| Show i What Fans Pay For i fi Baseball Each Year J V 41 What That do Americans ns spend pend for base base- c in jn a season eason 1 To fi fix the tho sum at i 17 might seem like an at ration to some ome people That is 13 monc money enough h to bu buy baseball tickets for the thee theet t oj men men of otin voting a ago o in the theL L country with l eno enough h left over o to allow one half of thorn thom to see sec c a n. second game ille Yet this estimate is conservative It ItI I 1 does not cover all tub ground In the arc for fOl six f f months of baseball by b- the sixteen clubs club l' l in jn the two great reat leagues tot c or thereabouts taken b by nines in the minor minor leagues ues an and andi andt t i estimates a as 38 near as ns may be of the spent by amateurs and men and j f boys who follow the sport in thousands and lots of ot parks parke open The spent pent at the gates of thirty eight leagues ue for games ames b by pro pro- clubs covers every l large r e cit city I nd td the towns of consequences wit with verv erY er few exceptions from the Atlantic Atlantico I Ii i p to o the Pacific The Tho total attendance at the National and American lea league games gaines last year was estimated at persons going goin to tho National and 3 to the American lea league ue games The would be he enough people to populate Greater New York Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia and arid Newark N. N J. J In Majors The estimate of receipts for these t IES IE'S was based bj by an authority on baseball on tho general rule that two two thirds of u n crowd at a city game gamera ra 30 aO cents and over and third one an I of 25 5 vents Adopting these 6 Irs the spectators paid at t least This takes no of one dollar seats In the ion fon of ot tho the same authority tho the extra charge e of oC 50 cents would in fl a season bring the e receipts up to at least The attendance in each of the cities t m where the National and American lea league ue games were played compared with the population 0 of the cities shows that baseball was the most popular in in Boston There was as a spectator at a a. a tame lame for every ery person in the city with left over o for a t second visit isit St St. t. t Louis came next with spectators for all alli i bot of her people Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia wa was represented by nearly two in ever every three of her people Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land sent pent nearly four in five Washington Washington Wash ash ashin in ington toD two ia in three and antI Cincinnati Pittsburg and Detroit four in every even everyn nyc five n of tho the inhabitants In New York tb the average was one ono in ill four and in Chicago o two in every cry five fi inhabitants inhabitant The popularity of the game ame in each cach eachL L of the eleven cities where these league o ganes amts amt's aro are played is sho shown n by the attendance at- at in another wa way There arc are two teams in five nrc of the tho cities Chicago 0 Boston BoE St. St Louis Phila Philadelphia elphia and New York The National league is s without opposition in Pittsburg Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn n and nd Cincinnati the American lea league ue in Cleveland Detroit and Washington Each team plays games am in iu in a season seaton lasting a trifle more than six x months half One of these games ames the tho club plays play I on OD the homo home grounds The Tho following summaries summaries are aro based on these facts the attendance atten ance in the first five cities e being be be- ing for both lea leagues uc Attendance by Cities 4 New York York Seasons Seasons Season's attendance average e daily attendance Seasons Season's s 's attendance Philadelphia Seasons Season average daily attendance 6 13 r y Chicago Seasons ChIcago Seasons Season's attendance 87 daily average attendance 2070 r f Boston Boston Seasons Seasons Season's attendance j I 1 98 average daily daHy attendance St St. t. t Louis Louis Seasons Seasons Season's attendance average daily attendance Cincinnati Seasons CinCinnati Seasons Season's attendance GOO average daily attendance P Season Pittsburg-Season Sea Seasons Season's ons on's a daily attendance Jl 06 average erase daily dail- attendance Brooklyn Seasons Brooklyn Seasons Season's attendance daily ily average vera o attendance t Cleveland Seasons Season's Seasons Season's attendance 16 average daily attendance 4 Detroit Seasons Detroit Seasons Season's attendance 09 a average daily attendance WashiD Washington Seasons Season's ton Seasons Season's attendance j 2 1 O average daily attendance 2882 The people of faur thirty towns like Kausas Cit City Louis Louisville lle Buffalo and arid Pr Providence R. R L I. pa pay for a seasons season's eafOn 8 games ames by the thc class A teams of the association of minor leagues es The American association with eight clubs in the middle west and the Eastern East East- ern era league with as many more clubs in inthe inthe the east cst and Canada have Lave receipts era a averaging for each club The Pacific Coast league with four clubs and the western lea league e comprising six six clubs in in the Rocky mountains and states west of the Mississippi avera average e receipts for each club in a season teason The Southern lea league e comprises r eight teams The receipts of each aver aver- a ago c a year Class B of this tiis as association consists of ofen s seven even en leagues in in four fifty cities like ew Haven Conn Coan Albany Utica II Scranton Pa and aud Springfield Ill From t these eEC four fifty cities come como 3 as a tribute for fol baseball This tot total l is ill based on a conservative athe estimate of as the seasons season's a receipts of each club tub Receipts of Minor Leagues The same figures apply to the forty forty- ei eight ht clubs ip in seven eu lea leagues es belonging to class 0 in tho the associations association's list The 1 I games Of these teams draw from cities like Jike Galveston Savannah io and Richmond Va One hundred and fourteen clubs club in inas inas as many cities from Maine Maino to the Pacific coast toast form seventeen leagues eg which i complete the minor associations association's list Each Men of these clubs has receipts averaging aver aging a year The Tho 11 1 take in in ill a s season The balls and bats used by all the I lea leagues mere ell mere matter of detail br as they m to be mean be-mean mean an n outlay of more more than in a a. season The Ameri- Ameri l can CiD and nud National leagues use Uc from SOD f i. i to 1000 bats in a year and tho the best sell i t at t 1 a piece These sixteen clubs also also USe lC ee from SOD to 1000 dozen baseballs t at t 12 12 a dozen The clubs in the minor minorI I t leagues require from 2500 to dozen balls jails They use an average a of sixty ate each in a season v Ioro thau than a n season is spent b by y v JC the managers of the big league lealUe i elu dub for fOl running running- expenses Crack clubs hk like tho the Pittsburg tho the Chica Chicago o oi i land and na the New ew ew York team in tho the National league eA e cost a year It is not easy wy to buy a team that will wilI have a Q how i owin in the tho ra race e for fot the pennant for foress fori i us ess s than a year If an cra a average I is III struck at 50 and the sixteen dubs Club jn in the two leagues are arc counted L the nn co item of expenses runs up to i WO for a month season or a I bA VA A b o K professional baseball club costs a a day dav- This is is spent for far fort t t railroad lr ad f fares fres res hotel bills hu buses bused elf sal sal- I at an ground expenses A At th this s r rate to f I the e clubs club in hi the two big hie leagues Lt t dose close t to a a. a dav day rou I lasts Jast for six six ix months month from the middle of f April till about October 15 lu Ju in a season sea sea- i I son flon of twenty five weeks the daily ex ex- pense account foots up to What Players Cost Each Eich bi big club carries t twenty enty men on onan onan onan an average I. There Thero are never less than I six six pitchers Sometimes there are oi eight ht Two Two catchers are arc considered enough h hI i for most clubs There is is as a general thin thing one ono extra man for the tho four infielders infielders in in- fielders and another for the tho four outfielders out out- fielders A fairl fairly good pitcher may be had for or a season Tho The crack pitcher costs cost The salaries of the catchers jn ju tho bi big clubs run from 2500 to An allowance of I apiece for the other pla players ers said Baid one authority in baseball would bo ho a liberal one If by a lucky luck chance i player is s ouo one I of a team playing worlds world's a championship championship championship champion champion- ship game ame like those of last year his seasons season's earnings are aro swelled b by a liberal lib hb eral cral bonus Last season spectators spectators tors paid to see the tho championship championship champion champion- ship games ame The Chicago players received received re reo re- re a bonus of 2089 those on tho the Detroit team of 1945 apiece piece Tho The contract lists in the minor minor leagues foot loot up to nearly nearl From these clubs club are arc drafted tho the recruits recruits re reo re- re I for the bi big city teams There I were players drafted in this wa way wy I in a year for whom was paid iu in sums ranging from to 1000 To the time salaries is added an allowance of 30 apiece for each player on the league o teams for uniforms uniform This means two flannel suits in a sea season on at 15 lo apiece For tho the players in in tho the sixteen sixteen six six- teen clubs climbs in the bi big bg leagues this item i would come to for tho the season A similar allowance for the players I in tho the minor leagues agues es would swell tho the tailors' tailors bills of the tho professional players I to j I 1 Umpires Expensive When the fans yell at the umpire and aud auda a agree that bo he's hes s a n. piker and anti no good they seldom stop to think that these useless luxuries at the bi big cit city James games are arc costing them an anywhere herc from to a a. season There arc are six six umpires in each of the big bis lea leagues or twelve in all Their salaries ran range e efrom from 2000 to for tho the B season ason The umpire has bas to spend at least 30 50 before he has a ri right ht to be yelled at nt His uniform costs him from 25 to 30 Ills His mask is made especially for him It costs from from- to 5 Special pads must be bo made for his bis legs and body and sell elI at 12 Thus the twelve umpires um urn- pires pa pay something like for fot the privilege ile c of ot deciding in a a. game W The returns arc not always commensurate rate with these expenses A visiting club receives es one one half half tho the returns from the tho cent 50 seats and aDd one half the money from the tho cent 25 seats but has no share in the dollar seats scats The The weather the tho popular popularity of the team their position in the race for the pennant pennant pen pen- ant nant tho the records of the opposition club I in tho the same sarno city city all all have bave a part in results re rc re- re I suits f that are arc often uncertain Baseball men tell teIl of some clubs club's whose share for four games is is- SOO an average n of for a game The rate applies 3 again aiD and again agam to tho the If Amateurs Spend Money How much amateurs spend for baseball baseball base base- ball sa say the dealers it is impossible to tell except b by ba a very general esti esti- mate If each of 01 the colleges universities uni and technological ical schools in inthe inthe inthe the country had a baseball team and andI the latter used sed in a a. season twenty dozen balls at 12 a a. dozen and fifty bats at 1 each the annual expense b bill would be nearly When it comes to the sales Bales of equipments for other amateurs amateurs ama ama- tho the tra trade e is divided amon among scores of manufacturers and thou thousands of small email shops Experts said that anything anything any any- thin thing like an accurate estimate would be out of the question on If one-half one of f the spectators at tho the professional professional pro pro- games gaines in a season should play ball be divided into nines and each team should be given ven a ball and bat it would take tako to pay tho the bill biU It would take tako all the silver mined in ineada in Nevada e in a n year car or upward of to for the tho sixteen ball pa pay pas parks needed for the tho National and American league games ames The sums tied up in grounds rounds grandstands and arid bleachers of course vary ary considerably At the polo grounds rounds the one m-one paid under the lease is the tho most important item in other cities the tho ground round may cost less but tho the improvements aro are finer Tho The National lea league grounds in in Boston Doston Bos Dos ton St. St Louis and Philadelphia are dab orate The American league has bas fine properties in Boston and Cleveland and andis andS I is S planning costly improvements in Philadelphia So the total amount of capital tied up in the tho grounds also becomes a matter of general estimates One of tho men best qualified to speak fixed the average value of the tho National league e grounds at each or for the tho ei eight ht Tho American lea league e clubs he said belonging nJ as ag they did to a youn younger er eror or organization had not had a chance to spend so eo much money moner So the average cost of each of their fields would be bemore bemore more mor like liko apiece or a total of BILLIARD GAMES The scratch men were victors in fri th the tho class B billiard games played Tuesday at Malones Malone's academy Dr Nunn Nuan 75 de dp defeated debated de- de bated Dr Loomis 55 by a Q score of ot 73 75 to 19 C. C T. T Morgan 75 defeated H. H TWilson T. T Wilson 60 CO GO by a Q score of ot 75 to 48 The games ames for Wednesday arc are Arnold v vs Wilson Morgan vs Dr LoomIs EASY FOB FOR OCCIDENTALS IDAHO FALLS Sept 16 The The local t team arn was vas defeated In a l one one-eld d game here yesterday afternoon by the Occidentals Occidentals Occidentals of ot Salt Lako City by a a. score of 16 to 6 Tho visitors had a batting streak with Claude Burns Burn leading the bunch Clark and Harrison pitched good ball while hUe Howard for the locals was v hit lilt all aU over overtime th time lot Tho The Occidentals will play In tn Brigham City tomorrow afternoon |
