Arizona republican., 1914-03-26
FOOTBALL BIG
 REVENUE GAME
The Sport That's Most In weighed Against Enables Colleges to Support Other Forms of Athletics-Col- lege Sport News
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH l

cent publication O1 the NdTlouS Coi- lege athletic associations annual H. 1 nancial statement brings vivfdly to mind again the large sums of money received and expended in the course of a year for the support of varsity sport These reports also point with unerring aim to the sports and com petitions which, because of popular favor and attraction, not only pay :, for themselves but carry the burden of others, wherein the expenditures are far in excess of all receipts and subscriptions.
 Some years ago, during the period when football was subjected to a bit ter attack. famous defender Of the
 game declared boldly that football,
 despite all the sins charged against it, made possible all the college
 sports which the reformers were con-
 stantly comparing with the gridiron game, much to the latters detriment. That there has been little change in l the situation in recent seasons IS
 clearly evidenced by these current athletic association financial repoi tS. Football is still the big money maker and the sport that supplies the funds for the support of a majority of the other athletic teams each year.
 Some idea of the amount of money
 received and disbursed by the foot ball authorities during a season of approximately ten weeks may be
 gathered from the annual reports of the Princeton and Harvard athletic associations. These financial state
 ments, so far as football is con-
 cerned. refer to the season of 1912, l but since there is not much devia-
 ton from a general average, they
 serve all practical purposes when
 used on a comparative basis. Prince
 tons gate receipts for nine games
 amounted to $67,313, of which $41, ,933,
 or more than one-half, was received
 as the Tigers share of the Yale,
 Harvard and Dartmouth games. The
 six contests with minor colleges
 netted Princeton but $5,379, an aver
 age of less than $1,000 per game. A
 source Of revenue in addition to the
 gate receipts, was the training table,
 the players paying s656 for board,
 while the football programs netted S414.
 Against this revenue. were expenses amounting to $36,O64, showing a bal ance of $32,322, far in excess of the net receipts of all other sports com bined. The various items of eXpendi- lures furnishes an insight into the wide range of activity and outlay necessity in connection with the satging of big varsity football cam : paign. Princeton spent $9,261 in travelling expenses and guarantees given other teams. The services of : coaches cost $7.316; suits and sup plies $1,6S7. Rubbers, physicians and ? medical supplies required an outlay 5 of s73S Payments made to those I serving as officials at the nine games ] scheduled amounted to $1.03S. Print l ing, advertising, telegrams and tele t phone bills totaled s3S2, while the ex- 3 penses of manager and captain were set down as $267 One of the biggest
 items was the repairs and upkeep of !, the wooden stands surrounding the n football field, s10,423 being expended
 for this purpose, which explains the
 present agitation for permanent 1 concrete stadium at Princeton.
 No other sport at Princeton ap-
 preached these figures either in re- f ceipts or expenses Baseball cost s15,O34, while receipts were $25,693
 leaving a balance of $10,659. The
 track and field team showed a ne T, loss of $3,9S2: gymnastic association U s26S; basketball s4O2; swimming - STA; wrestling, s91S, and rowing ~ 166. Hockey showed profit of $75 /, which puts the ice spoIt in the fi- U nancial category with football anC baseball at Princeton.
 Q At Harvard similar conditions pre- U vailed. Football receipts amounted Co $114,S64, against expenses of $30, u 151. showing that while the Crimson:
 profits were $46.47S greater than a
 Princeton, the expenses were $5,91;
 less but it must be taken into con.
 sideration that Harvard, with it's con
 crete stadium, escaped the woodeI
 stand upkeep necessary at Princeton , Baseball at Harvard was a money | maker to the extent of $6,396, while hockey made $312 Rowing shove,
 net loss of $11,5 ,547 track athletic:
 $7,0S2: association football S1.461
 lacrosse $2,367, and gymnastics s196
 The new scoring rule adopted b.
 the Intercollegiate Amateur Athleti n Association of America giving fiv :. points for first; four for second t, three for third two for fourth. ant
 one for fifth place in track meet ~ finds general favor in the easterl ,,, college athletic world The Harvar, Crimson states editorially:
 10 Tt is no wonder, in view of tn " elaborate apparatus and severe regi y men of training required for moderl college athletic competition, that par To tlcipatiOn in athletics is confined t those who have some chance of be
 coming first rank men in some on ie line. It is an evil incident to hig III specialization that the average ma u is ruled out. That it is an evil t IS have college athletics restricted t 'u the few possibilities of winners, an SC advocate of athletics as a whOlesom 'n place of college activity will agree. re "The recommendation of the l. 4 s- A. A. A. seems, therefore particular r. timely. Group competition should en to courage the lay student to com le out as he does not now. Further,