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Show CLUBS IN AMERICAN EARNING MUCH MONEY Close Race Has Brought Large Crowds to the Parks; Athletics Alone Will Lose. By FRANK MENKE. By Tribune Special Sport Service. NEW YORK, Sept. 2. The jeans of at least six American league magnates are bulging with currency and coin. The all-season closeness of the 1 9 lb race means one nf the most prosperous years in the history of the Johnsonian circuit. cir-cuit. The Indians, regarded as almost certain cer-tain losers iu a financial way when play began, have smashed ail Cleveland rec-; ords. They will make more money for their owners than any sixth city club in history. Their net profit for the season may go close to .17o,'miQ. The Yankee owners figured when the season began that if t hey could draw . a daily crowd of 4000 at home and on the road they would break even. Their average to date is about which j means "velvet'' of between $-j0.O0Q and ! ?Uiu.000 for the Yanks. The J.'ed Sox j home crowds have been fairly large all year. The club ha? drawn well on the road, and even if they do not win the pennant the Sox will conclude the year far abend in a lucre way. The Tigers always have been a great card on the road. The home crowds have bren very good and the Tigers surelv will make close to foiOuO fori Xavin, et al. j Things looked gloomy for Ph il. Ball j in a Jinancial way until about eight weeks a 1:0, A nd rlvm the Browns started their upward movement. Fortunately For-tunately for Ball, most of the Brownie wins came on the home lot. The crowds jumped from a few thousand to the nark capacity sort. Day after day the attendance increased and the turn came. The early deficit was wiped out and the hooks of the Brownies now .-how a nice balance which cannot be wiped o;:i entirciv. no matter how the cluii l'a:ei from now on. The White Sox ii"c well ahead of the eanie financially, due to some t"eat :TOv,--b at home airl sonic liue crowds' r.il tbe road. espo.-i.'jMy in J.-troit, St. I Lnui and 'Ic. -iand." Ti:e Senators! may make nmney and they may not. 1 The crowds they played to earlier in J the year were big, but during the last month they have shrunk. Tint even if the Sctiatoral owners lose the amount A will be small. The Athletic owners are j the only certain losers ' j |