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MKIAI.D NKWI. BMlk r.lU. On. TUSSBAt. M. II, UN. IWH 19 New Year's Day Football Bowls Will Attract Half A Million Fans Tomorrow Army-Irish Split ... Ticket ScalpingGiven As Factor In Decision NEW YORK. Dec. 3t P) "scalping" and gambling generally were rcgurdod toduy us fac tors uenma me looioau spin Dciwcen Army ana nolle uunic. Indications are that the two schools will give the situation a chance to cool off before resuming relations, probubly early in me iuou s. It is expected to tukc about that long for big time football to get back to the point where it will once more "serve the in terests ... of intercollegiate athletics." That was the stiupltttion for resumption of the rivalry that both Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, the military -academy superintendent, and the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, Notre Dame president, laid down yes terday when they announced the series would be suspended temporarily because it was get ting out of hand. Both declared conditions surrounding the an nual Army-Notre Dame tilt were "escaping the control of the two colleges.' A 1947 game will be played November 8 in Notre Dame's 56,000-seat Memorial stadium in South Bend. Ind., and then the series will be discontinued un til further notice. The current series began with an upset in 1913 and has grown through the years into the "homecoming game" for the subway alumni all over the na tion. In 1947 the get-together will be taken out of the big-time hullabaloo of New York's sta dium for the first time in 15 vears and returned to the com parative normalcy of a college campus where school authori ties will be in direct control of ticket distribution. Although there was no direct mention of either gambling or ticket speculation, heads of both schools remarked condi tions were "not conducive to wholesome intercollegiate sports." Skiers Stage Close Finish (jp Snow burners from 25 (PI As snow burners from 25 colleges and universities shot down the side of Ruud mountain today and soared aloft as the spectacular Jumping event ended the four-day fifth annual inter collegiate ski meet. With team score compilations still trailing by almost two events it was believed that the winning schools would not be announced until tomorrow when the 125 entrants attend the annual skiers' New Year's Day dinner. The University of Utah team. paced by 18-year-old Dick Mo?. vitz, winner of tne slalom, ana Bill Beesley, top man in the downhill, was favored but the number of thirds, fourths and fifths the University of Wash ington piled up indicated some close figuring. Broncs Continue Point Rampage. MOSCOW, Ida., Dec. 31 (IP) Santa Clara continued to ride high and handsome over the Pa cific Coast cage picture today following its one-point 44-43 tri umph over University of Idaho last night. The Broncos trailed by a sin gle point at halftime, 21-20, and fell behind 38-32 midway in the second half before surging to a tie and going out in front a min ute before the game's end. , Idaho had a chance to tie the contest when Johnny Evans was fouled, but failed. Evans topped the scoring with 15 points Good For Both SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 31 (Jp) The Rev. John J. Cavan augh, president of the University of Notre Dame, in a statement today, said that the decision to sever football relations with Army "will be good for both in stitutions and for intercollegiate athletics as a whole." The menacing shadows of ticket Coast Quints Divide Pair NEW YORK. Dec. 31 (in Pacific coast invaders garnered an even split against New York cage aggregations in last night's Madison Square Garden basket ball doublcheadcrs with Univer sity of Southern California knocking over Long Island uni versity 49-40 and UCLA going down 68-49 before New York university. USC held the Long Island five to but 12 field goals, only four in the first half. It was the Trojans' seventh win against three losses and the second loss in nine starts for LIU. Don Barksdale, UCLAIs high scoring center, collected 23 points in the Bruins' unsuccess ful drive against NYU. Shrine Classic Leader Honored DES MOINES, la., Dec. 31 fP) William M. Coffman; managing director of the Shrine annual East-West New Year's Day grid game, today was named foot ball's man of the year for 1946 by the Football Writers Associa tion of America. Selection of Coffman. a San Francisco business executive, was announced by Bert Me Grane of Des Moines, secretary of the association, following the final vote by more than 400 writers. Coffman has been identified with the East -West in its 22 years of existence, 21 of them being spent as director of the project. Runnerup in the voting was Bert LaBrucherie, football coach at UCLA, whose team opposes Illinois tomorrow in the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. VMI Head Asks For Duck Job EUGENE, Dec. 31 " UP Ap proximately 40 invitations for applications have been sent out by the University of Oregon in it search for a successor to Foot ball Coach Tex Oliver, Graduate Manager Anson Cornell said to day. Pooley Hubert, head mentor at Virginia military institute, was me iirst to respond. Cornell said the post would be filled sometime in January, Fifty Of Nation's Stars Clash For Cripple Fund SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31 (P) Fifty collegiate football stars from all parts of the na tion will clash tomorrow in Kezar stadium for sectional prestige in the annual East-West game and a rich harvest for the Shrine crippled children's hos pitals. The East's powerful combina tion ruled as a slight favorite 10 to a on the eve of the game. and the weather bureau prom ised some 62,000 ticket holders expected to jam 'the stadium that the sun would shine and it would be just cool enough for periect football. On the basis of probable line ups the squad from east of the Mississippi will be' slightly heavier both across the line and in the backficld. Tempers Fly Over Remark NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (P Nat Holmun, City college basketball coach, was scheduled to appear before the school's faculty ath letic committee today to glvo on uccount of last Saturday night's flureup in Madison Squure Gar den over remarks uttered by a rival coach against CCNY play ers. The comments of the other coach, Ev Shelton of Wyoming, unroged Holnuin and utmost pre cipitated a fist fight between the two mentors while their teams were completing the game which CCNY won 57-48. The incident was thrashed out yesterday ut the weekly meeting of coaches and writers, with each participant having his say. "I am very sorry the remark I made caused any hard feelings," Shelton suid at the meeting. "It was merely descriptive and car ried no venom. I did not Intend to slandcrize nationality or re ligion. ' "When we play Indian teams, we call them Indians When we play Jews, we call them Jews. . . . All I said the other night was 'the Jews arc getting away with murder'." Local Radios Airing Games NEW YORK. Doc. 31 (P Sites of New Year's Day football bowl games with won. tied and lost records of participating teams and kickoff time. (All times Pacific Standard), (prob able attendance in parentheses). Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.: Illinois (7-0-2) vs. UCLA (10-0-0), 2:00 p. m., (90,000). National Broadcasting company. Georgia (10 0 0) vn. North Curo- Sugar Bowl at New Orleans: lina university (8-1-1). 12 noon. (73,000). KFLW. Orange Bowl at Mioml: Ten nessee (9-0-1) vs. Rice (8-0-2), 11:00 a. m. (38.000). Cotton Bowl at Dallas. Tex.: Arkansas (6-1-3) vs. Louisiana State (9 0 1), 11:15 a. m., (43,000). Kr J I. Oil Bowl at Houston. Tex.: Georgia Tech (80-2) vs. St. Mary's (6 0-2), 11:30 a. m. (30, 000). Shrine game at Son Francisco: Eastern Collegiate All-Stars vs. Western Collegiate All-Stars, 2 p. m. (62,000). KFJI. Hornets Clear Football Debt The Henley Hornets cleared the debts the school went into while winning the state B foot ball championship and made a few dollars extra Saturday night with a pic supper and auction at the school. The Hornets, to get the semi final game with Amity played down here, had to give the Am ity team $000 for expenses, and after the title was won at North Powder Henley was 160 In the hole. Saturday night's pie sunner. with Rep. Henry Soman as auc tioneer, brought in $430, The easterners were expected to stick fairly well to a driving game, alternated by quick, hook passes as compared with the wide-running, long passing game on which the West is sure to gamble for pay-dirt strikes. West Coach Lon Stincr rev eled in his team's short odds and helped the gloom along with out spoken declarations that he was "disappointed" in the way his team had developed. "I had hoped the team would come along, he sighed, "but it hasn't. Perhaps I expected too much, but I am disappointed. Our overall strength is not near what I expected." In the East camp, both players and coaches failed to display any worry either about odds or the result of the game. Holiday Tilts Pull Curtain On 1946 Gridiron Season NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (AP) The Now Year's Doy football bowls, which at lost count numbered 19, throw open their gales tomorrow to an estlmatod half million sports fans who will ring in the new year by saying goodbye to the grid groats of the old. With the exception of unbeaten Army and Notre Dome, contont to stand on their laurels without benefit of post season performance, tho major grid titans of 1946 will be on display tomorrow for this finale of perhaps the greatest season in the game's history. Tho grand-daddy of them all, of course, is the Rose Bowl at Posodono, which had its inception In a mooting of Mlchl gan and Stanford back in 1902. There was a lapse between that game and the meeting of Woshlngton State ar)d Brown in 1916, but from there on, tho string is unbroken. Illinois, designee of the Western (Big Nine) conference, , meets University of California at Crowley Out As A-A Chief CHICAGO. Dec. 31 (!) "Sleepy" Jim Crowley having forsuken the pout as commis sioner of the all-America foot bull conference to assumo the title of (I) head coach. (2) sea crul munuger and CD executive vice president of Uie Chicago Rockets toduy said he and his associates were ready to pump S230.000 Into the outfit to get a winning combination. The Rockets, one of the less fortunate all-America conference clubs last season, both In attend ance at their huge Soldier Field home and in victories, were taken over lock, stock and barrel yesterduy by Crowley and two of his wealthy old-time cronies who chummed with Kim since grammar school days in Green Uny, Wis. The financial backers ore William S. Toohey, Chicago syrup magnute, and John Urogan, a Green Bay shipbuilding execu tive. Orficluls of the all-America conference said there were no Immediate plans to name a new commissioner to succeed Crow ley, who had signed a five-year contract at an annuul salary of $23,000 and left four yeurs of his term unserved. Birthday For 35,000 horses LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 31 (VP) Tomorrow la the universal birth day of thoroughbred horses, and every member of tho country's thoroughbred population of ap proximately 33,000 will become officially a year older. A notable birthday In tho blue grass will be that of Man o'War, who will become 30 years old. He remains in complete re tirement at Faraway furm. His uctuol birthday anniversary will be In March. Weather Enters Houston Match HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 31 P) Rain has entered the battle of predictions here over the out come of the third annual Oil Bowl football classic which to morrow matches two twice beaten teams, Georgia Tech and St. Mary's of California. Bobby Dodd and Jim Phelan, coaches of the Gcorgiuns and Californians, yesterday branded the tilt as a high scoring affair which Phelan said would require a winning score of 21 points or more, T Pioneer Said Quitting COLLEGE PARK. Md.. Dec. 31 (P) Another report that Clark Shaughnessy was quitting as University of Maryland foot ball coach was left hanging un answered toduy whllo the vet eran mentor remained unavail able for comment. The latest resignation rumor was reported by tho Richmond (Va.) News Leader in a story saying the T-formation pioneer was leaving Maryland to suc ceed Turk Edwards as coach of the Washington Redskins. Los Angeles In tomorrow classic. wiUl some 00.000 ex pected. Although shunning the "bowl" title, the Shrine gume in San Francisco's Kezur stadium, rates next In post season gume longev ity unci tomorrow the Kuslern and -Western college all-stars will meet in the 22nd annual classic. The Orange Bowl got under way at Miami in 1933 as Flor ida entered the act, end the south came up two yeers later with its own, the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. The Sun Bowl began at El Peso. Tex., a yeer later, and the Cotton Bowl followed at Dallas the year after that. While Notre Dame and Army still rate as the two best in the nation, four of the bowls present some unusual class in the way of scctlonul champions. Tha Roso Howl has the cham pions of the Pacific coast and the Ulg Nine, Uie Suutir Howl tho co chumpion of the southeastern conference, Gcorglu und North Curolitiu. Tho Orange Howl presents the co-holders of the southeastern and southwestern conferences, Tennessee and Rico. Arkansas, co-champlon of the southwest, and Louisiana Slate, near the ton In the southeast, meet In the Cotton Howl, Altogether, these four niujor bowl games will have seven sec tional or conference champions or co-champions. The Oil Bowl at Houston pits Georgia Tech against St. Mary's while the Sun Bowl's attractions are Virginia Tech and Cincinnati. In the Alamo Bowl at San Antonio are Hardln-Blmmons and Denver, while the Cigar Bowl at Tampa, Fie., pairs Delaware and Rollins. And so it goes on down the list, with each bidding for lis segment of faitdom. Next to the 00,000 expected at Pasadena, tho Sugar Howl probably will pack in uie most, 73.UUO. The Shrincrs expect 62,000 for the East-West gume. Another 38,000 Is expect ed at the Orange Howl, while Texas' Cotton and Oil Howls will divide some 73,000 between them. Seven Seek Idaho Post MOSCOW. Ida.. Dec. 31 Ml University of Idaho officials to day announced numes of seven candidates for the school's foot ball couching Job, but did not comment as to whether any of me applicants had an inside track. The applicants include: Dixie Howell, assistant coach at Alabama university; Peter Cawthon, assistant coach of professional Detroit Lions; R. H. (Doc) Erskinc. line mentor at Marquette; John Eubank, for mer Washington Stato college player; Willis Smith, former Vandal back and Fort Warren, Wyo coach: Al Simmon. Soutlw crn Oregon coach, and Mel In gram, former Gonzaga player. WEBFOOTS WIN EUGENE. Ore.. Dee 31 tFi University of Oregon caucrs completed their prc-scason con tests wun a 73-33 triumph over Fee's Rollerdrome here last night, Halftimo score was 36-15. Roger Wiley paced tha winners with 13 points.
