Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-01-05 | Page 15 | New Orleans Bowl Fate Awaits Meet

New Afew Orleans Bowl Fate Awaits Meet N NEW NW W ORLEANS Jan 5 CP A Sugar bowl officials meet Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day night to decide whether to I cancel the Sugar bowl football game for the wars war's duration or wait for the government to decide its future Prevailing sentiment among board members appears t to be that outright cutright abandonment of the classic would be unwise and it would be best to await word from Washington officials and act in accordance Both the New Orleans Item and the he Stat States s have editorially Urged that the bowl a activities Which in include in- in etude elude track baseball basketball tennis ennis boxing rowing and and yachtIng yacht yacht- Ing ng be suspended until the war ends on the ground that travel restrictions limit the number of outside visitors which is the prinCipal principal principal prin prin- cipal purpose of or orthe the annual game The big bowl games much as aa we desire them will be distinctly out of place until after victory rewards American arms the States said while the Item re remarked remarked remarked re- re marked As long as the Sugar bowl owl can no longer fulfill its o nary mary purpose of attracting tourists tour tour- tourists to this city the mon money y and energy devoted to its annual presentation presentation pres pres- had better go into the war effort directly Joseph B. B David president de de- de clines dines to to express an an opinion as aso asto asto to o what should be done but says he ic will acquiesce in whatever acion action ac ac- tion ion the board decides Other ther board members feel that as is long as there Is football there theres is s a reason for bowl games and that suspension at this time would not contribute to the war effort These men believe that if the government gov gay gov- wants the bowl g games mes abandoned it will say so With ticket sales confined strictly strict- strict ly y to New Orleans and all travel to o the game discouraged by gasoline gasoline gaso- gaso line ine rationing g a total of persons saw the classic last Friday Friday Fri- Fri day ay when Tennessee defeated Tulsa 14 to 7 and made the game ne of the most colorful in its nine- nine year history The turnout which was just short of capacity surprised the sponsors who thought they couldn't fill the bowl with local attendants More than service ervice men were in the stands a great majority of them as guests of f Tulsa and New Orleans business business business busi busi- ness men who bought their tickets