Show NUMBER OF BASEBALL FANS GROWING YEAR YEARLY Y Th The official 1 attendance figures of the major leagues for 1911 1311 are not yet In iii print but bul the figures of lit 1910 will iii serve nc serveto to show b by comparison ho how rapidly at attendances attendances nt- nt have IH Increased l JI rI in eight years The Time total American lea league up attendance In li 1902 was Wall 2206 and In Imi l tom IO In th the Nation t National l ague In 1902 1002 the attendance attend attend- ance auice wa was and In 1910 69 31 These figures mean men nn an Increase In In tIme the American league of 14 and amid In the thc National league of or oo 8 R. R f Something like increase in f each league lu lii eight years yearn Is 18 striking evidence of the spread of popularity of or the national ga game ame tue On the whole hole th the Increase ase lies has been an annual in- in nual hut but there thEr have hate be n years In which the total WitH was slightly surpassed ed b by that of or th the year ear just jut preceding aarl vagaries va a a I garies arl are arp due duo to local conditions condition mostly motI the time showing of th the home hom t team m In some city dh or another but hut the thc growth has gone steadily ad 11 forward Take T Individual eases cases 1 i Tho The larJ largest e t single total In mm tho the American 1 league In 1902 2 was wall In Philadelphia Philadel I phia and In the time National league In iii New Nev fW York Compare these with th the 1910 figures Time The honn banner r American leaS league attendance In 1910 1110 was waR iu Boston 40 50 In the National Ifa league tt In Clil- Clil cago The polo pal grounds In 1910 drew 6 SO O over 1 twice as man many mans as 88 In 1902 Even on the smallest drawing cities t show how nn nfl Increase le The Philadelphia National league grounds rounds In lii 1910 IHO dr drew whereas h the Boston National league u grounds In 1 1510 1110 10 drew fh The smallest small smal- flIt est AOl American Ila league ue attendance In 1910 was In St. St h whereas the Hlf Baltimore home hm attendance In 1902 IJO was alt only Milwaukee Jumped perl from flom about In 1902 IO to U over O |