Show Big Ten Envious of South's Gate date By GRANTLAND RICE RICE- the sordid mention of P POSSIBLY money and money distribution shouldn't come into the matter of college football But when over a million dollars is being passed around it might be worthy of men men- tion Oddly enough the richest bowl of the lot the lot the Rose Bowl Bowl doesn't doesn't help to make any team rich Around was collected at atthe atthe atthe the gate but California Cali Call v fornia and d Ohio Ir- Ir a n o r Y State only got a ac IY c com comparatively o m p par a r a f small cut of this 5 amount Part of it itaw aw 1 went to the Rose Roses r ft s ii B Bowl Bow o I association x Y v. v but the major part 4 3 1 went to the various Y universities m a king king king k- k ing up the Pacific Grantland Rice C Coast o a a s t conference and the Big Ten So the Rose Bowl with its huge crowd and its immense gate cant can't be named as a up clean-up for any single entry The Big Ten really went into into into in in- to the Rose Bowl agreement a leading member of the organization organization organization or or- tells me to keep the south away from these big pots The southern institutions institutions institutions in in- would then use a big part of this money to raid the thc North for material and build buildup buildup buildup up stronger clubs So we decided decided decided de de- de- de to cut off this source of revenue without building up any single Big Ten team or any small group of teams The South's response to this act was to build large plants for three bowl games that will pay handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some returns For example in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas both North Carolina and Rice were expected to take home over each At a ticket and a paid admission admission admission sion of this was an easy trick The Thc Sugar Bowl claims a total of with a top price of 8 a seat This means yielding a neat chunk for both teams The Southeastern conference may have some rule of conference distribution distribution distribution tion but if so the plan hasn't been widely advertised At the Orange Bowl the guarantee is around for each team So the past season the South and the ilie Southwest have North Carolina Kentucky Rice and Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa raking in the gold which could permit an even rougher invasion invasion invasion in in- of Big Ten territory I haven't any Idea what Big Ten teams have as a budget or expense pool in the way of securing securing securing se se- se- se curing talent Maybe it Is largely an alumni matter But many southern teams have well over on tap I have been informed by v various a r i Iou o u S southern coaches and I dont don't think these pools are there to buy watermelons One of these coaches told me recently that his university had only with which to work How flow can canI I compete he asked against rivals with It is my idea however that all sections are just about the same when it comes to the sanity code The alumni are upsetting the sanity sanity sanity san san- ity ch chart rt 0 Buffalo and Pro Football If any city belongs in hi pro football football football foot foot- ball it is Buffalo The Buffalo Bills far from any championship squad frequently outdrew t the h e Giants and Yankees in New York They always outdrew the Bulldogs about 6 to 1 Buffalo is a hustling city with close to a million souls plus a civic spirit many other cities lack It is certain that a league of 13 cities will be a fall fail ure arc It Is still our steadfast belief belief belief be be- lief that there must be two leagues with eight teams in each circuit circuit circuit-a a copy of baseballs baseball's baseballs baseball's baseballs baseball's base base- balls ball's highly successful plan Certainly Buffalo belongs in one of these leagues Pro football has been so incredibly stupid in the past that it is impossible to forecast forecast fore fore- I cast any future act But it is difficult difficult I cult to believe that pro football will continue this stupidity If it does a flock of owners will again wind up swimming in red ink The game has a great chance i if handled correctly This means two leagues of eight clubs each meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing in a football world series with exhibition games in between If Il the new organization is handled as one league a few teams will make money but the big majority will lose just lust as the big majority have been losing heavily for the past 26 20 years The To Top Acrobat You YOl hear about this ballplayer and that ballplayer being the best around all-around athlete but theres there's only one outstanding acrobat His name is Joe Gordon of the Indians Gordon began as one of Oregon's greatest football prospects They tell me that as a freshman he was the looking best-looking prospect a coach ever sighted But Gordon figured he would rather play baseball and so he gave football the air of her grandmother |