Not since William Tecumseh Sherman wheeled 100,000 Union soldiers south under a May sun 101 years ago have so many Northerners been in such a hurry to get to Atlanta, Ga. Last week the city was under siege from both professional football leagues: A.F.L. Commissioner Joe Foss announced a franchise for an A.F.L. team next year; N.F.L. Commissioner Pete Rozelle, on Peachtree Street at the invitation of Atlanta's Mayor Ivan Allen, talked glowingly about N.F.L. expansion to Atlanta by the fall of 1966. And baseball's Milwaukee Braves made a hopeful lunge. Already destined to play in Atlanta next year,...
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