Show ana of sports night baseball may threaten games gaines fidure u lure by ROBERT released by western newspaper union W if I 1 THER or not night baseball will continue its present remarkable growth depends not so much upon club owners and man tigers cis as upon the millions of tans fans who loot foot the bills and that in tills this illja instance nee la Is just too bat bad baseball addict Is very likely to declare himself in favor ot of nocturnal encounters ho fie cant be blamed for that A majority ot of fans ans find it impossible to see sec more than th ono one or two afternoon games each week work interferes constantly with lighter pursuits but night games tako take care of that matter after his evening dinner tile the bleacher baron can strike out for the ball park settle down with a bottle of pop and with time out for a few hoarse yells take things easy unc for tile pre present ent day fan fall but indirectly lies brightening tile the future of some other oilier sport every additional dollar the baseball magnate takes in fit through night gain games es means a double loss in days to 10 come lie is slamming lie door in it the face of the ono one group that helps keep baseball the sport it Is today I 1 that group Is composed of tile millions of small boys of tile the nation they cant buy tickets today aythey tod they see sec a whole nine innings only when the knot role hole gang is admitted free of charge cliar gc kids alay lose interest but every year a new generation of ticket buyers comes of age in the past they have grown up with the sport the kids often know more about league standings batting averages and various standings than do the adults however if more and more games are played at night the kids wont be at the ball park to see them the game will lose its familiarity and something will be found to replace ili 11 something that has a closer appeal not so many big league managers and club owners are arc wholehearted whole hearted disciples of night baseball they feel that artificial lights are just that kind of a stimulus right now its doubtful that they can do much about it the trend Is toward the maddas the bright lights seem to be as profitable at a baseball park as in a nightclub and very few of the purse holders are arc willing to kick a dollar in the teeth edward G barrow ot of the yankees is a staunch advocate of things as they are ile he echoed the opinions ot of quite a low few contemporaries when he stated not so long ago that night base baseball ball Is a thing ot of evil lie ile disposed of it in one sweeping statement gate receipts up gate receipts for baseball have Inc increased reasel per cent in 20 years now why go in for any now new tangled ideas with mith those figures staring at you in the record books we used to think a crowd of was a gang now on our good days if we dont have we think some things wrong the game has prospered by its regularity and dignity why these new ideas barrow when he made those remarks thinking of the yanks alone lie he had every big league club in mind larry Alaor liall th the e man who started th the c craze for night games now wants to turn on the dimmers lies iles scarf fearful ul where night baseball may lead the dodgers manager declared that the browns in made abc a mistake in doubling the usual at allotment of night games fames lie he stated emphatically that held hed never approve of more than s seven even night games ga more would hurt daylight attendance the backbone of the game por for the sake of baseballs future it is to be hoped that all executives i will bear in mind the fact that daylight attendance is the lifeblood ol of the game sport shorts paul derringer and ernie lorn lom bardl bardi form one of baseballs heaviest batteries their combined weight is pounds tarzan taylor line coach at marquette lie he keeps it always wears a flower fresh in a small vase that fits into the buttonhole of his lapel craig wood wanted to be a civil engineer youngster he le went to as a college for one year then quit to golf job at lexington take a pro ky mule dowell former chicago chicado cardinals fullback is athletic director at texas tech eleanor holm still holds 10 of the 14 A A U backstrom back backstroke ice records lou los angeles cut fielder who belongs to the cubs has league batting average a 4 year minor of when arguments begin in the vange Evang line cline league in alexandria L la n the club games switches a off ff the arc lights until play most compact ol oi resumed li Is baseball leagues is the tar neel heel A B president league of north carolina M C campbell who headquarters at newton N C Q does not travel I 1 more than 38 miles to visit any pamy B berg erg 22 year old town Minne minneapolis apo ills golfer will receive annually tor for turning professional |