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Show MONEY TIED UP IN BASEBALL Interesting Comparison Is Made by Secretary Langtry of American Bowling Congress. It is said that $34,000,000 is tied up In baseball in this country, Secretary Langtry of the American Bowling congress con-gress offers an interesting comparison between the money invested in the. national sport and in bowling. Ho says there are more than 200,000 bowling alleys in the United States, and each one represents an average cost of ?500, barring pins, batls and pent, in the event the manager does pot own his own building. This would make a total of $100,000,-000 $100,000,-000 in alleys alone, with $1,000,000 for pins, considering that each alley had only one set of pins. Most cf them have five or more and the nominal, cost of a set is $5. |