Show A COSTLY SPORT ALL is no nn bonanza this BASE year ealO gat at lea least t with many teams of ot the minor leagues There Thora Is much talk of ot transferring franchises of or and doubts about ability of or certain leagues to complete e their schedules among which however hoto the tho Pacific Co Coast t tIra Ira league Is not numbered The fans get their ideas too high his One single error and the bleachers begin to crab Another and the seats seals resound with take him out which do doesn't help a 3 nervous pla player er erto to do his his' part any am better belter It doesn't doc cost m ch to sit in the grandstand and abuse players pI who make occasional occasional occa occa- errors while if those who do o I most of the tho complaining aro are solicited to subscribe a dollar to help make makeup up ip the deficit the they are not to be found Baseball has hns become a costly and difficult sport in man many cities for the tho reason that tho the public will not be satisfied unless it has hns a n. winning team earn It is not so o much exhibition of ot good g baseball that hat it wants It demands the tho chance to see hated rivals bite the tho dust of or defeat If a team cam has a n. losing streak its attendance attendance attendance atten atten- dance is apt to drop one The baseball pace has been fever fever- Ish sh The rhe players have sensed their advantage Once the they acquired some reputation for fol speed peed they were beset by y managers and were able to name their own figure But conditions like Ike the these are arc not apt to be bo perma perma- nent Wealthy m m. men n who have financed fi financed financed fi- fi many of ot the minor len league teams cams have become tired of ot the tho costliness cost cost- Iness liness of ot their fad Th The public Is 19 economizing through these war ar wartimes wartimes times and players players' salaries are aro closer to a normal basis |