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Show Plastics' Used To Wide Extent In Car Interiors The modern automobile, plu improved im-proved highways, is proving the salvation of college athletics, and because of that in some isolated instance in-stance the salvation of small universities, uni-versities, .according to J. R. Cross-ley, Cross-ley, vice president of th Automobile Automo-bile Club of New York. "A well known football coach and a college dean hav recently informed in-formed us." he said, "that attendance attend-ance at even th mediocre games has increased from one-third to one-half, one-half, while every major gridiron contest Is practically a sellout. Our own experience in the travel bureau bu-reau at the main and divisional offices of-fices of the Automobil club show a remarkable growth as far as motorist, mo-torist, interest is concerned, from year to year. During th two and a half month of th 1836 football season sea-son w averaged nearly 2100 inquiries in-quiries monthly as to dates of games, detours. Itineraries, accommodation accom-modation at local hotel and aim-ilar aim-ilar data. This year w will better bet-ter that figure." |