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Show HITS WESTERN LEAGUE HARD Sunday Lid on Amusements in Iowa Is Serious Blow to Baseball in Hawkeye State. The clamping down of the lid on all amusements in Iowa on Sunday through the state "blue laws" may prove serious to the Western league, writes Judge in Omaha Bee. Sunday is the big day in every city in the league. It is, in fact, about the only day in the week that large crowds turn out to witness the diamond clashes in the Zehrung loop and the existence of every club in the league practically depends upon its Sunday attendance. Each club, for instance, draws ten Sunday Sun-day dates at home. An average attendance attend-ance probably would be 3,000 a game unless some city is so unfortunate as to lose several Sundays through bad weather, in which case- the average would be lower. This means 30,000 persons and the total attendance of all other games during the year will not greatly exceed this number, if at all. If Sioux City and Des Moines are prevented pre-vented from playing Sunday ball, neither neith-er club is likely to last long. They can't afford to lose 30,000 admissions. The very existence of the Western league is unquestionably likely to be threatened seriously unless these clubs are allowed to play on Sunday. . |