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j FOOTBALL BIG MONEY GAME i iNational National Interest Indicated in Large LargeAttendances Attendances 96000 See Two TwoCalifornia California Teams Play College football the million dollar sport is living up to its reputation this year Evi ¬ dence of the national interest in the game is strikingly presented every Staurday when over 1000000 attend the various games while many more millions tune in and listen over the air Doubting Thomases of the magnitude of this sport that not many years ago was considered more or less brutal have only to glance over the re ¬ ported attendances at the games played last Saturday to realize the popularity of this he man sport For instance California and Southern California played to the largest crowd on record in Los Angeles 96000 see ¬ ing the Trojans trample the unbeaten Cali ¬ fornia eleven by a score of 13 to 7 Swing ¬ ing over to the East 62000 packed the Baltimore stadium to witness the struggle between Navy and Notre Dame the latter winning 15 to 0 The biggest upset of the season and the overthrow of the unbeaten Pittsburgh Panthers by Carnegie Tech be ¬ fore 61000 people Then 60000 saw Yale prevail over Brown 20 to 14 while in the Middle West Purdue surprised a crowd of 54385 in beating big Ohio State 12 to 0 Other large attendances were 42000 at the MinnesotaIowa game 44000 at the Ford hamSt Marys clash 36000 at the Mich iganPenn battle 35000 that saw Wisconsin trample unbeaten Northwestern 20 to 13 13Football Football admission prices are high rang ¬ ing upward from 2 in most cases so the take is enormous and it has been estimated that 50000000 is paid annually to sec and enjoy the great game
