The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-29

 FORECA5T
 IS GIVEN
Everything But Crowds Figure to Be Normal
 Is Prediction


 What's the football prospects for nert fall? win Atlantic and Pdctttc coast games be cdRcelted or s1oitched? Haue college squads been hard hit by the draft2 HaUe aoa' calls depleted coaching stdffs? Wti' tire and gas shortage greatly re- duce crolodS2 Will freshmen plaJ on uaySity teams? Wal colleges pla1 nany games aDith arnty cam I teams? These and other questions about the outlook for Americas No 1 fall sport are anSlrered in c tlOo- part series based on ndtton-loide satvey by Wide World Features. This is the first of the series.
 ThereT be college football as usual next fall-eXcept possibly on the Pacific Coast-but the wartime gas and tire shortage probably will reduce the size of the crowds.
 Again it will be the little fellow who takes it on the chin, Big city teams, with large populations to draw from and with subway ol street car transportation, may att tract as many spectators as ever Tn fact, Manhattan College in New York anticipates increased attend ance.
 But squads that play their home games in small college towns-and have depended on the automobile to dump thousa of out-of- towners at their gates-surely will feel the pinch. Some Southern con- ference colleges will be hard hit. Southwest conference spokesmen anticipate a 20 to 40 percent reduc- tion in attendance. Princeton, which drew a large portion of it's crowd from New York on special gridiron trains, expects a decrease.
 On Pacific Coast
 The $64 sports question puzzling the Pacific Coast is: Will football be played next fall? The answer de- bends strictly on the tempo of the war. Colleges likely will not learn the decision until early September. The Rose Bowl game was cancelled last New Years Day and other sports events have been written off. The situation is uncertain but col lege officials are proceeding on the assumption there will be football.
 Santa Clara, St. Marys and San Francisco play their home games in Kezar Stadium in San Francisco and shouldn't be greatly affected by transportation shortages. Uni versity of California, with 160o0 student body and populous Berkeley and Oakland to draw from, has only a slight problem University of Washington in Seattle and South ern Cal and UCLA in Los Angeles, similarly should not be seriously affected. The smaller schools will be bothered.
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 Coach Bunny Oakes of Wyom- ing pretty well bespeaks the feelings of Rocky Mountain officials. He says people will take chance on using some rubber to see the out standing teams play The top teams probably will draw as well as be- fore"
 Dartmouth, West Point and Corn ell are among the major eastern teams that may play before smaller home crowds. Harvard, Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania won't be affected. New York U. has dropped football.
 Travel curtailment creates an acute problem for the Southern con- ference since most of it's teams are located in small towns. Duke has attracted 50000 to it's major games in Durham, N. O., city of 60,000, which illustrates what a sizeable wave of travel the Blue Devils set in motion. The outlook is dark for Davidson, Wake Forest, Clemson, w. & L., Virginia Tech. VMI., Mary land and William and Mary.
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