1940_12 The Daily Collegian December 1940

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The Fresno State College Collegian -
ROOKIE JOE
By Zere
Ed Piston
Owen Stebbins
Ed Owcnsby
Jack Hansen
3000 SEATS, $40,000
Todjy noon the Board of Dirccrors will i
to pbcc its stamp of approval on a plan tc
large Ratcliffe Stadium to the rune of some !
000 or $-15,000.
The enlargement calls lor the aJdition of I
seats on the west side of the stadium betweet
thirty yard lines. A new covered press box
radio broadcasting booths are  included  in
"The powers that be" have smiled with I
upon the enlargement plan;
gone
By Joo Hinman and Owen Stebbins
AS PROMISED . . . After '30' today sticks its
neck out and gives what seems to be the respective odds on the finalists in the Queen's Ball
contest. These figures arc based on student
opinion and an "inside" story of how the
judges reacted to the candidates at the Tea
Wednesday.
Win   Lose
ORALEE ABRAMS      2     5
LA VERNE CALL      2     4
ILA JOHNSON      2      1
MARGARET SMITTCAMP        2     3
MARY FRANCES WITWER     2      1
MrLla^                 \
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IN SPITE ... of plea
election committee to sti
molesting election posters, i
fore the pictures of some of
candidates disappeared from the signs. In the
general election, the Election Moguls promise
that anyone caught molesting the posters will
be dealt with through the student court.
"We don't call it PLAYING HOOKEY in the Armyl"
femininities...
. '.    .    wooden shoes, wooden boughs
THE MACHINE . . . designed to put a Fresno
State player into the East-West game was
thrown into high gear yesterday by Mike Dodge
head of the Fresno Shriners. who whipped out
a long letter about the accomplishments and
record of Jack Mulkey, sent it up to the head
of the Shrine committee. Making the letter
irresistible. Dodge combined Keith Topping's statements that Mulkey is (he best defensive end on the coast, with those of Collyer's
Weekley, which compared him to Don Hutson,
greatest defensive end of all time.
inclusion that the Board will approve the
it being presumptuous in contradicting the voices from "Sinai," it might not be
amiss to cite a few possible objections to the enlargement plan.
The biggest argumenr against the plan hinges
on whether or not Fresno State College needs an
 l 3,000 stadium
football attendance figures shows rhat during the
1910 grid season an average of only 72 per cent
of the scats in the stadium were occupied. Does
this show a need of 3.000 additional seats?
Those in favor of rhe cnlargcme
this with the argument that if we had r
seats we would have a larger artendancc. However, the football financial report shows that the
general public has looked with increasing favor
upon the cheaper cast-side scats, and that in the
n there were only two games at which
all the "good" scats were sold our. This is hardly
an argument for 3,000 more "good.'' expensive
10,000 dollar loan would take around $5,-
m deducted from last years all-
rime-high football net. ivould have seriously hampered our athletic program. It can hardly be
hoped rhat the increased searing would up our
yearly net 25 per cenr, the amount that would be
needed to. finance the program without curtailing
cither student activities.  Is this an argument for    ^"j" where isThe traveling jacket for
3,000 scats? faculty member that the school is sending
All the above are arguments,   good   or  bad,    the Islands along
against enlarging the stadium.  There arc many
a losing team, poor wcarher,
al conditions, and an FSC Athcrton arc all possibilities that might place the FSC Association behind the eight ball in regard to financing the stadium enlargement plan.
It might be well for the members of the Board
of Directors to consider these things thoroughly
before they jump at the command of "rhe powers
COLUOIAN SPORTS
HOOPSCHEDULE BEGINS
The Fresno State College Collegian -
Fresno Opposes
Occidental on
High School Court
to Hal Beatty, c
will open Fresno State's basketball season tonight in the Fresno High School gymnasium.
rra Tillers at S o-clocs tonight and
Handicapped  with  colds, and  Beatty
Will Begin Casaba Season Tonight
MEMBERS OF THE 1940 CASABA SQUAD of Fresno Stale, which
will opon the local season tonight against Ihe Occidental quln-
lel in Ihe Fresno High gym are (left to right) Elam Hill, forward;
Ken Luclcin. guard; Walt Kraus. Center; Burt Aclcor. center; An-
gelo Pelropulos. forward. Elmer McCall. guard; and Joe Or-
chard, forward. Coach Hal Beatty is in tho foreground
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ARKANSAS TRAVELERS
Frosh Quintet
Meets Reedley,
Selma High Squads
With only ten days of practice, the freshmen Bullpup quintet, coached by Gib Rambo and
Bob Kelly, will meet the Reedley
Junior College five tonight at 7
, in their first game of the
Bulldog Eleven Goes
To Arkansas Battle
Coach Jimmy (Rabbit) Bradshaw and 27 Bulldogs ieft by
train Wednesday noon, for a trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, for
an intersectional bout with the Arkansas State Bears, Saturday, .
nights will precede I
Heading  the  llsl   or  Bullpups  vll
Sports Desk Gridders in Comeback
Defeat Editorial Writers 10 to 6
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