Sport: Three Steps Forward

In sport's headlong flight toward new records, new attendance figures and brave new ideas, the businessmen who pay the salaries and provide the arenas have tailed sluggishly behind. But last week three major sports could report progress toward bigger and better things. ΒΆ The fledgling American Football League is now solidly stocked with college stars of the past season, expects to be in full flight by this fall in New York, Los Angeles, Oakland, Denver, Houston, Buffalo, Boston and Dallas. The money is pledged, and stadiums are available. Relations are raw between the American and the established National Football League, and...

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