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Show 1 91 7 Receipts May Exceed Mark Established in 1912 EW YORK, Sept. 30. If the seat- Ning capacity of the baseball parks in which play will be staged were not limited there is no question that new attendance records would be established in the coming world's series between the Chicago Americans and the New York Nationals. So keen is the interest and enthusiasm created bv this intersectlonal struggle for diamond supremacy between the teams of the two largest cities of the nation that under certain conditions It is likely even the figures of 1912 may be surpassed. In the coming games the New York Polo grounds will seat 37,000 spectators, in round numbers. The Chicago While Sox rark- with due allowance for any temporary stands that President Comiskey mav elect to erect, will not exceed this paid seating capacity. As a basis uf comparison, therefore, the maximum capacity ca-pacity oi either park may be placed at approximately 37,000. Many close followers fol-lowers of the playing ability of the two teams Involved have reached the conclusion conclu-sion that, given anything like an jven break in the luck of the same, the ser'es will go at least six games before a decision de-cision is reached. May Equal 1912. If this proves to be the case, the total attendance in round numbers would aggregate ag-gregate 222.000. as against 251.901 actual paid admissions in the New York-Boston series of 1912, which, including one tie contest, went eight games. In order io surpass these figures, at least seven games between the New York and Chi-lf03 Chi-lf03 Pittsburg (N. L) vs. Boston (A. lOboNew York (X. L.I vs. Phitadelpl 1906 Chicago N. L.) vs. Chicago (A. I 1907 Chicago i N. L.) vs. Detroit ( A. 1 l'.'Ob Chicago (N. L.) vs. Detroit (A. I lfif.W Pittsburg (N. L.) vs. Detroit (A. I 1M0 Chicago V N. L.) vs. Philadelphia If 11 New York CN. L.) vs. Philadelphi 1M2 New York fN. L:1 vs. Boston (A. I 11' j? New York N. L.) vs. Philadelphia ! 14 Boston (N. L.) vs. Philadelphia ( 1&15 Philadelphia. N. L.1 vs. Boston ( :<i Brooklyn tN. L.) vs. Boston (A. I Totals Not played under national commiss cago clubs win be necessary to bring tlie aggregate attendance up to 2."9,(Kil). The awarding of the various playing dates as tile result of the toss of a coin -will have little, if any, effect upon the attendance, at-tendance, as it is predicted that the capacity ca-pacity of both parks will be completely sold out regardless of the days of the week or: which games will be played at Chicago or New York. In the thirteen series which have been played since 1S0:1, the official paid attendance at-tendance amounted to 1. ,01,777 and the receipts S2.S74.224. giving an average charge of admission of ?l.ti7 per spectator for each of the seventy-four games played. If this same rate were applied to a seven-game series between Chicago and Xew York, the total gate receipts would amount to S432.530. of which the national commission would take $43 27,3 the players S14S.2S6 and the club owners aoottt 5241,000. Admission Price Higher. These figures and divisions of gate receipts re-ceipts would not exceed those of the I y 2 seric.-. however, on the basis of an average aver-age charge of SI 67 per spectator, but in recent years the average price of admission, ad-mission, lias been considerably increased, as it was about S2.35 per head in the H'lii serie-3. Allowing for certain proposed pro-posed reductions, the "rate should not' fall nuu h below 2. which would ylve approximately approxi-mately S.IS.uOO for a seven-game series between the Chicago and New York clubs. This wculd exceed by more than S2.VJO0 the record receipts now credited to the 1312 series. The attendance figures hv series since the year 1903 follow: L.) S games 100.420 iia (- L.) o games !il,73 " 6 games !ii',v.4., -) 5 games 7.f'i$ -) 5 games 62i232 1 7 games 1 !o.205 (A. L.i 5 games 124, 222 a (A. L.) 6 games 17!,J.",1 S games 2H.'jcl (A. L) 5 games 1 .'.0,992 A- 1-- 4 games ill. 009 L-1 5 games 143.;;.il 5 games lfi2,v:a : 74 games 1,701.777 ion regulations. |