"Inky" Boe quarterbacked the Bombers while Morrie Kohler ripped off an 87-yard jaunt against the Hornets.  Milt Popovich (Montana) played halfback.
 
The fate of the Bombers was tied to that of the Portland Rockets in July of 1945.  With the announcement that the Rockets would withdraw from the league, the Bombers found themselves without a "local" opponent and increased costs for travel during the season with two Los Angeles teams dropping out as well.
 
Football moved into the courtroom on July 18th, 1946 with the filing of an action by James A. Mandas of Seattle against Alvin T. Davies, Tacoma sportsman, in connection with operation of a Puget Sound entry in the Pacific Coast Football League, Inc.
 
Mandas asked that Davies be enjoined from claiming he had a franchise in the league operating a team in the league, judgment of $2,000 and an accounting of the receipts of the 1944 season.
 
The Seattlite's complaint, filed in superior court, stated that Mandas held a franchise for operation of the Seattle Steelers in the coast circuit.  Davies owned a franchise from the American Football League for the Seattle Bombers and the complaint asserted, sought to employ Mandas as athletic manager and to acquire his players and training facilities.
 
Mandas stated he refused to sign such a contract but agreed to become Davies' athletic manager.  In 1945, the American Football League ceased to exist and Davies asserted himself to be owner of the Seattle franchise in the coast loop.
 
In Sacramento, J. Rufus Klawans, Coast League president, declared league records show Davies as the owner of the Seattle-Tacoma franchise and that "no other parties have an interest".

Big John Tsoutsouvas would wind down his career in 1947 with the Tacoma Indians and became a GNFA Hall of Fame Inductee in 2015.
 

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