DAY, OCTOBER 24, 2950 THE MICHIGAN DAILY CK CHUCK'S CHUCKING: t's Ortmann of Old .s Passing Sharpens SMU Takes Top Position in A.P. Poll d> * * * * * By TED PAPES ,all's black magic, effective has come to Michigan's and has hoisted the Wol- back into the national 1 picture. wing his bid for All-Ameri- tinction, ,Charlie Ortmann iajored his team up and he Michigan Stadium turf ty with an excellent display ii wizardry which bewilder- ,onsin's Badgers. GAME ws highlighted by turn of the electrifying >ntinental' pass play used :essfully by former cham- .chigan units. re were other encouraging pments involved in the rine victory, omore Bill Billings emerged nting giant when he boom- ir of 50 yard items to help e the absence of Leo Ko- talents. Z Ben Oosterbaan has a in using Billings as a however. Because he is a reserve quarterback it is usually necessary for Michigan to use a timeout for a fourth down sub- stitution when a kick is called for. * * * ROGER ZATKOFF earned a measure of praise for his alert line backing until a sprained ankle caused his removal. Although it is too early to be sure, he should be ready for ac- tion against Minnesota this weekend. In that connection Larry 'Spin- ner' LeClair performed well as Zatkoff's replacement. He narrow- ly missed scoring a touchdown af- ter intercepting a Wisconsin pass. The usually drab Monday after- noon workouts were broken up yes- terday by a climactic race between Bill Putich and Les Popp over a 100 yard course lined on both sides by partisan Wolverine teammates. Popp outlasted the quarterback to reward his supporters. With racing activities settled, the team reviewed films of the Wisconsin game and began its pro- gram for retaining the Brown Jug. )a~jgeaYpus Wolverines In 14th Spot; Army Drops Notre Dame Receives SinglePoll Ballot By The Associated Press NEW YORK-Southern Metho- dist's unbeaten Mustangs galloped to the top of the standings today in the Associated Press weekly poll to determine the country's no. 1 college football team. Michigan vaulted into 14th place from the lower depths of the first twenty py virtue of its impressive dismissal of a previously heralded Wisconsin team. * * * SOUTHERN METHODIST, which made stubborn Rice its 42 to 21 victim Saturday night, gain- ed 96 first place nominations from the 246 voting sports critics. Army, leader the past two weeks dropped to second despite its 49-0 conquest of Harvard, while Oklahoma, the former runner up, slipped to third, the place formerly held by South- ern Methodist. Kentucky remained in fourth place and the top ten was com- pleted by California, Ohio State, Texas, Tennessee, Northwestern and Cornell in that order. Tennessee, Northwestern and Cornell are newcomers to the pre- sent list, replacing Stanford, Mary- land and Washington, all of whom were defeated last Saturday. ARMY'S FALL from the top fol- lowed its easy conquest of inept Harvard. The Cadets, unbeaten now through 24 games, had a 42-0 edge at the half before Coach Earl Blaik sent in his reserves. Okla- homa also suffered in prestige de- spite a lopsided win. The Sooners' measured Kansas State, 58-0, for their 25th straight victory. Only one ballot listed Notre Dame, former darling of the voters. It was for eighth place and the resultant three points dropped the Irish, beaten last Saturday by Indiana for the sec- ond loss this season into a tie for 39th place with Louisiana State, Yale, Iowa and Virginia. Indiana, Notre Dame's conquer- or, hopped into 19th place on the strength of the victory. Biggest jump of the tabulation, however, was registered by uin- beaten Northwestern. The Wild- cats leaped from 20th place a week1 ago to ninth today on the strength of a 28-23 victory over Pittsburgh., It was the fourth triumph for; Northwestern. The top teams (figures in bra- ckets indicate first place votes): Top Ten Points 1. Southern Methodist (96) 2,071 2. Army (84) 1,991 3. Oklahoma (35) 1,974 4. Kentucky (15) 1,286 5. California (2) 1,223 6. Ohio State (2) 1,121 7. Texas 782 8. Tennessee 345 9. Northwestern 333 10. Cornell (2) 313 Second Ten: 11. Miami (Fla) (8) 298 12. Illinois (1) 250 12. Texas A & M 169 14. MICHIGAN 146 15. Michigan State 102 16. Clemson 72 17. Wake Forest 67 18. UCLA 64, 19. Indiana 60 20. Florida (1) 54 Washington 53, Princeton 52, Kansas 47, Rice 40, Stanford 32, Maryland 26, Vanderbilt 23, Georgia 17, Nebraska 8, North Carolina 8, West Texas State 7, Loyola of Los Angeles 6, Duke 6, Georgia Tech 4, Alabama 4. SIT UA TION 'SERIOUS': Crisler Maintains TV Cuts Attendance * * * RESIDENCE HALLS Fletcher 13 Hinsdale 7 Michigan 13 Hayden G Williams 24 Tyler 0 Strauss 12 Vaughan 0 { PROFESSIONAL FRATERNITIES Delta Sigma Delta 12 Alpha Omega 0 Phi Delta Chi over Sigma Del- ta Chi (forfeit) By BOB VOKAC "Television is a sleeping giant just beginning to stir," declared H. O. (Fritz) Crisler, Michigan's Director of Athletics, in an inter- view yesterday. Criser elaborated upon his statement by saying that since television has hit college football, the decreasing attendance from one season to the next is reaching serious proportions. WHEN THE Western Confer- ence decided not to permit the televising, of Big Ten games this year, the primary consideration was the doubtful attendance pic- ture both to the Conference and surrounding institutions. "At the time that this decision was made," Crisler pointed out, "the, available information pointed to drastic attendance cuts if TV was permitted to carry Conference games. "Since the colleges didn't want to carry all the financial risk in- volved through gate receipt losses, and certainly the TV manufactur- ers or the set owners weren't about to assume a proportionate share of the risk, the Conference didn't feel it was in a position to carry the entire burden." Crisler explained that the per- mitting of theaters in key cities to carry telecasts is strictly an experiment. SINCE THE Conference banned the live-telecasting of Big Ten games, a wave of protests has swept the Mid-West from irate SPORTS GEORGE FLINT: Night Editor fans who are discontented about not being able to witness their favorite grid squads in action. (It is to be remembered that even though the Big Ten games are not televised on the date of playing, they are televised within several days after the game.) Many of these Big Ten en- thusiasts, normally tax payers of the respective institutions in their states, feel that they have some- what of an equity in Western Con- ference schools and therefore should see telecasts of the Satur- day tilts. "But if our sport's program should fail to make expenses, would the tax payers through their state legislatures feel dis- posed to grant the necessary ap- propriations?" asks Crisler. "At the present, our athletic plant doesn't receive a dime from the State." ALREADY attendance figures that are compiled from games played this year are bearing out earlier doubts about the probable effects of TV on football gates. Crisler mentioned the follow- ing examples regarding TV and attendance. Based upon 1948 attendance fig- ures, the East's attendance fig. KEEP A-HEAD OF YOUR HAIR 9 Hairstylists - No waiting The Dascola Barbers Liberty near state FRITZ CRISLER * * * ures for last season were off 23% and the Pacific Coast's figures were down 19%. So far this year, the East and Coast report they are being cut to pieces and literally crucified at the gates. This year the California and Southern California tilt drew only 50,000 compared to 89,000 in 1949. The Oregon and UCLA game's attendance was 25,000 be- low last year's gate. STATISTICS from the East so far this year indicate attendance figures at least 50% off the pace. The Navy-Northwestern game, usually a sellout, was played be- fore only 20,000 fans earlier this fall at Baltimore. In professional grid ranks, TV has also left its mark. The Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears played before 83,000 spec- tators last year, but only 18,000 supporters turned out this year. "All sports are being seriously hurt by television," Crisler com- mented," and as an example, the first two World Series were not sellouts but yet 38 million people saw the games. "Although the television inter- ests say that telecasts will increase the popularity of sports and thus increase the gate," Crislel7 said, "actually attendance figures for the last two years have been de- creasing at an accelerating rate." WHILE THE Middle West pre- viously had not been hurt too seriously by TV, the addition of more sets, new TV stations and relay TV stations, is beginning to be felt around the circuit. "Think of what TV would do to Northwestern's attendance now that Chicago can receive any game from anywhere in the country," posed Crisler. A solution may be in the South- .west Conference's television scheme. By only permitting the telecasting of games that are sell- outs, the Southwest has been able to keep up its attendance - figures and still accommodate to a large extent the television en'thusiasts. As to the television rights de- fraying attendance losses, Crisler stated that since Michigan re- ceived only $30,000 last year for its TV rights, even the smallest attendance cut could not be cov- ered by $30,000. Last season, approximately 550,000 people saw Michigan play at home. Using these figures, Crisler set up this situation: "Remembering that the East and Pacific Coast attendance figures are close to 50% off this year, say we were only off 20% through TV. That would cost us'$300,000-a bit more than the TV rights of $30,000. "And who," Crisler mused, "would make this up?" Browns Ask Ford Payment . 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