Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-02
Total Of 3o5,ooo
Tops Year Ago
By $4,000
Virtually All Stors
Perform to Justify
Their Regulations
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR.
Associated Press Sports Write-


NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-U. c. L. A.
and two bad ankles didn't stop
frankie Sinkwich and the war didn't
stop the customers yesterday as
the advent of 1943 brought the ex-
pected number of New Year Day
football games to an unexpected
number of fans.
In spite of gasoline rationing and
travel restrictions, the six major
holiday classics were played before
a combined attendance of approx
mately 305,000, about $4,000 more
than watched the same games a
year ago.
In Pasadena's Rose Bowl game,
back home after being chased all
the way to the Atlantic Coast by
wartime precautions last year, a
capacity crowd of $4,000 watched
the Georgia Bulldogs shut out the
Bruins of U. c. L. A., go. Only
$4,000 watched the 1912 game at
Durham. N c., because there wasn't
room for any more.
Some Gates Top Expectations.
In the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans,
Tennessee's Volunteers nipped the
all-victorious Tulsa Hurricane, AT,
before q throng of 10000, only 5000
less than the sellout mob of 1912
and fully 10000 more than advance
ticket sales indicated.
A crowd of 36 600 which saw Texas
turn back Georgia Tech, AT, in the
Cotton Bowl at Dallas, was 1000
shy Of last years mark, but at least
10000 more than the promoters ex-
pected to show up.
Thirty thousand got their moneys
worth in Miami's Orange Bowl
clash when Alabama stormed
through Boston College, 1921. This
compared favorably with the pre-
vious years attendance of 35,5O5,
since the stadium's seating capacity
had been reduced something like
1000.
An overflow crowd Of 1900
squeezed into the 15,O0O-capacity
stands at Ell Paso, Tex, for the Sun
Bowl game, in which the I'd Air
Force Bombers tripped Hardin
1877. And at San Fran
cisco, the Eastern All-Stars nosed
out the Westerners. 1912. before
crowd of $1,000. around $4,000 more
than saw the Shrine encounter last
year when it was shifted to New
Orleans.
Aces Justify Regulations.
Virtually all the luminaries per-
formed as advertised.
Hobbled by injuries to both ankles,
All-America Frankie Sinkwich led
Georgia to victory in the Rose Bowl
by scoring the games only touch
down in the final period. And it was
his high-powered running mate,
George Poschner, who broke through
with Red Boyd to block Bob Water
fields punt and post a safety that
opened the scoring after the teams
had battled through three periods
without tally.
Glenn Dobbs. Tulsa All-America
back. tossed seven passes in a row
and completed every one of them,
the last for his teams lone touch
down against Tennessee. Such a
spectacular aerial display WASH t
enough, however, for Bobby Offers
and Walt Slater, whose running and
passing put the Vols in position for
two touchdowns.
1t was the same at Miami, where
All-America Mike Holovak scored all
three Boston College touchdowns,
two Of them on runs of IS and "a
yards. But he couldn't match the
scoring parade of Alabamas Russ
Craft. Dave Brown, Johnny August
and Russ Mosley. The Tide came
from behind twice in the first half
and won going away after the inter-
mission.
Mckay, Field Texas Stars.
Roy Mckay and Jackie Field. who
led Texas to the Southwest Confer
ence title, were the Longhorn stars
against Georgia Tech. Mckay passed
to Max Minor for one touchdown
and Field rambled so yards for the
other. Clint Castleberry, Techs fine
freshman, couldn't pierce the stout
Texas line for three quarters, but
finally spanked a 67-yard march that
ended in marker for the Engineers
1t was Columbia s Paul Governali,
fourth member of the All-America
backfield, who tossed one scoring
pass for the East and led the march
for the winning touchdown in the
last period at San Francisco. And
Bob Kennedy. Pacific Coast star
from Washington State, scored one
Of the Vests touchdowns and passed
for the other.