Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-29 | Page 8 | Attendance Lags for Rose Contest

Attendance Lags for Rose R. R s Contest FANS FAIL TO SHOW INTEREST IN COAST TILT I IOnly Only Tickets Sold to Date Trojans Remain Favorites LOS ANGELES Dec 29 UP- UP The University of Southern Califor ala nia and Pittsburgh appeared today to tobe tobe tobe be lacking in that magnetic team personality per per- that in years past has drawn dran near capacity houses to Pasa den Rose Bowl for the thc annual New Nc Years Year's day intersectional football clash Only tickets have been sold to date four days before the game ame Unless a sharp pickup in sales occurs today and tomorrow it was generally believed not more than cash customers would be in the stand stands Monday This would be short of attendance figures of at last year when Southern California vanquished Tulane and less than the turnout turnout turn out in this years year's Southern California California- Notre Dame encounter at memorial stadium The d dearth arth of early ticket buyers is attributed more to lack Jack of ot Interest in the Hie forthcoming battle than any other single factor Tournament officials inaugurated the ticket campaign by drastically reducing prices but the response has been apathetic 2 Z TO 1 FAVORITES The undefeated Trojans ruled as 2 to 1 favorites to rout the easterners in betting quotations today Even money was accepted by some commissioners com corn missioners with Pitt takers lakers receiving 12 points Bettors seemed to be 1 little tU concerned with comparative records of the two teams which despite Pitts Pitt's two ties tics and the Trojans' Trojans string of 1 19 consecutive victories clearly in in- the Panthers' Panthers defensive strength and Southern California's inauspicious scoring charts Troys Troy's most Impressive victory of the season was over Utah with a 35 35 0 0 score whereas last year they routed the touted Georgia eleven cleven 60 to 0 several severa weeks before engaging in the Rose Bowl clash Southern California supporters ev evi ev dently were taking into consideration largely the factor of Pitts Pitt's ignominious defeat at the hands of the Trojans three years ago aso 47 to 14 Meanwhile the two machines were being tuned up to final degrees of fitness PANTHERS TAPER OFF At T Tucson Coa Coach Coath h Jock Sutherland was gradually tapering off in his workouts which will be wound up Saturday when the Panthers entrain for Pasadena With characteristic glumness the Pitt mentor was not san sanguine in his predictions If It the Panthers defeat the Trojans he said today They will have to depend on what they have learned during the past week Pitt was scheduled for three more sessions of signal drill and dummy practice before leaving for tor California Califor nia nia Sutherland said h he would n up day by day until he felt his charges were well on edge The Trojans were to be worked harder before Howard Jones cases eases off They were to engage In another strenuous workout today but tomorrow tomor row Jones will begin slanting Jantine off in his program Both teams physically were in good sha shape e. e