College Football Crowds, Receipts Show Slight Gains Over 1936 Cotton ‘Boll’ Tilt MASSACRE IN GRID ATTENDANCE MANHATTAN. —By JIM BERRYMAN Has Faraway Fan By the Associated Press. RAISED4PERCEN1 jyALLAS, Tex., Dec. 6.—Of many inquiries about the New Year in Day Cotton Bowl game between jumps / GUESS Oil IAIJUN ) Gives Colorado University and Rice In- Dixie Biggest Boost, Owls’ Gains / WHO’S stitute, that of Manuel Irala of Victory Title SHOW'EM BIG \ Noted Sports Figure Will While East, Hit by Bad Bilbao, Spain, caused the most ex- and Bowl Date, ’Gators CHIEF IM EAST!-MOW citement. \ Weather, Shows Least. ME GO WEST-KETCH'UM Carry On as Betting Com- His letter, marked “censored,” Pull Big Upset. By HERBERT W. BARKER. was addressed to missioner “Cotton Igpll, By the Associated Press. HEAP FINE BEARSKIN Only. Associated Press Sports Writer. \ / Dallas. Tex., U. S. A." YORK, Dec. 6—The Rice By DREW MIDDLETON, YORK, Dec. an Associated 6.—Despite An interpreter informed J. Curtis Owls today held the title in Press Sports Writer. almost of \rug! YIP'PEE! unprecedented siege the widest of 1937 YORK, Dec. 6.—Most Sanford, president of the Cotton open foot- / of the bad weather and the effects ball races landmarks of the New Bowl Association, Senor Irala NEW conference and the York NEWof business recession, college of 30 New Year years are wanted all of Day bowl engagement that ago gone. They football moved on details the game, along slightly higher went with it; Florida and Southern NEWpulled down the old Garden. levels including price of tickets and ex- for attendance and receipts dur- St. Nick's, hallowed the skates pected size of the California enjoyed slightly higher by of ing the 1937 campaign. crowd. rankings in their final conference Hobey Baker, is a fight club. And now ■ An Associated Press survey, based Jack is standings than they previously had Doyle stepping out of the pool on returns from colleges in hall major } held; the Nation’s undefeated-united business. every section of the country, re- who today list was reduced to 12 in the final Jack, made his billiard parlor vealed an increase of approximately a national institution, announced last count and the Pacific Coast was suf- i per cent in attendance over last his health ms a mild black night would not permit him dus fering eye, soothed by year's figures. This failed to ap- to continue in full Kenny feat of charge any longer. the 15 Washington’s complet- proach per cent gain 1936 had And, though he will continue his ac- ing a near-record forward pass. shown over 1935, but never- tivities as one of served, Those scattered the Nation's best theless, to maintain unbroken foot- developments known marked the betting commissioners, the pic-* balls AFTER LOOP closing of the 1937 foot- consistent forward march since VOIE ture-rimmed rooms that have wel- ball season, except for a scant hand- the dreary days of the 1929-32 de- comed sports leaders for three decades ful of games between now and Christ- pression era. will see him in mas. infrequently the fu=- The survey, based on home game at- Asks Equality With Faculty ture. tendance only, revealed that 7.744.803 Doyle’s billiard parlors have been a Florida's Victory Biggest Upset fan* witnessed the 387 home games of Delegates in Southeast fixture on the Great White Way for 75 won the representative schools. This com- J^ICE Southwest Conference over three decades, a long, long time pared with the 1936 figure of 7,613,- Conference Session. title by whipping Southern Meth- on the most changeable of streets. 768 for 397 games. Average attendance odist, 15-7, Saturday to finish with In that time Doyle has become a na- Bv KENNETH tional per game this year thus was 20,010, GREGORY, four victories, one defeat and one tie. figure, odds-layer for every big Associated Press Sports Writer. compared with 19,178 a year ago. Ernie Lain, the team's "trouble event, arbiter of betting tangles and Dec. 6.—a an on proposal shooter,’’ came in when the Owls were authority American sport. Southwest, South Lead in Gain. to give athletic directors equal a point behind, scored two touch- Southwest and South led all voting power with Sold Papers to John L. 'J'HE faculty rep- downs and paved the way for Jack the rest in of percentage increase, Atlanta.resentatives may inject a lot Vestal s field goal. J^AST night Jack reviewed the sports roughly 16 per cent in each case. The of debate into the proceedings when That ended a conference campaign panorama he has watched since Rocky Mountain sector followed with the Southeastern Conference goes into the which saw nearly every team in the gas-lit days of 1906 when he, John' 1* per cent, the Midwest with 6 per annual session this week. McGraw and loop on top at one time or Tod Sloan opened hIK The another cent, the Far West with 5 per cent; conference always has insisted and first establishment. automatically brought Rice an in- and the East with 1 per cent. that faculties must be for responsible vitation to play Colorado in "Yep.” said Jack. "I’ve seen ’em all. the the Cotton The weather, especially in the East, j conduct of athletics in all in- I sold papers to John L. Sullivan Bowl. The Owls accepted at al- wherr was a stitutions. The once, undoubtedly major factor in re- j athletic directors have I was a newsboy and when I came t« though they still must get formal con- during the gain for the country as a reached the conclusion want a New York from they ference approval. my home in Spring whole. The Atlantic seaboard, for in- i hand in affairs. It was learned field. Mass., to start work as today Florida off the a sheet- suffered that the directors brought biggest feat stanee. severe rains on the will hold a meeting in writer at the tracks, I saw- a lot Of the closing activity of the South- last four Saturdays of the on Thursday night, eve of the other big season, j opening eastern Conference fighters.” when Eastern teams other- session at Miss. by upsetting Ken- Just might Jackson, "The best?” Doyle's shrewd eyes tucky. 6-0, with the aid of Ed Man- wise expect banner attendance. lit up. "Jim Jeffries. He broke in ning's 59-yard run. The ’Gators thus A score or more of striking increases ‘•Bowl” Game Rule Looms against a great field of heavyweights moved up to eighth place in the stand- In attendance were noted by indi- —Jim Corbett, the master boxer of this proposal is likely to be ing. Tennessee put on a vidual schools. Yale's total home y^THILE surprisingly ’em all; Joe Choynski. Sailor Tom the liveliest of those strong finish to rout game attendance of 250.000 was more presented, Mississippi 32-0. Bob the in Sharkey, Fitzsimmons. Jeffries question of ‘'bowl” games un- the other conference while than that for all of the Elis’ games of game licked 'em all and then did it again doubtedly will be into the State 1936, both at home and abroad. Yale's injected Mississippi took a 9-0 defeat and made it stick.” conference discussions. A year ago from Duquesne as estimated receipts of $532,000 compares Boyd Brumbaugh’s Perhaps I'm prejudiced about the the conference voted to recognize only field goal and Grabinski's witii $405,464 for all games last year. 40-yard run oldtimers, but the Philadelphia Ath- the Sugar Bowl and the Rose Bowl with an The Dartmouth game drew the first intercepted pass gave the letics of 1911 get my vote as the games, with its teams being allowed Dukes their first capacity crowd to the Yale Bowl since away-from-home greatest ball team. They'd beat your to accept infitat ions to these 1929. The Villanova game gave the only victory. modern teams, even the Yankees.” classics. Some athletic directors have University of Detroit a sell-out for the "Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Mike been reported as ready to support a Length of Pas* first time since 1928. Disputed. Kelly, one of the real oldtimers. were move to have the conference cham- CALIFORNIA had to the greatest ball players I ever saw- in Buckeyes Set New Mark. pion play in the Sugar Bowl game gOUTHERN hold off a last-quarter thrust to action. Frank Hiney, the Yale end, Ohio State's home annually. who beat U. C. L. A., 19-13 in the Pacific never weighed more than 160, yet ^^LTHOUGH The Southeastern's constitution pro- game attendance fell off a bit. the Coast Conference finale and played against giants and never al- vides that "a thus set a new record of 399.- representative must be lowed a Buckeyes up finish well ahead of its Los Angeles first down around his end, 683 for attendance all the executive head of the member at games, and ; rival. However, it was Feiv Grid Teams was the greatest football player. institution or an active Washingtons this despite a small crowd of 9.000 member of the Big College long pass to Hal staff of Hirshon for the first for the contest with teaching the institution he i#r\uire oi Chicago. The U. C. L. A. touchdown that upera. represents. No member of an athletic really former all-game Ohio State record was to 1 know you'll mention Jim thrilled the 70.000 fans.