| Show RECORD ATTENDS FIRST IBAll BALL CONTESTS Chicago Cubs Set New Mark for Home Runs In First Week nr GEOnG GEORGE CHADWICK Copyright 1923 by The Standard Standard- Examiner NEW YORK April 28 28 2 Hla or WM was w a turned out In the th first ten dyS of oC the baseball ba season eason like t tIn tIn In a a cypress cypres lumber camp I i lie he larget crowd that ever attended II a ball game gamo fattened the th purses o 0 th the tho owners owner ot of the th Tanks Yanks The number present was announced lIS as More could have been pt p itin In the park a fact act which seem to 0 have been overlooked The bleachers were not Oiled filled to capacity and the big stand was wa c oser er filled Too many stood tood up In the rosin main tent Instead of oC sitting down downin i In the bleachers and und as lIS the anglO angle of oC Islon was as as cut oft in the th 10 low er stand by the overhanging o balcony the these e went away with a bad lini idols slon That does docs not matter In Sn the thelong thelong long run for the massive steel and concrete structure Is built bUIll for Cor a jI cen century tury and fans come corn and go The man to predict a crowd lot ot of 76 O in nih ji jia the rl regular jr process rc c o o oa a championship bill b season wa A AG AG AG G Spaulding He lie made mad this prediction pre prediction diction In an Interview hers heri In 1908 1008 de declaring would he-would he would not Ih liO liOto 0 to See such a crowd but that one gather within 50 sears l ears D Base Base- Baseball Base Baseball q- q ball men called that a wild lid Now the wonder onder why he did dill not INOW say Will there be crowds crowd 0 OZ Baseball Ba men mell hope not 1 1 hat sounds strange but ut It is h tr te e They are redl rul of the time size of or the tho s throngs thronS they have seen at 01 the Ian Ian- lan lan-kee kee stadium When the attendance mounts to such figures of oC 1 third league lea begin to them hera And u a third league is by ro no noI I means impossible I n critics say there are aro not lot enough h pIa players er erb for tor t two 0 leagues e K Then they center all nil their attention on some one pia player er until the rh- rh ris lug generation has hasi almost CorF ten that it takes nine players players I t tJ form a tI team 0 A gamo amo lIngers In and gloom until h he doe does something something- It If ho he docs does nothing ho cro crowd d takes It as a much to heart ns as the breaking ot of tho the bottle of oC bootleg at a picnic The American Idea ot of teamwork team the tho root of oC the game and anti one tl ing that made It great t Is now discount dlO discounted e ed The old story of oC o baseball was to eradicate the stir str The Tho ne non new stOll stor stor a n to maintain eight elgh or nine play play- players players play era ers with tolerance 1 he pia ers who contribute ninths eight of or the resent It at least among lg ci The second largest crowd J and th the largest that ever eser saw a i Sun ay game almost tilled filled 1 lita d It was as more wonderful than the first gathering because It shoe el ed edthe the Sunday holiday tendency of the tue elt city The rhe idea of oC o the European lan l'an Sunday seems to have completely ly revolutionized re the sentiment sentiment ot of o a quarter century ago when hen evou evell a abOld bOld boatti of oC aldermen would havo o en careful how v they ad advocated d Sunday sport All that is I Lase baseball ball and now for tor mol more The ChIcago Cubs made nearly third one-third as is many home runs in eight Ight games as liS toy tery made all last nison HlSOn a catcher who nho made mado no homers In 1922 made four in light eight this g list ten da dais s The ball or dead dad could not do that l here must be oatmeal and sirloIn behind the ball bail to gh give gise e It run home flight 1 don t l como come from Crom roam ta tape e Players who also could not accept n chances In a gime gine in 1922 have no difficulty doing so ibis Ihla II ear That cant can't be due to tho the hail LallI either Detroit's Dl heavy helVY batsmen arc are run running I ning true to form Corm Detroit s a ers ers are arc leaving leaSIng something to be desired The They ma may come along later A month at home should do them good goodMORE MORE Mom HISTORY Jones of the 1 against Washington as ns he ne H hJ hij lost a a gaIn against them Prior r to 1922 he ho was as almost against them More history Conro Conroy of ot Washington stem seems to tobo tobe tobe bo be steady steadying InS an nn Infield which has hasben ben running on a flat tire Ie IC lle he continues to play 90 per cent as al aswell stell ell the Washington will sill III be Le ad- ad advanced advanced ad advanced as one of oC the tao tao- torn tac-torn toni tors of oC o the rib mid-rib section of o the th American league That will make It harder for Cor tho the New lork Len Ym- Y tn kees to repeat as champions and nd will 11 virtually leave Boston Doston aJ a a a confirmed rear guird rd Young Youns- pitchers to bear tare t are McNamara Boston h Boehler Pittsburg Head Had phia phia Nationals Gene eno ene Boston Blume Giants Iloilo- Iloilo way Hollo-way way wY Detroit Detroit Hollow Dickerman Brooklyn ton and Kunz Pittsburg All of oC o them may m y make before the season Is 1 finished Ruth nuth to date is batting at time tile rate of ot 40 for Cor the sea un That may be b a n line on future his history tory |
