• 8:53
  it
• 8:54
  right
• 8:54
  now.
• 8:54
  But
• 8:55
  what
• 8:55
  Halas
• 8:56
  said
• 8:56
  in
• 8:56
  his
• 8:56
  autobiography
• 8:57
  is
• 8:57
  that
• 8:57
  Mr.
• 8:57
  Staley
• 8:58
  came
• 8:58
  in
• 8:59
  and
• 8:59
  offered
• 9:00
  him
• 9:00
  seed
• 9:01
  money
• 9:01
  of
• 9:01
  $5,000,
• 9:02
  telling
• 9:03
  him
• 9:03
  that
• 9:04
  the
• 9:04
  football
• 9:05
  team,
• 9:06
  with
• 9:06
  its
• 9:06
  success
• 9:07
  and
• 9:07
  its
• 9:07
  notoriety
• 9:08
  and
• 9:08
  had
• 9:08
  brought
• 9:09
  a
• 9:09
  lot
• 9:09
  of
• 9:09
  good
• 9:09
  publicity
• 9:10
  to
• 9:10
  the
• 9:10
  company,
• 9:11
  which
• 9:11
  is
• 9:11
  one
• 9:11
  of
• 9:11
  the
• 9:11
  intents
• 9:12
  of
• 9:12
  having
• 9:13
  a
• 9:13
  baseball
• 9:13
  and
• 9:13
  football
• 9:14
  team.
• 9:15
  But
• 9:15
  Mr.
• 9:15
  Staley
• 9:16
  indicated
• 9:16
  to
• 9:17
  Hellas
• 9:18
  that
• 9:18
  this
• 9:19
  needs
• 9:19
  a
• 9:19
  bigger
• 9:20
  city
• 9:20
  and
• 9:20
  he
• 9:20
  suggested
• 9:21
  that
• 9:21
  they
• 9:21
  move
• 9:22
  the
• 9:22
  team
• 9:22
  to
• 9:22
  Chicago
• 9:23
  then
• 9:23
  for
• 9:24
  the
• 9:24
  remainder
• 9:24
  of
• 9:24
  the
• 9:24
  season.
• 9:25
  And
• 9:26
  Halas
• 9:26
  talks
• 9:27
  about
• 9:27
  how
• 9:27
  he
• 9:28
  had
• 9:28
  to
• 9:28
  go
• 9:29
  right
• 9:29
  away
• 9:29
  up
• 9:29
  to
• 9:30
  Cubs
• 9:30
  park
• 9:30
  and
• 9:31
  try
• 9:31
  and
• 9:31
  reserve
• 9:31
  it
• 9:31
  for
• 9:32
  the
• 9:32
  end
• 9:32
  of
• 9:32
  the
• 9:32
  season.
• 9:33
  But
• 9:33
  there's
• 9:34
  an
• 9:34
  Incredible
• 9:34
  twist,
• 9:35
  because
• 9:36
  even
• 9:36
  before
• 9:36
  the
• 9:37
  Chicago
• 9:37
  Bears
• 9:38
  or
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  Decatur
• 9:39
  Staleys,
• 9:39
  that
• 9:39
  is,
• 9:40
  set
• 9:40
  foot
• 9:41
  in
• 9:41
  the
• 9:41
  city
• 9:41
  of
• 9:41
  Chicago,
• 9:42
  there
• 9:42
  was
• 9:43
  already
• 9:43
  a
• 9:43
  team
• 9:44
  playing
• 9:45
  NFL
• 9:45
  football
• 9:46
  in
• 9:46
  Hammond.
• 9:47
  Here's
• 9:48
  Joe
• 9:48
  to
• 9:48
  talk
• 9:48
  about
• 9:49
  that
• 9:49
  in
• 9:49
  a
• 9:49
  different
• 9:50
  interview
• 9:50
  from
• 9:50
  2021.
• 9:51
  The
• 9:52
  Hammond
• 9:52
  team
• 9:52
  is
• 9:52
  a
• 9:53
  unique
• 9:53
  one,
• 9:53
  started
• 9:54
  by
• 9:54
  a
• 9:54
  boxer,
• 9:55
  taken
• 9:55
  over
• 9:56
  by
• 9:56
  a
• 9:56
  doctor.
• 9:57
  One
• 9:57
  of
• 9:57
  the
• 9:58
  owners
• 9:58
  had
• 9:58
  his
• 9:59
  players,
• 9:59
  had
• 10:00
  him
• 10:00
  arrested,
• 10:01
  and
• 10:01
  they
• 10:02
  even
• 10:02
  tried
• 10:02
  to
• 10:02
  get
• 10:02
  a
• 10:02
  Hollywood
• 10:03
  star
• 10:03
  to
• 10:04
  help
• 10:04
  them
• 10:04
  out
• 10:04
  on
• 10:04
  the
• 10:04
  front
• 10:05
  line.
• 10:05
  So
• 10:06
  this
• 10:06
  is
• 10:06
  an
• 10:06
  intriguing
• 10:07
  team
• 10:07
  and
• 10:08
  one
• 10:08
  that
• 10:08
  sadly,
• 10:09
  wasn't
• 10:09
  very
• 10:10
  successful
• 10:10
  in
• 10:10
  the
• 10:10
  National
• 10:11
  Football
• 10:11
  League.
• 10:12
  It's
• 10:13
  a
• 10:13
  team
• 10:13
  that's
• 10:13
  got
• 10:13
  a
• 10:13
  little
• 10:13
  bit
• 10:14
  of
• 10:14
  history.
• 10:15
  We
• 10:15
  know
• 10:15
  them
• 10:15
  as
• 10:15
  the
• 10:15
  Hammond
• 10:16
  Pros
• 10:16
  from
• 10:16
  when
• 10:17
  they
• 10:17
  started
• 10:18
  with
• 10:18
  the
• 10:18
  NFL
• 10:18
  in
• 10:19
  1920.
• 10:20
  But
• 10:21
  teams
• 10:22
  in
• 10:22
  that
• 10:22
  area,
• 10:23
  Hammond
• 10:24
  is
• 10:24
  really
• 10:25
  closer
• 10:25
  to
• 10:26
  Chicago
• 10:27
  than
• 10:27
  a
• 10:27
  lot
• 10:27
  of
• 10:27
  the
• 10:28
  Chicago
• 10:28
  suburbs.
• 10:30
  In
• 10:30
  fact,
• 10:30
  you
• 10:30
  may
• 10:31
  not
• 10:31
  know
• 10:31
  that
• 10:32
  Hammond
• 10:32
  was
• 10:33
  renamed
• 10:33
  Homan
• 10:34
  for
• 10:34
  a
• 10:34
  little
• 10:34
  movie
• 10:35
  called
• 10:35
  A
• 10:35
  Christmas
• 10:36
  Story.
• 10:37
  And
• 10:37
  so
• 10:37
  when
• 10:37
  you
• 10:37
  hear
• 10:38
  Downtown
• 10:38
  Homan,
• 10:39
  even
• 10:39
  though
• 10:39
  it
• 10:39
  wasn't
• 10:40
  filmed
• 10:40
  there,
• 10:41
  that
• 10:41
  was
• 10:42
  Hammond,
• 10:42
  Indiana.
• 10:43
  That
• 10:43
  was
• 10:43
  the
• 10:44
  movie
• 10:44
  took
• 10:45
  place
• 10:45
  in
• 10:45
  the
• 10:45
  original
• 10:46
  book.
• 10:46
  So
• 10:47
  enough
• 10:47
  of
• 10:47
  my
• 10:47
  theatrical
• 10:48
  trivia.
• 10:49
  But
• 10:50
  the
• 10:50
  team
• 10:50
  goes
• 10:51
  back
• 10:52
  founded
• 10:53
  by
• 10:53
  a
• 10:53
  boxer
• 10:54
  named
• 10:54
  Jimmy
• 10:54
  Clabby,
• 10:55
  and
• 10:55
  he
• 10:56
  started
• 10:56
  the
• 10:56
  Clabby
• 10:57
  Athletic
• 10:57
  Club.
• 10:58
  And
• 10:58
  this
• 10:59
  goes
• 10:59
  way
• 10:59
  back
• 11:00
  to
• 11:00
  the
• 11:00
  beginning
• 11:00
  of
• 11:00
  the
• 11:01
  last
• 11:01
  century
• 11:01
  when
• 11:02
  he
• 11:02
  got
• 11:02
  things
• 11:03
  started
• 11:04
  and
• 11:04
  the
• 11:05
  team
• 11:06
  played
• 11:06
  back
• 11:06
  in
• 11:07
  around
• 11:07
  1905
• 11:08
  through
• 11:08
  about
• 11:08
  1915.
• 11:11
  And
• 11:11
  then
• 11:11
  Jimmy
• 11:12
  decided
• 11:12
  to
• 11:12
  get
• 11:12
  out
• 11:13
  of
• 11:13
  football,
• 11:14
  and
• 11:14
  the
• 11:14
  team
• 11:14
  was
• 11:15
  turned
• 11:15
  over
• 11:15
  to
• 11:16
  a
• 11:16
  couple
• 11:16
  local
• 11:17
  entrepreneurs.
• 11:19
  Paul
• 11:19
  Pardonen,
• 11:20
  his
• 11:20
  partner,
• 11:22
  owned
• 11:22
  a
• 11:22
  fuel
• 11:22
  company
• 11:23
  in
• 11:23
  Hammond,
• 11:23
  Indiana.
• 11:24
  And
• 11:25
  around
• 11:25
  1915,
• 11:26
  they
• 11:26
  took
• 11:26
  the
• 11:26
  team
• 11:27
  over
• 11:27
  with
• 11:27
  a
• 11:27
  lot
• 11:28
  of
• 11:28
  ambition
• 11:28
  and
• 11:29
  the
• 11:29
  league
• 11:29
  itself,
• 11:30
  or
• 11:30
  I
• 11:30
  should
• 11:31
  say
• 11:31
  the
• 11:31
  team,
• 11:31
  once
• 11:32
  Mr.
• 11:32
  Pardone
• 11:33
  got
• 11:33
  a
• 11:33
  hold
• 11:34
  of
• 11:34
  it,
• 11:35
  he
• 11:35
  was
• 11:36
  paying
• 11:36
  the
• 11:36
  players
• 11:36
  quite
• 11:37
  a
• 11:37
  bit
• 11:37
  of
• 11:37
  money.
• 11:38
  And
• 11:39
  for
• 11:39
  1917,
• 11:40
  he
• 11:40
  even
• 11:40
  attracted
• 11:41
  Paddy
• 11:41
  Driscoll,
• 11:42
  a
• 11:43
  name
• 11:43
  very
• 11:43
  familiar
• 11:44
  to
• 11:44
  pro
• 11:44
  football
• 11:44
  fans.
• 11:46
  He
• 11:46
  played
• 11:46
  at
• 11:46
  Northwestern
• 11:47
  and
• 11:48
  also
• 11:48
  played
• 11:48
  with
• 11:48
  the
• 11:48
  Chicago
• 11:49
  Cubs
• 11:49
  baseball
• 11:50
  team.
• 11:50
  And
• 11:50
  because
• 11:51
  of
• 11:51
  his
• 11:51
  time
• 11:52
  with
• 11:52
  the
• 11:52
  Cubs,
• 11:53
  Northwestern
• 11:54
  found
• 11:54
  out
• 11:54
  about
• 11:55
  it.
• 11:55
  Very
• 11:56
  difficult
• 11:56
  for
• 11:56
  them
• 11:56
  not
• 11:57
  to
• 11:57
  find
• 11:57
  out
• 11:57
  about
• 11:57
  it
• 11:58
  since
• 11:58
  it
• 11:58
  was
• 11:59
  right
• 11:59
  in
• 11:59
  the
• 11:59
  same
• 11:59
  neighborhood.
• 12:00
  And
• 12:01
  Patty
• 12:01
  wasn't
• 12:02
  allowed
• 12:02
  to
• 12:02
  play
• 12:02
  football
• 12:03
  his
• 12:03
  final
• 12:03
  year.
• 12:03
  So
• 12:04
  we
• 12:04
  went
• 12:04
  over
• 12:04
  to
• 12:04
  Hammond
• 12:05
  to
• 12:05
  play,
• 12:06
  and
• 12:06
  they
• 12:06
  had
• 12:06
  a
• 12:06
  real
• 12:06
  good
• 12:07
  team
• 12:07
  which
• 12:07
  won
• 12:08
  the
• 12:08
  title,
• 12:08
  the
• 12:09
  Midwest
• 12:09
  title,
• 12:10
  I
• 12:10
  believe
• 12:10
  was
• 12:10
  called.
• 12:11
  And
• 12:11
  the
• 12:12
  team
• 12:12
  in
• 12:12
  Hammond
• 12:12
  was
• 12:13
  so
• 12:13
  popular
• 12:13
  that
• 12:14
  there
• 12:14
  would
• 12:15
  be
• 12:15
  10
• 12:15
  and
• 12:15
  12
• 12:16
  coach,
• 12:16
  special
• 12:17
  trains
• 12:17
  that
• 12:17
  would
• 12:18
  follow
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  Hammond.
• 12:19
  They
• 12:19
  called
• 12:19
  them
• 12:19
  the
• 12:19
  professionals
• 12:20
  back
• 12:20
  then
• 12:21
  to
• 12:22
  their
• 12:22
  battles
• 12:22
  in
• 12:23
  Fort
• 12:23
  Wayne
• 12:24
  or
• 12:24
  Lafayette
• 12:25
  or
• 12:25
  Pine
• 12:25
  Village,
• 12:27
  which
• 12:27
  were
• 12:27
  all
• 12:27
  in
• 12:28
  Indiana
• 12:28
  at
• 12:28
  the
• 12:28
  time.
• 12:28
  And
• 12:29
  there
• 12:29
  was
• 12:29
  a
• 12:29
  real
• 12:29
  rivalry
• 12:30
  between
• 12:30
  Pine
• 12:31
  Village
• 12:31
  and
• 12:31
  Hammond,
• 12:32
  where
• 12:33
  a
• 12:33
  Lot
• 12:33
  of
• 12:33
  betting
• 12:33
  went
• 12:34
  on.
• 12:34
  Hard
• 12:34
  to
• 12:34
  believe
• 12:35
  that
• 12:35
  would
• 12:35
  even
• 12:35
  happen.
• 12:36
  But
• 12:36
  Hammond
• 12:37
  Times
• 12:37
  once
• 12:38
  said
• 12:38
  that
• 12:38
  regarding
• 12:39
  that
• 12:39
  rivalry,
• 12:40
  that
• 12:40
  thousands
• 12:41
  of
• 12:41
  dollars
• 12:41
  changed
• 12:42
  hands
• 12:42
  on
• 12:42
  the
• 12:43
  outcome
• 12:43
  of
• 12:43
  a
• 12:43
  football
• 12:44
  game.
• 12:45
  But
• 12:46
  Pardone
• 12:46
  had
• 12:46
  even
• 12:47
  bigger
• 12:47
  ideas.
• 12:48
  And
• 12:49
  in
• 12:49
  1918
• 12:50
  and
• 12:50
  1919,
• 12:51
  he
• 12:51
  kind
• 12:51
  of
• 12:52
  expanded
• 12:52
  his
• 12:52
  idea
• 12:53
  to
• 12:54
  become
• 12:54
  a
• 12:55
  more
• 12:55
  regional
• 12:56
  or
• 12:56
  even
• 12:57
  national
• 12:57
  football
• 12:58
  team.
• 12:59
  He
• 13:00
  didn't
• 13:00
  play
• 13:01
  many
• 13:01
  home
• 13:01
  games
• 13:01
  because
• 13:02
  the
• 13:02
  fields
• 13:02
  weren't
• 13:02
  very
• 13:03
  big
• 13:03
  there.
• 13:03
  But
• 13:03
  he
• 13:04
  was
• 13:04
  the
• 13:04
  first
• 13:04
  to
• 13:05
  lease
• 13:05
  what
• 13:05
  we
• 13:05
  now
• 13:05
  know
• 13:06
  as
• 13:06
  Wrigley
• 13:06
  Field
• 13:06
  in
• 13:07
  Chicago
• 13:08
  so
• 13:08
  that
• 13:08
  Hammond
• 13:09
  could
• 13:09
  play
• 13:09
  its
• 13:09
  games
• 13:10
  there.
• 13:11
  And
• 13:11
  they
• 13:12
  were
• 13:12
  a
• 13:13
  team
• 13:13
  that
• 13:13
  even
• 13:13
  when
• 13:13
  they
• 13:14
  entered
• 13:14
  the
• 13:14
  NFL,
• 13:15
  pretty
• 13:15
  much
• 13:15
  did
• 13:16
  not
• 13:16
  play
• 13:16
  any
• 13:16
  games
• 13:16
  in
• 13:17
  Hammond.
• 13:17
  So
• 13:17
  they
• 13:18
  were
• 13:18
  called
• 13:18
  the
• 13:18
  Hammond
• 13:19
  Pros
• 13:19
  when
• 13:20
  they
• 13:20
  entered
• 13:20
  the
• 13:20
  league,
• 13:20
  but
• 13:21
  didn't
• 13:21
  spend
• 13:21
  much
• 13:22
  time
• 13:22
  in
• 13:22
  Hammond.
• 13:24
  Yeah,
• 13:24
  the
• 13:24
  pros
• 13:24
  were
• 13:25
  absolute
• 13:25
  trailblazers.
• 13:26
  In
• 13:26
  1919,
• 13:26
  they
• 13:27
  assembled
• 13:27
  the
• 13:27
  $20,000
• 13:29
  All
• 13:29
  Stars
• 13:29
  and
• 13:30
  featuring
• 13:30
  a
• 13:30
  young
• 13:31
  engineer
• 13:31
  making
• 13:32
  the
• 13:32
  $50
• 13:33
  a
• 13:33
  game
• 13:34
  named
• 13:34
  George
• 13:34
  Hallis
• 13:35
  before
• 13:36
  he
• 13:36
  went
• 13:36
  to
• 13:36
  Decatur
• 13:37
  and
• 13:37
  played
• 13:37
  for
• 13:37
  them.
• 13:38
  Now,
• 13:39
  eventually
• 13:40
  Hammond
• 13:41
  would
• 13:41
  have,
• 13:41
  you
• 13:42
  know,
• 13:42
  players
• 13:42
  or
• 13:43
  player
• 13:43
  coach
• 13:44
  Fritz
• 13:44
  Pollard
• 13:45
  in
• 13:45
  the
• 13:45
  mid-1920s
• 13:46
  and
• 13:47
  1925,
• 13:48
  they
• 13:48
  ended
• 13:48
  up
• 13:49
  being
• 13:49
  part
• 13:49
  of
• 13:49
  that
• 13:49
  famous
• 13:51
  game,
• 13:51
  one
• 13:52
  of
• 13:52
  the
• 13:52
  two
• 13:52
  games
• 13:52
  that
• 13:53
  the
• 13:53
  Chicago
• 13:53
  Cardinals
• 13:54
  threw
• 13:54
  on
• 13:54
  at
• 13:55
  the
• 13:55
  end
• 13:55
  to
• 13:56
  try
• 13:56
  to
• 13:56
  get
• 13:56
  a
• 13:56
  better
• 13:56
  record
• 13:57
  with
• 13:57
  a
• 13:57
  little
• 13:58
  bit
• 13:58
  nefarious
• 13:59
  ending
• 13:59
  to
• 13:59
  it,
• 13:59
  but
• 14:00
  which
• 14:00
  Jeffrey
• 14:01
  Payne
• 14:01
  and
• 14:01
  myself
• 14:02
  cover
• 14:02
  in
• 14:03
  our
• 14:03
  book
• 14:03
  Marooned
• 14:04
  the
• 14:04
  Rise
• 14:04
  of
• 14:05
  Fall
• 14:05
  and
• 14:05
  the
• 14:05
  Redemption
• 14:06
  of
• 14:06
  the
• 14:06
  Pottsville
• 14:06
  Maroons
• 14:07
  1925
• 14:07
  season.
• 14:08
  So
• 14:09
  the.
• 14:09
  The
• 14:09
  Hammond
• 14:10
  Pros
• 14:10
  were
• 14:10
  actually
• 14:10
  part
• 14:11
  of
• 14:11
  the
• 14:11
  downfall
• 14:11
  of
• 14:12
  the
• 14:12
  Pottsville
• 14:12
  Maroons
• 14:13
  and
• 14:13
  let
• 14:14
  the
• 14:14
  Cardinals
• 14:14
  overtake
• 14:15
  by
• 14:17
  really
• 14:17
  scheduling
• 14:18
  a
• 14:18
  game
• 14:18
  that
• 14:19
  really
• 14:19
  shouldn't
• 14:19
  have
• 14:19
  been
• 14:19
  played.
• 14:20
  Because
• 14:20
  I
• 14:20
  don't
• 14:20
  think
• 14:20
  all
• 14:20
  the
• 14:20
  Hammond's
• 14:21
  players
• 14:21
  were
• 14:21
  there
• 14:22
  in
• 14:22
  1925.
• 14:23
  1926
• 14:23
  ended
• 14:24
  up
• 14:24
  being
• 14:24
  their
• 14:24
  last
• 14:24
  season
• 14:26
  in
• 14:26
  the
• 14:26
  NFL
• 14:27
  and
• 14:27
  as
• 14:27
  the
• 14:27
  Hammond
• 14:28
  Pros.
• 14:28
  But
• 14:29
  the
• 14:29
  town
• 14:29
  still
• 14:30
  remembers
• 14:30
  them
• 14:31
  quite
• 14:31
  well.
• 14:31
  But
• 14:32
  it's
• 14:32
  interesting
• 14:33
  because
• 14:33
  Hammond,
• 14:34
  when
• 14:35
  we.
• 14:35
  Joe
• 14:35
  just
• 14:35
  said
• 14:36
  they
• 14:36
  didn't
• 14:36
  play
• 14:36
  many
• 14:36
  of
• 14:37
  their
• 14:37
  games
• 14:37
  in
• 14:37
  Hammond,
• 14:38
  they
• 14:38
  played
• 14:38
  most
• 14:38
  of
• 14:39
  them
• 14:39
  in
• 14:39
  Chicago.
• 14:40
  They
• 14:40
  traveled
• 14:41
  across
• 14:41
  the
• 14:41
  state
• 14:42
  lines.
• 14:43
  So
• 14:43
  in
• 14:43
  a
• 14:43
  way,
• 14:44
  it's
• 14:44
  almost
• 14:44
  a
• 14:44
  reverse
• 14:45
  order
• 14:45
  of
• 14:45
  the
• 14:45
  Hammond
• 14:46
  Pros.
• 14:46
  The
• 14:46
  Chicago
• 14:47
  Bears,
• 14:47
  if
• 14:47
  they
• 14:47
  move
• 14:47
  to
• 14:48
  plan
• 14:48
  Hammond
• 14:49
  of
• 14:49
  that
• 14:50
  what
• 14:50
  happened
• 14:50
  over
• 14:50
  125,
• 14:51
  126
• 14:52
  years
• 14:53
  ago.
• 14:54
  But
• 14:54
  that's
• 14:54
  not
• 14:55
  the
• 14:55
  first
• 14:55
  time
• 14:56
  in
• 14:56
  modern
• 14:57
  NFL
• 14:57
  history
• 14:58
  that
• 14:58
  a
• 14:59
  team
• 14:59
  would
• 14:59
  leave
• 14:59
  a
• 14:59
  city
• 15:00
  to
• 15:00
  go
• 15:00
  across
• 15:00
  the
• 15:01
  state
• 15:01
  lines.
• 15:01
  We're
• 15:02
  going
• 15:02
  to
• 15:02
  talk
• 15:02
  about
• 15:02
  that
• 15:02
  in
• 15:03
  our
• 15:03
  next
• 15:03
  segment.
• 15:05
  So
• 15:05
  a
• 15:05
  team
• 15:05
  moving
• 15:06
  across
• 15:06
  state
• 15:06
  lines
• 15:07
  isn't
• 15:07
  completely
• 15:07
  unheard
• 15:08
  of.
• 15:08
  In
• 15:08
  fact,
• 15:08
  the
• 15:08
  Bears
• 15:09
  moved
• 15:09
  to
• 15:09
  Indiana.
• 15:10
  They'll
• 15:10
  join
• 15:10
  a
• 15:10
  unique
• 15:10
  club
• 15:11
  of
• 15:11
  NFL
• 15:11
  franchises
• 15:12
  located
• 15:13
  just
• 15:13
  out
• 15:13
  of
• 15:13
  their
• 15:13
  namesake
• 15:14
  cities
• 15:14
  or
• 15:14
  states.
• 15:16
  One
• 15:16
  in
• 15:16
  particular
• 15:17
  that
• 15:17
  comes
• 15:17
  to
• 15:18
  mind
• 15:18
  is
• 15:18
  the
• 15:18
  New
• 15:19
  York
• 15:19
  Giants.
• 15:20
  The
• 15:20
  Giants
• 15:20
  played
• 15:20
  at
• 15:21
  the
• 15:21
  Polo
• 15:21
  Grounds
• 15:21
  for
• 15:22
  years
• 15:22
  and
• 15:23
  years
• 15:23
  and
• 15:24
  then
• 15:24
  in
• 15:24
  the
• 15:24
  early
• 15:24
  1970s
• 15:26
  they
• 15:27
  found
• 15:27
  themselves,
• 15:28
  well,
• 15:28
  I
• 15:28
  guess
• 15:29
  they
• 15:29
  went
• 15:29
  to
• 15:29
  Yankee
• 15:29
  Stadium
• 15:30
  for
• 15:30
  a
• 15:31
  while
• 15:31
  and
• 15:31
  played
• 15:31
  there
• 15:31
  after
• 15:32
  the
• 15:32
  Polo
• 15:32
  Grounds.
• 15:33
  And
• 15:33
  then
• 15:33
  they
• 15:34
  had
• 15:34
  some
• 15:34
  fallout
• 15:35
  and
• 15:35
  ended
• 15:35
  up
• 15:35
  going
• 15:36
  and
• 15:36
  playing
• 15:37
  in
• 15:37
  a
• 15:37
  different
• 15:37
  state,
• 15:38
  the
• 15:38
  state
• 15:38
  of
• 15:38
  Connecticut,
• 15:39
  which
• 15:39
  is
• 15:39
  not
• 15:40
  too
• 15:40
  far
• 15:40
  away,
• 15:41
  a
• 15:41
  little
• 15:41
  over
• 15:41
  an
• 15:41
  hour
• 15:42
  by
• 15:42
  rail
• 15:43
  up
• 15:43
  in
• 15:43
  Yale
• 15:44
  Stadium
• 15:45
  at
• 15:45
  the
• 15:45
  Yale
• 15:45
  Bowl.
• 15:46
  For
• 15:46
  a
• 15:46
  couple
• 15:46
  of
• 15:46
  seasons
• 15:47
  until
• 15:47
  1976,
• 15:49
  the
• 15:50
  Meadowlands
• 15:51
  built
• 15:51
  their
• 15:51
  stadium,
• 15:52
  which
• 15:52
  they
• 15:52
  called
• 15:52
  Giants
• 15:53
  Stadium.
• 15:54
  And
• 15:54
  the
• 15:54
  Giants
• 15:54
  played
• 15:55
  it
• 15:55
  from
• 15:55
  1976
• 15:56
  to
• 15:56
  2010.
• 15:57
  And
• 15:57
  in
• 15:57
  fact
• 15:58
  the
• 15:58
  New
• 15:58
  York
• 15:59
  jets
• 15:59
  left
• 15:59
  Shea
• 16:00
  Stadium
• 16:00
  in
• 16:01
  1984
• 16:02
  and
• 16:03
  ended
• 16:03
  up
• 16:03
  going
• 16:03
  over
• 16:03
  and
• 16:04
  playing
• 16:04
  in
• 16:04
  the
• 16:04
  Meadowlands
• 16:05
  at
• 16:05
  Giants
• 16:06
  Stadium.
• 16:06
  The
• 16:06
  jets
• 16:07
  played
• 16:07
  at
• 16:07
  Giant
• 16:08
  Stadium.
• 16:08
  Yeah,
• 16:08
  if
• 16:08
  you're
• 16:09
  old
• 16:09
  enough
• 16:09
  to
• 16:09
  remember,
• 16:09
  that
• 16:10
  sounds
• 16:10
  crazy
• 16:10
  and
• 16:11
  it
• 16:11
  kind
• 16:11
  of
• 16:11
  was.
• 16:12
  But
• 16:12
  yeah,
• 16:13
  both
• 16:13
  teams
• 16:13
  played
• 16:13
  there
• 16:14
  and
• 16:14
  both
• 16:15
  teams
• 16:15
  still
• 16:15
  play
• 16:15
  now
• 16:16
  in
• 16:16
  the
• 16:16
  new
• 16:17
  MetLife
• 16:18
  Stadium,
• 16:18
  that
• 16:19
  which
• 16:19
  is
• 16:19
  in
• 16:19
  the
• 16:19
  Meadowlands
• 16:20
  real
• 16:20
  close
• 16:21
  to
• 16:21
  where
• 16:21
  the
• 16:21
  original
• 16:22
  Giant
• 16:23
  Stadium
• 16:23
  was
• 16:24
  in
• 16:24
  that
• 16:24
  venue.
• 16:25
  So
• 16:26
  that
• 16:26
  happens
• 16:26
  all
• 16:26
  the
• 16:26
  time.
• 16:27
  Just
• 16:28
  as
• 16:28
  recently
• 16:28
  in
• 16:29
  as
• 16:30
  the
• 16:30
  last
• 16:30
  year
• 16:31
  or
• 16:31
  so,
• 16:31
  the
• 16:32
  Kansas
• 16:32
  City
• 16:32
  Chiefs
• 16:33
  announced
• 16:33
  that
• 16:33
  they
• 16:33
  were
• 16:33
  building
• 16:34
  a
• 16:34
  new
• 16:34
  stadium
• 16:35
  and
• 16:35
  they
• 16:35
  are
• 16:35
  leaving
• 16:36
  Arrowhead.
• 16:37
  In
• 16:37
  fact,
• 16:37
  they're
• 16:38
  leaving
• 16:39
  Kansas
• 16:39
  City,
• 16:39
  Missouri
• 16:40
  and
• 16:40
  crossing
• 16:41
  over
• 16:41
  into
• 16:41
  the
• 16:42
  state
• 16:42
  of
• 16:42
  Kansas
• 16:43
  City.
• 16:43
  So
• 16:44
  I
• 16:44
  think
• 16:44
  they'll
• 16:44
  still
• 16:44
  be
• 16:44
  called
• 16:45
  the
• 16:45
  Kansas
• 16:45
  City
• 16:45
  Chiefs
• 16:46
  and
• 16:46
  won't
• 16:46
  just
• 16:47
  drop
• 16:47
  the
• 16:47
  city
• 16:47
  and
• 16:47
  be
• 16:47
  the
• 16:48
  Kansas
• 16:48
  Chiefs.
• 16:49
  The
• 16:50
  New
• 16:50
  York
• 16:50
  Giants
• 16:51
  and
• 16:51
  the
• 16:51
  New
• 16:51
  York
• 16:51
  jets
• 16:52
  never
• 16:52
  drop
• 16:52
  their
• 16:53
  New
• 16:53
  York
• 16:54
  even
• 16:54
  though
• 16:54
  they
• 16:54
  play
• 16:54
  in
• 16:55
  New
• 16:55
  Jersey.
• 16:55
  And
• 16:55
  isn't
• 16:56
  that
• 16:56
  kind
• 16:56
  of
• 16:56
  a
• 16:56
  crazy
• 16:57
  thing
• 16:57
  when
• 16:58
  you
• 16:58
  think
• 16:58
  about
• 16:58
  it?
• 16:59
  If
• 16:59
  the
• 16:59
  Bears
• 17:00
  ended
• 17:00
  up
• 17:00
  playing
• 17:01
  in
• 17:01
  Indiana,
• 17:02
  the
• 17:02
  state
• 17:02
  of
• 17:03
  Indiana
• 17:03
  will
• 17:03
  have
• 17:03
  two
• 17:04
  professional
• 17:05
  football
• 17:05
  teams
• 17:06
  just
• 17:06
  like
• 17:06
  the
• 17:07
  state
• 17:07
  of
• 17:07
  New
• 17:07
  Jersey.
• 17:07
  Two
• 17:08
  professional
• 17:08
  football
• 17:08
  teams
• 17:09
  when
• 17:10
  Illinois
• 17:10
  would
• 17:11
  have
• 17:11
  zero
• 17:12
  housed
• 17:12
  at
• 17:13
  their
• 17:13
  thing
• 17:13
  with
• 17:13
  the
• 17:14
  second
• 17:14
  or
• 17:14
  third
• 17:14
  largest
• 17:15
  city
• 17:15
  in
• 17:16
  the
• 17:16
  country
• 17:16
  and
• 17:17
  the
• 17:17
  city
• 17:17
  of
• 17:18
  New
• 17:18
  York
• 17:19
  is
• 17:19
  the
• 17:19
  largest
• 17:20
  city,
• 17:20
  has
• 17:21
  none
• 17:21
  of
• 17:21
  their
• 17:21
  teams
• 17:22
  playing
• 17:23
  in
• 17:23
  none
• 17:24
  of
• 17:24
  their
• 17:24
  NFL
• 17:24
  teams
• 17:25
  playing
• 17:25
  in
• 17:26
  the
• 17:26
  confines
• 17:27
  of
• 17:27
  the
• 17:27
  city
• 17:27
  or
• 17:28
  the
• 17:28
  five
• 17:28
  boroughs.
• 17:29
  So
• 17:30
  they're
• 17:30
  actually
• 17:30
  in
• 17:31
  New
• 17:31
  Jersey
• 17:31
  in
• 17:31
  a
• 17:31
  different
• 17:32
  state.
• 17:32
  So
• 17:32
  kind
• 17:33
  of
• 17:33
  interesting
• 17:34
  there
• 17:34
  as
• 17:34
  well
• 17:35
  a
• 17:35
  couple
• 17:36
  things
• 17:36
  of
• 17:36
  twists
• 17:37
  and
• 17:37
  turns
• 17:37
  and
• 17:38
  we've
• 17:38
  got
• 17:38
  some
• 17:38
  more
• 17:38
  twists
• 17:39
  and
• 17:39
  turns
• 17:39
  as
• 17:40
  this
• 17:40
  story
• 17:40
  goes
• 17:40
  along.
• 17:42
  So
• 17:42
  this
• 17:42
  all
• 17:42
  brings
• 17:42
  us
• 17:43
  back
• 17:43
  to
• 17:43
  the
• 17:43
  modern
• 17:43
  day
• 17:44
  Bear
• 17:44
  saga
• 17:44
  of
• 17:45
  how
• 17:45
  did
• 17:45
  the
• 17:45
  Chicago
• 17:45
  Bears
• 17:46
  get
• 17:46
  the
• 17:46
  point
• 17:46
  of
• 17:46
  heading
• 17:47
  to
• 17:47
  Hammond,
• 17:47
  Indiana?
• 17:48
  Well,
• 17:48
  surprisingly,
• 17:49
  since
• 17:49
  the
• 17:49
  move
• 17:50
  to
• 17:50
  Chicago,
• 17:50
  the
• 17:51
  1921,
• 17:52
  the
• 17:52
  Bears
• 17:52
  have
• 17:52
  never
• 17:52
  actually
• 17:53
  owned
• 17:53
  their
• 17:53
  own
• 17:53
  stadium.
• 17:54
  They've
• 17:54
  been
• 17:54
  tenants
• 17:55
  at
• 17:55
  Wrigley
• 17:55
  Field
• 17:55
  and
• 17:56
  Soldier
• 17:56
  Field.
• 17:56
  And
• 17:57
  recently
• 17:57
  Kevin
• 17:58
  Warren
• 17:58
  explored
• 17:59
  remodeling
• 17:59
  Soldier
• 18:00
  Field
• 18:00
  to
• 18:00
  the
• 18:00
  Chicago
• 18:01
  lakefront.
• 18:02
  But
• 18:02
  then
• 18:02
  they
• 18:02
  talked
• 18:03
  about
• 18:03
  moving
• 18:03
  up
• 18:03
  to
• 18:03
  the
• 18:03
  suburbs,
• 18:04
  up
• 18:04
  to
• 18:04
  Arlington.
• 18:05
  They
• 18:05
  purchased
• 18:05
  a
• 18:06
  demolished
• 18:06
  Arlington
• 18:07
  Heights
• 18:07
  racetrack,
• 18:08
  a
• 18:08
  massive
• 18:09
  $5
• 18:09
  billion
• 18:10
  project
• 18:10
  featuring
• 18:10
  a
• 18:11
  dome
• 18:11
  stadium
• 18:11
  capable
• 18:12
  of
• 18:12
  hosting
• 18:13
  super
• 18:13
  bowls
• 18:13
  and
• 18:14
  Final
• 18:14
  Fours.
• 18:15
  However,
• 18:15
  the
• 18:15
  Bears
• 18:16
  and
• 18:16
  their
• 18:16
  property
• 18:17
  tax
• 18:17
  certainty,
• 18:19
  $855
• 18:20
  million
• 18:21
  that
• 18:21
  the
• 18:21
  taxpayers
• 18:22
  would
• 18:22
  pay
• 18:22
  that
• 18:22
  ended
• 18:23
  up
• 18:23
  getting
• 18:24
  sort
• 18:24
  of
• 18:24
  crushed.
• 18:25
  And
• 18:25
  that
• 18:25
  idea
• 18:26
  went
• 18:26
  out
• 18:26
  the
• 18:26
  window.
• 18:27
  So
• 18:27
  they
• 18:27
  went
• 18:28
  back
• 18:28
  into
• 18:28
  the
• 18:29
  drawing
• 18:29
  board
• 18:30
  to
• 18:30
  maybe
• 18:30
  remodel
• 18:31
  Soldier
• 18:31
  Field
• 18:31
  again.
• 18:32
  They
• 18:32
  also
• 18:33
  looked
• 18:33
  around
• 18:33
  at
• 18:33
  some
• 18:33
  other
• 18:34
  places
• 18:34
  in
• 18:34
  the
• 18:34
  Chicagoland
• 18:35
  area
• 18:36
  in
• 18:36
  Illinois.
• 18:37
  But
• 18:37
  then
• 18:37
  that
• 18:38
  Indiana
• 18:38
  legislature,
• 18:39
  they
• 18:40
  were
• 18:40
  scheming
• 18:41
  and
• 18:42
  secretive,
• 18:42
  having
• 18:43
  meetings
• 18:43
  in
• 18:43
  the
• 18:43
  whispers
• 18:44
  in
• 18:44
  the
• 18:44
  halls
• 18:44
  of
• 18:45
  the
• 18:45
  legislators
• 18:46
  in
• 18:46
  Indiana
• 18:47
  and
• 18:47
  said,
• 18:47
  hey,
• 18:47
  we
• 18:48
  just
• 18:48
  won
• 18:48
  a
• 18:48
  national
• 18:49
  championship
• 18:49
  in
• 18:50
  football
• 18:50
  and
• 18:51
  we
• 18:51
  have
• 18:51
  the
• 18:51
  Indianapolis
• 18:52
  Colts
• 18:52
  who
• 18:52
  have
• 18:52
  won
• 18:53
  Super
• 18:53
  Bowls.
• 18:54
  How
• 18:54
  about
• 18:54
  we
• 18:54
  get
• 18:54
  the
• 18:55
  Chicago
• 18:55
  Bears?
• 18:56
  Yeah,
• 18:56
  the
• 18:56
  Chicago
• 18:56
  Bears,
• 18:57
  that
• 18:57
  have
• 18:57
  that
• 18:58
  exciting
• 18:58
  team
• 18:58
  with,
• 18:59
  you
• 18:59
  know,
• 18:59
  Caleb
• 19:00
  throwing
• 19:00
  these,
• 19:01
  you
• 19:01
  know,
• 19:02
  impossible
• 19:02
  passes
• 19:03
  at
• 19:03
  the
• 19:03
  end
• 19:03
  of
• 19:04
  games
• 19:04
  to
• 19:04
  win
• 19:05
  and
• 19:05
  keep
• 19:05
  them
• 19:06
  in
• 19:06
  it
• 19:06
  and
• 19:06
  take
• 19:06
  them
• 19:06
  to
• 19:07
  overtime
• 19:07
  and
• 19:07
  go
• 19:08
  deep
• 19:08
  into
• 19:08
  the
• 19:08
  playoffs.
• 19:09
  Yeah,
• 19:09
  those
• 19:10
  guys,
• 19:10
  you
• 19:10
  know,
• 19:11
  they,
• 19:11
  the
• 19:11
  defense
• 19:12
  is
• 19:12
  just
• 19:13
  smothering
• 19:13
  people.
• 19:14
  They,
• 19:14
  they're
• 19:15
  an
• 19:15
  exciting
• 19:15
  young
• 19:15
  team,
• 19:16
  probably
• 19:16
  most
• 19:17
  exciting
• 19:17
  in
• 19:17
  the
• 19:18
  National
• 19:18
  Football
• 19:18
  League
• 19:19
  right
• 19:19
  now,
• 19:19
  next
• 19:19
  to
• 19:20
  the
• 19:20
  world
• 19:20
  champion
• 19:21
  Seattle
• 19:21
  Seahawks
• 19:22
  and
• 19:22
  maybe
• 19:22
  a
• 19:23
  couple
• 19:23
  others.
• 19:23
  But
• 19:24
  they
• 19:24
  are
• 19:24
  one
• 19:24
  of
• 19:24
  the
• 19:24
  more
• 19:25
  exciting
• 19:25
  teams
• 19:25
  to
• 19:26
  watch,
• 19:26
  a
• 19:26
  must
• 19:26
  watch
• 19:27
  on
• 19:27
  tv.
• 19:28
  So
• 19:28
  this
• 19:28
  would
• 19:29
  really
• 19:29
  be
• 19:29
  a
• 19:29
  feather
• 19:29
  in
• 19:29
  a
• 19:30
  cap
• 19:30
  for
• 19:30
  Hammond
• 19:31
  in
• 19:31
  the
• 19:31
  state
• 19:31
  of
• 19:32
  Indiana.
• 19:33
  So
• 19:33
  they
• 19:33
  plotted
• 19:33
  and
• 19:34
  schemed
• 19:34
  and
• 19:34
  they
• 19:34
  brought
• 19:35
  a
• 19:35
  proposal
• 19:35
  and
• 19:35
  said
• 19:36
  they'll
• 19:36
  come
• 19:36
  up
• 19:37
  with
• 19:37
  the
• 19:37
  money
• 19:37
  and
• 19:38
  get
• 19:38
  a
• 19:38
  dome
• 19:39
  stadium
• 19:40
  for
• 19:40
  the
• 19:40
  Bears.
• 19:40
  That's
• 19:41
  what
• 19:41
  they
• 19:41
  ultimately
• 19:41
  want.
• 19:42
  Now,
• 19:42
  the
• 19:43
  Hammond
• 19:43
  is
• 19:44
  actually
• 19:44
  30
• 19:44
  miles
• 19:45
  from
• 19:46
  where
• 19:46
  Soldier
• 19:46
  Field
• 19:47
  is,
• 19:47
  give
• 19:47
  or
• 19:47
  take
• 19:47
  a
• 19:48
  little
• 19:48
  bit.
• 19:48
  But
• 19:49
  if
• 19:49
  you've
• 19:49
  ever
• 19:49
  traveled
• 19:50
  through
• 19:50
  Chicago
• 19:51
  into
• 19:52
  Indiana,
• 19:52
  you
• 19:53
  can
• 19:53
  realize
• 19:53
  that
• 19:53
  30
• 19:54
  miles
• 19:54
  could
• 19:54
  take
• 19:55
  up
• 19:55
  to
• 19:55
  2,
• 19:56
  3,
• 19:56
  4
• 19:56
  hours
• 19:57
  sometimes,
• 19:57
  depending
• 19:58
  on
• 19:58
  the
• 19:58
  traffic.
• 19:59
  Because
• 20:00
  we
• 20:00
  told
• 20:00
  you
• 20:01
  Chicago
• 20:02
  has
• 20:02
  a
• 20:02
  lot
• 20:02
  of
• 20:02
  people
• 20:03
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• 20:03
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• 20:03
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• 20:03
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• 20:04
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• 20:05
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• 20:05
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• 20:05
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• 20:07
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• 20:07
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• 20:08
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• 20:08
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• 20:08
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• 20:09
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• 20:09
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• 20:09
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• 20:10
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• 20:10
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• 20:10
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• 20:11
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• 20:11
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• 20:12
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• 20:13
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• 20:13
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• 20:14
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• 20:14
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• 20:14
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• 20:15
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• 20:15
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• 20:15
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• 20:16
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• 20:16
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• 20:16
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• 20:16
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• 20:17
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• 20:17
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• 20:17
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• 20:18
  Decatur,
• 20:19
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• 20:19
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• 20:20
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• 20:20
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• 20:20
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• 20:21
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• 20:21
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• 20:21
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• 20:21
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• 20:22
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• 20:22
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• 20:23
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• 20:23
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• 20:23
  Chicago
• 20:24
  Bears
• 20:24
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• 20:25
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• 20:25
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• 20:26
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• 20:26
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• 20:26
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• 20:26
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• 20:26
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• 20:27
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• 20:27
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• 20:27
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• 20:28
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• 20:28
  Chicago,
• 20:29
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• 20:29
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• 20:29
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• 20:29
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• 20:29
  Arlington
• 20:30
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• 20:30
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• 20:31
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• 20:31
  near
• 20:31
  Wisconsin.
• 20:32
  And
• 20:33
  now
• 20:33
  it
• 20:33
  may
• 20:33
  have
• 20:34
  a
• 20:34
  45
• 20:35
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• 20:35
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• 20:35
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• 20:35
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• 20:36
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• 20:36
  to
• 20:36
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• 20:36
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• 20:37
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• 20:37
  Soldier
• 20:37
  Field.
• 20:38
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• 20:38
  imagine
• 20:38
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• 20:38
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• 20:39
  in
• 20:39
  Hammond.
• 20:40
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• 20:40
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• 20:40
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• 20:40
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• 20:41
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• 20:41
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• 20:41
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• 20:42
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• 20:42
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• 20:43
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• 20:43
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• 20:44
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• 20:45
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• 20:45
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• 20:45
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• 20:46
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• 20:46
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• 20:46
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• 20:46
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• 20:47
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• 20:47
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• 20:47
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• 20:48
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• 20:48
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• 20:48
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• 20:48
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• 20:49
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• 20:49
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• 20:49
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• 20:49
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• 20:50
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• 20:50
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• 20:50
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• 20:51
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• 20:51
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• 20:51
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• 20:52
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• 20:52
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• 20:52
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• 20:52
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• 20:52
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• 20:52
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• 20:52
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• 20:52
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• 20:53
  early
• 20:53
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• 20:53
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• 20:53
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• 20:53
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• 20:53
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• 20:54
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• 20:54
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• 20:54
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• 20:55
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• 20:55
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• 20:55
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• 20:55
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• 20:56
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• 20:56
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• 20:56
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• 20:56
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• 20:57
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• 20:58
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• 20:58
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• 20:58
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• 20:59
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• 20:59
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• 20:59
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• 20:59
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• 20:59
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• 20:59
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• 21:00
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• 21:00
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• 21:01
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• 21:01
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• 21:01
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• 21:02
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• 21:02
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• 21:02
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• 21:03
  Hammond
• 21:04
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• 21:04
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• 21:04
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• 21:05
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• 21:05
  Indiana
• 21:05
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• 21:05
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• 21:06
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• 21:06
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• 21:06
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• 21:06
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• 21:07
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• 21:07
  make
• 21:08
  this
• 21:08
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• 21:09
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• 21:09
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• 21:10
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• 21:11
  team,
• 21:11
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• 21:11
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• 21:12
  get
• 21:12
  Chicago
• 21:12
  to
• 21:13
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• 21:13
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• 21:13
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• 21:13
  their
• 21:14
  city
• 21:15
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• 21:15
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• 21:15
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• 21:15
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• 21:16
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• 21:16
  they're
• 21:17
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• 21:17
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• 21:17
  to
• 21:17
  make
• 21:17
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• 21:18
  big
• 21:18
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• 21:18
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• 21:18
  I
• 21:18
  think
• 21:19
  maybe,
• 21:20
  just
• 21:20
  maybe,
• 21:20
  since
• 21:20
  the
• 21:20
  negotiations
• 21:21
  are
• 21:21
  still
• 21:21
  going
• 21:22
  on,
• 21:22
  I
• 21:22
  think
• 21:23
  the
• 21:23
  Bears
• 21:24
  are
• 21:24
  sitting
• 21:24
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• 21:25
  holding
• 21:25
  all
• 21:25
  the
• 21:25
  cards
• 21:26
  and
• 21:26
  it's
• 21:27
  really
• 21:27
  going
• 21:27
  to
• 21:27
  make
• 21:28
  the
• 21:28
  taxpayers
• 21:29
  of
• 21:29
  Chicago
• 21:30
  and
• 21:30
  the
• 21:30
  legislatures
• 21:31
  of
• 21:31
  Illinois
• 21:32
  think
• 21:32
  about
• 21:32
  things
• 21:33
  a
• 21:33
  little
• 21:33
  bit
• 21:33
  more
• 21:33
  and
• 21:34
  say,
• 21:34
  you
• 21:34
  know,
• 21:34
  are
• 21:34
  we
• 21:34
  really
• 21:35
  going
• 21:35
  to
• 21:35
  lose
• 21:35
  our
• 21:36
  only
• 21:36
  National
• 21:36
  Football
• 21:37
  League
• 21:37
  team
• 21:37
  from
• 21:38
  playing
• 21:38
  on?
• 21:38
  You
• 21:38
  know,
• 21:39
  even
• 21:39
  though
• 21:39
  they'll
• 21:40
  still
• 21:40
  be
• 21:40
  called
• 21:40
  the
• 21:40
  Chicago
• 21:40
  Bears?
• 21:41
  Let's,
• 21:41
  let's
• 21:42
  get
• 21:42
  over
• 21:42
  that.
• 21:42
  You
• 21:42
  know,
• 21:42
  they
• 21:43
  will
• 21:43
  not
• 21:43
  be
• 21:43
  called
• 21:43
  the
• 21:43
  Hammond
• 21:44
  Bears
• 21:44
  or
• 21:45
  the
• 21:45
  Hammond
• 21:45
  Pros
• 21:46
  Revisited
• 21:46
  or
• 21:47
  anything
• 21:47
  else.
• 21:47
  They,
• 21:48
  they
• 21:48
  will
• 21:48
  be
• 21:48
  the
• 21:48
  Chicago
• 21:49
  Bears
• 21:49
  if
• 21:49
  they
• 21:50
  play
• 21:50
  in
• 21:50
  Hammond.
• 21:51
  But
• 21:52
  does
• 21:52
  the
• 21:52
  people
• 21:53
  of
• 21:53
  Chicago
• 21:54
  really
• 21:54
  want
• 21:54
  their
• 21:54
  team
• 21:55
  playing
• 21:56
  somewhere
• 21:56
  else?
• 21:57
  I
• 21:57
  think
• 21:57
  something
• 21:57
  gets
• 21:58
  done.
• 21:59
  I
• 21:59
  think
• 21:59
  Chicago's
• 22:00
  going
• 22:00
  to
• 22:00
  get
• 22:00
  its
• 22:01
  dome
• 22:01
  stadium.
• 22:02
  I
• 22:02
  don't
• 22:02
  know
• 22:02
  that
• 22:03
  it'll
• 22:03
  be
• 22:03
  downtown
• 22:03
  like
• 22:04
  where
• 22:04
  Soldier
• 22:04
  Field
• 22:04
  is,
• 22:05
  but
• 22:06
  I
• 22:06
  think
• 22:06
  it'll
• 22:07
  be
• 22:07
  in
• 22:07
  Illinois
• 22:08
  and
• 22:08
  they'll
• 22:08
  get
• 22:08
  that
• 22:09
  done.
• 22:09
  That's
• 22:10
  just
• 22:10
  my
• 22:10
  opinion.
• 22:10
  We'll
• 22:11
  have
• 22:11
  to
• 22:11
  wait
• 22:11
  and
• 22:11
  see
• 22:11
  on
• 22:11
  that.
• 22:12
  But
• 22:12
  sure
• 22:12
  is
• 22:12
  fun
• 22:13
  to
• 22:13
  talk
• 22:13
  about,
• 22:13
  especially
• 22:14
  when
• 22:14
  you
• 22:14
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• 22:14
  to
• 22:14
  go
• 22:14
  back
• 22:15
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• 22:15
  talk
• 22:15
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• 22:15
  the
• 22:15
  Hammond
• 22:16
  pros,
• 22:16
  Decatur
• 22:17
  Staley's
• 22:17
  and
• 22:18
  your
• 22:18
  Chicago
• 22:19
  Bears.
• 22:20
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• 22:20
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• 22:21
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• 22:21
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• 22:21
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• 22:21
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• 22:22
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• 22:22
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• 22:23
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• 22:23
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• 22:26
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• 22:27
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• 22:28
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• 22:28
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• 22:28
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• 22:29
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• 22:29
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• 22:30
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• 22:30
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• 22:30
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• 22:30
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• 22:30
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• 22:31
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