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A 'olution to the football finance problem is available!
( ollege athletics can be rcscne<l by phonevision if men with
imagination and foresight are willin'; to enter the field and arc
not hindered by petty rule making bodies,
I he problem ol hit'll ri<Iir<>n budgets has assumed serious
proportions. Many colleges have abandoned football because the
costs exceed the income.
Since football siirplussrH custo
marily are balanced against deficits birn‘* ,lu<'k old-age assistance plan.
In non-paying activities, such as H,mn,'r' th,‘ ,lnanril*1 wbJ'*c
Mince inoi ruin surpiusses custo
marily are balanced against deficits
in non-paying activities, such ns
golf, the elimination of football in
certain Institutions means thal
other Intercollegiate sports will al
so be curtailed.
The Portland Pilots and the
famed St. Mary’H Gaels have al
ready abandoned the fields of grid
iron combat. Other schools have
suffered heavily. More than one
collegiate athletic director has
pointed the finger of accusation at.
the doors of television.
Ohio State Director of Ath
a» leti™ Dick Durkins stated last
Friday: “If we are forced to
televise next fall, we’ll eventually
have crowds of 25,01)0 to H5.000 In
the stadium. Will the people in
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Voungx
Iiiwii, Akron, Toledo and other
distant spots come? Of course
not! They’ll stay home and watch
the game on television.
"The result is inevitable. When
you have a drastic reduction in gale
receipts, other sports which are
supported by football will have to
be lopped off, one by one, fencing
will have to go, then gymnastics,
golf, swimming, basketball and
maybe in the end, football itself."
The television controversy has
raged for several years. Television
adherents claim that TV will ulti
mately Increase sports attendance,
because it will provide more indi
viduals with an interest in the
sport, and they will want to see "the
real McCoy” (Irishmen somehow
manage to become involved in every
argument i.
Television opponents base tlieir
conclusions u|M>n athletic attend
ance figures, which usually de
cline rapidly when the events are
televised.
Meanwhile, certain members of
collegiate associations have at
tempted to force passage of a ban
upon the televising of any football
games within their respective con
ferences or leagues.
This policy is a flagrant violation
of basic socio-economic tenets. If
John Q. Public prefers to sit at
home, relaxing in his favorite chair,
Crather than to leave early for the
game, pay outrageous prices for
distant parking space, sit on the
hard bleacher seat, and suffer from
the icy blasts of November wind, he
should be allowed to exercise that
prerogative.
Now, we aren’t assuming that a
good football game isn't worth high
prices and hard, cold seats. How
ever, if the enjoyment of the fans
can be doubled or trippled, why at
tempt to prevent their attainment
of that additional happiness?
With these thoughts under con
sideration, the Washington State
legislators recently studied a com
mendable proposal to force state
owned schools to televise certain
football games if sponsors could be
found.
The opposition was immediate
ly aroused. A Portland sports
writer, commenting that legisla
tures “stick their noses Into the
oddest places,” implied that tin*
proposal was introduced in order
to “raise taxes so a couple of doz
en lume ducks can have soft jolts
of enforcement.”
Without attempting to defend
r state legislators, many of whom are
indefensible, it might be mentioned
that every attempt to increase hu
man happiness is not necessarily a
lame tluck old-axe assistance plan.
However, the financial objec
tion to TV sports In still present.
This Is where phonevlsfon comes
In.
Phonevialon, a new development
described in the February 5 issue of
Life Magazine, is a device which
has been introduced chiefly for the
purpose of enabling television spon
sors to collect revenue from the
viewers of expensive TV movies.
If u potential customer switch
es his TV dial to the program
with the movies, he sees a “con
fusion of hlurs.” If he wants to
see the movie, he phones the I’V
switchboard operators, vtho turns
on an unscramhlir g device on ills
TV or (I’V) set, uhich Is con
nected with the telephone wires.
The blurs become a clear picture,
and the customer is charged one
dollar. A full-length movie is
shown.
If it will succeed with movies, it
also should succeed with athletic
events. If five millions sets (a mod
est figurei were tuned to the 1970
Rose Bowl battle at a charge of one
dollar per set (a modest cost under
the present value of the dollan,
five million dollars would be added
to athletic income.
Of course, actual attendance at
the game would decrease rapidly.
Vast, expensive stadiums would no
longer be needed. It is entirely pos
sible that all future football, and
baseball games will be played in
side, in order to prevent interfer
ence from the weather.
Athletes will not be forced to
contend with seas of mud, torren
tial downpours, snowstorms, ice,
hail, fog or 90-degree heat waves.
No longer will World Series base
ball games Ik- cancelled by rain.
No longer will inferior football
squads upset stronger teams
merely because a muddy pigsUin,
slipping away from one of the
losers, shoots into the arms of an
undeserving opponent to set up a
winning touchdown.
No longer will teams with strong
ground offensives have advantages
over passing teams on rainy days.
And no longer will strong gusts of
wind convert punts into ground
losing calamities.
The fans will be happy, too. As
suming that the payment of the
fee, possibly one dollar, will enable
the fan to tune in on any game at
any time during the afternoon, the
football enthusiasts will have a
wide range of entertainment.
For example, if California is
leading Oregon State 35-0 at half
time, the fan can turn to a more
interesting game. However, if he
was at the stadium, he would ob
ject to leaving at halftime and prob
ably would remain to view the en
tire game, uninteresting as it
would be.
There is one flaw in the PV
sports proposal. Fans would lose
their inclination to boo the offi
cials. Of course, this would not
he a major tragedy, although
those individuals who like to
chase the officials off the floor
(or field) would probably be
somewhat inconvenienced.
Nevertheless, it might be neces
sary to subordinate the wishes of
the minority to the rule of the ma
jority in this case. Although the
official-chasing minority is in Mos
cow, they have no veto power.
Snow Queen Takes Laurels for UofO
And Enjoys Reno, Carnival, Siahts
By Bob Ford
"1 had a temperature of 102 and
came down with the flu the day I
arrived at Reno," Nancy Miller,
Snow Queen of the University of
Nevada winter .sports carnival,
stated Tuesday, upon her return
to the Oregon campus.
"When I arrived at Reno on
Wednesday, I went to bed and had
a long sleep,” Miss Miller stated.
The rest did the trick for the
queen, however, for Thursday she
was ready to begin the scheduled
round of events at Reno.
Miss Miller and three other can
didates vying for the title of Snow
Queen were presented before the
student body of the University of
Nevada.
“I gave them an impromptu
speech on Oregon," the University
coed continued.
Guest of Sorority
The other representatives were
from the University of California,
Stanford, and College of the Pacific.
Miss Miller was guest of the
University of Nevada chapter of
Kappa Alpha Theta for dinner.
Friday night the sororities and
fraternities had sign and decora
tion contests.
"The sororities had decorations
inside, and the fraternities had out
side decorations. All of the sorori
ties held dances, similar to our
nickel hops,” Miss Miller continued.
During the evening, the Univer
sity of Oregon coed was escorted
to the highspots of Reno by the
student body president of the Uni
versity of Nevada.
Sees Ski Events
Saturday morning and afternoon,
the queen candidates witnessed the
ski events at Mt. Rose, and Miss
Miller and her parents drove to
Virginia City, a few miles out of
Reno.
“Virginia City was one of the
most interesting places 1 have ever
seen,” the Oregon freshman con
tinued. "It was one of the old min
ing towns which grew up over
night, and everything has been
preserved—even the old saloons.”
Saturday evening a banquet was
held at the Trocadero in the El
Cortez hotel. The candidates sat
with the respective ski teams.
Ski Team Judges
"We were called up on the stage,
and the University of Nevada ski
Mothers to See
Student-Directed
One-Act[Play
A one-act play, directed by Bob
Chambers, junior in liberal arts,
will be presented at 2:30 p.m. to
day in Gerlingcr Hall at a meet
ing of the University of Oregon
Mothers.
Prepared for recent campus pre
sentations, the play was directed
by Chambers, under the supervi
sion of Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, asso
ciate director of the University
Theater.
Mrs. L. O. Meisel will preside
over a shdrt business meeting
after the play. Reports will be giv
en on the Christmas tour, the rum
mage and white elephant sale, and
the state board meeting in Salem.
Mothers of Orides, Phi Delta
Theta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma
will assist Mrs. Walter Banks and
Mrs. L. A. White with hospitality.
Refreshments will be handled by
Mrs. John C. Cochrane and Mrs.
J. J. McGinty. Mrs. Frank Graham
will plan the program, and Mrs.
Ted C. Luckey Jr., and Mrs. Wil
liam .Wolters will arrange decora
tions.
You’re pretty much all right with
your friends when you are willing
to admit you’re all wrong when
you are.
The argument against diving into
strange streams is built on a rock
foundation.
REMEMBER THE RALLY
tfam, which did not enter a candi
date, judged us," the Snow Queen
explained.
The "Snow Ball" dance was held
later Saturday evening at the Uni
versity of Nevada, and during the
intermission the Snow Queen was
announced.
Wins a Trophy
Miss Miller was presented with
a trophy, after which she present
ed trophies to the winning sorority
and fraternity in the sign and dec
orations contests, Delta Delta
Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha.
Upon arriving on the Univer
sity campus Monday, the girls at
Carson Hall surprised Miss Miller
with a dozen red roses, and th«r
members of Kappa Alpha Thet*
sorority, of which Miss Miller i*e
a member, presented her with a
corsage of red roses.
“It is an experience which I shall:
always remember," the freshmaa
royalty concluded.
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this Saturday!
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