Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
SE6H Al LARGE
Maybe Rams Need
Burial Plot Offer
By MORRIS SIEGEL
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2

LOS ANGELES, Sept 25 - The Dodgers and Forest
Lawn Cemetery both went public yesterday.
Forest Lawn the exclusive burial place of the
stars offered six feet of underground real estate in its
beacher section for $45 For less than half that amount
$72 the Dodgers selling two plots in their reserved
stands for three World Series games scheduled here
Forest Lawn features lay-away plan. The Dodgers
don't The offers for limited time only first come
first served as long the supply lasts.
Both will be snapped up quickly, like practically every
thing else here The most serious exception the Rams
They having hard time giving anything away except
Of course, football games
In their last charity they endowed the Redskins with
37-14 victory in the Coliseum Saturday night If the
newspapers and radio had kept quiet not too many people
would have known about It, Less than 10000 the game
%*%*
LIKE THE TEAM, RAM attendance also has been going
down. down, down for the last five years. Saturdays
turnout in the monsous 1903 000sea concrete
the second lowest the Rams have experienced since they
arrived here II seasons ago.
Last winter Dan Reeves control Of the Rams for
ST. million Momentary it is regarded bigger stickup
than the London train robbery. Ed Pauey OF the
sellers received 81 million for his end He quickly donated
it to UCLA to help pay for field house. II he is
seeking vcarious soace for his plunge Reeves can claim
a proprietary interest in the edfce. Indirectly he
is helping to build II.
Reeves and the Rams quit Cleveland after the 1945
because the Rams suffering at the gate from
college football competition notably perreniay powerful
Ohio State He envsioned Los Angeles as ideal escape
hatch use and UCLA who share the Coliseum with his
Rams, both down.
Now it's the other way around, partially. Southern
CAL last years national champion is the football love
affair in Los Angeles They drew than $4,000 in six
home stands last year. They might boost it to 100000
this season.
The Trojans hosts TO Oklahoma Saturday, outSold the
Rams in tickets this year for the first time use
peddled $4,000 the Rams only 10000.
: RAM SEASON TICKETS sell for around $50 and
usually include 10 home games three exhibitions plus
seven league scraps use tickets $685. six home stands
q For years both use and UCLA in the shadow Of
the Rams who several times experienced the blessings OF
million annual attendance Today the collegates are
pressing the advantage they when the Rams collapsed
use and UCIA bring in top-fight opposition SYRIA
cuse Ohio State Michigan State Pittsburgh washington
and Oregon-a highly ratedappear at the Coliseum as
the guests Of use and UCLA.
UCLA so strapped for attendance it had to recruit
alumni to help fill out its famous card section two years
ago. enjoying box office upswng with an inferior team
because of the revival use motivated.
Trojan Coach John Mckay has junked the conserva-
tive college game and installed raZzedazzle offense
which keeps the customers happy and their minds Off the
Rams.
IN 1851, McKAY's TROJANs wound up with 4-5-1
mark and Mckay wound up with rope around his neck
He hanged in efigy At times got so close Mckay
wondered if the students would settle for anything less
than live Mckay at their next campus lynchng froc
He quieted them with perfect 1862 season. topped by
the sensational Bowl victory Wisconsin on New
Years Day. The big Trojan year did more than anything
else to upset the football picture in sportscray Southern
California.
College football basket case in every where it
competed against the pros the big hit here once again.
UsC for example though Saturdays Oklahoma game
is on national TV and will be shown locally is confident
of $4,000 in the stands
The Rams didn't attract that many in their first two
games Unless there is quick comeback the Rams may
be forced offer burial plots and tickets to the Dodgers
games to help lure customers back.