Evening star., 1942-08-19
Optimism Rules
As Many Ti|ts
Are Shifted
Games Token to Funs
Saturday Night P|oy
Is D. G. innovation
By HAROLD CLAASSEN.
As ociated Press Sports Writer


NEW YORK. Aug. 19.-Movinc
tie football games to the spectators
instead of having the spectators
move to the football games is the
answer of the college athletic de-
partments to the war-inspired tray
Ell restrictions.
Although virtually every coach
and athletic director polled by the
Associated Press expressed opti-
mlsm regarding attendance and gate
receipts for the coming season.
many Of them either had moved a
contest to large city or was con-
templating such a switch.
Even the staid Big Ten approved
the transfer of the Ohio State
Illinois fracas from small Cham
paign, Ill, to much bigger Cleve-
land.
1t was the coaches of colleges in
the smaller towns who were pessi-
mistic.
Bernie Moore Of Louisiana State
figured that gate receipts for the
Tigers home games would be off
from 25 to 40 per cent because of
Baton Rouge's small size, plus the
tire and gas situation. Mike
Ahearn, veteran Kansas State di-
rector. estimated his clubs home
receipts at Manhattan, Kans.,
might be cut in half" Army
guessed the crowds at it's three West
Point battles would be off 30 per
cent.
Make Schedule Shifts.
Their sentiments contrasted sharp
ly with the majority, especially with
the ones expressed by officials at
schools in Boston, New York. Chi
cago. Los Angeles, Dallas. Mime
apolis, Washington, Baltimore, At
lanta and New Orleans.
But just in case their optimism
might be of the morning glory va
riety many of the directors made
schedule shifts in hopes of insuring
profitable gates
West Virginia, unable to get an
attractive "breather" for it's home
field on October 3, agreed to play
in Boston Colleges stadium; Mary
land moved the Rutgers game to
and the Florida contest to
Washington Pennsylvania and
Army will play in Philadelphia in
stead of at West Point; Princeton is
bringing both the Army and the
Navy games to New York's Yankee
Stadium.
Stanford will play Santa Clara
and the University of Washington
at San Francisco instead of at Palo
Alto; Alabama moved two games
from Tuscaloosa: Mississippi took
its game with Georgia to Mem
phis, and it is possible the Ole
Miss Vanderbilt tussle will be de-
cided on the same field; Texas A.
and M. collide at Houston instead of
College Station in other site
changes.
Play Saturday Nights Here.
Georgetown and George WASH
ington. both competing for the pat
ronage in an expanded Washington,
D. c., will try Saturday night trays
while Michigan State and Pitts
burgh hope to lure the day-shift
war workers with pm. kickoff
Syracuse, located in medium
sized city, is starting a drive to
keep "the home owners at home"
while share the car" clubs are
being organized at Detroit to help
transport the University of Mich
igan followers to Ann Arbor, 40
miles away.
A degree of uncertainty was un-
covered in California, where crowds
of more than 5000 were prohibited
until recently by Army officials.
That rule was rescinded, but a
general dimout order makes night
games impossible
The dimout also is expected to
cut into the receipts of Miami and
Tampa Universities, two Florida
schools.