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Show Grid Attendance Booms in Rockies Figures Show Increase in Most Areas NEW YORK, Nov. SO (UP) Nation-wide college football attendance at-tendance this season hit a postwar peak by allowing a 3.88 increase over the IMS season, a United Press survey of 109 major colleges revealed Wednesday. Continuing the unbroken advance ad-vance that began with the postwar "golden era," a grand total of 1 S.MS. S.-MS. MS persona saw games this year as compared with 13,133,367 at the same colleges in the previous pre-vious season. And though tha over-all Increase of 310,376 is comparatively com-paratively small. It was considered spectacular considering the in-msrta in-msrta ef fr1-"'1"-, g"' tightening of the nation's economy, and the fact that attendance in other major sports has declined. la only two sections of the nation, na-tion, the east and the far west, waa there a decline, while in the excitable southwest, where the sport hit a nsw peak in popularity : there was a gain of 18.26. The east, which has most competition I from television, ahowed a 6.68 loss ta fans, whlls the decline In the far west waa a negligilo 0.83 or lees than 1. Rockies Boees The sparsely populated Rocky mountain region had the second largest gain In crowds, up 7.68, and th deep south was next with a T.48 increase. As usual, the midwest with Its huge stadia had the largest over-all attendance of any section, but Its percentage of increase waa only 5.71. The average crowd thla season in th 606 gam ee covered by the survey waa 26,868, aa compared with a per-game average of 23,855 for 512 gams In 1948. As always, there Is no substituts for a fins team as a drawing card, and Oklahoma's perfect-record Sooner were in th main responsible respon-sible for tha big increase in south-wast south-wast patronage. A total of 228,400 fans watched Oklahoma in five home games, as compared with 122,300 for four home games in 1848. The total southwest attendance attend-ance for 10 schools surveyed was 1,693,102, as against 1,419.683 in 1948. Midwest Strong In the midwest there were 3.S60,-644 3.S60,-644 paying patrons In 1949 and 3,368,368 in 1948. Th south had 3,117,868 fans at th school surveyed sur-veyed thla year and 3,900,778 a year ago. In th Rockiee, where there waa oonslderable Improvement in th quality of play, the total 1949 attendance at-tendance was 489,448, .as against 484,648 last season. Busy H Team Atundanct AttendeiMe OeaMs 1949 oemu IMS BrlfMM TOO! t I3.24S ;i.5s CM4e . 7T. . t 2 SOO 8 - 65.000 Sii a a m . I af.eis s 29.534 Colons Coltas S S1.031 f 1' ! CotoreSe MM4. . j.ll 4 .04t ColorMeSlau.. j j.J24 6 1J Donver S 142.SOS S 1SS.000 utiTV . ..::: ioo.43 ioi.sso uS5 tuts':::: l jj.ooo s 40.000 WroaSas ..... e ST.SOS 4 TVUU 48 S 442 41 4S4.S4S lmu arawe 10 1ST S.S1J TuneM eow 14. S4.SOJ. (PumiUII Of InartlM. T.SS.1 |