H 862-877 SOCIAL STATISTICS 

Series H 862-877. Participation in Selected Recreational Activities: 1896 to 1970-Con. 

Bowling Bowling \ Major league baseball attendance ' 

I Number I Number 1---- 1 Maj<1' league baseball attendance' 

Year 

Number of bowlers 

Number of tea.ms 1 

Number of 

alley 

beds 

American National 

League League 

World 

Series 

Year j bowlers teams ' I League League ' of '! of I Amer!ean National World 

Series 

862 863 864 868 869 870 , _____ j-~,,-~1----;;;-,!•-_8_6_9 -l--8-70--

---- 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 I 1,000 1,000 1,000 

1930 _________ _ 1929 _________ _ 1928 _________ _ 

1927_ ________ _ 

1925 __ -- ------

1925 _________ _ 1924 _________ _ 1923 _________ _ 1922 _________ _ 

192L- --------

1920 _________ _ 1919 _________ _ 

1918 _________ _ 1917 _________ _ 

1916 _________ _ 

1915 _________ _ 1914 _________ _ 1913 _________ _ 1912 _________ _ 

1911. _ - - - - - -- -

219 

1471 

116 

99 

81 

68 

54 

60 

32 

26 

27 

14 

16 

17 

16 

11 

9 

8 

6 

7 

43,000 

27 ,000 22 ,000 18 ,000 

15,000 

12,000 

10 ,ooo 

11,000 

7,500 

4,800 

5,100 

2 '700 

3 ,100 

3,300 

3,200 

10,796 i 

9,366 i 

8,426 i 7 ,419 I 

6,818 

6,299 

5, 776 

1-----------

1::::::::::: 

2,100 1-----------

1,500 1-----------

1,70() -----------1 1,700 ----------- 1,200 -----------

4,686 

4,662 

4,221 

4,613 

4,913 

5,187 

5,255 

4,603 

4,874 

4,620 

5,084 

3,654 

1.1os I 

2,859 

3,4521 

2 ,435 

2,748 ' 

3,527 I 3,264 

3,340 

Motion pictures :i: 

fishing llcense holders• 

---------~ I

! Paid hunting and 

Year 

1970 __________ _ 

Average 

weekly attendance 

873 

Million• 

1969 ___________ ------------ 1968 ___________ ------------ 1967 __________ _ 1966 __________ _ 

1955 _____ - -- -- - 1964 ________ ---

1953 _______ - ---

1962 ______ ----- 1961_ ______ - - - - ' 

1960 ________ ---! 1959 ___________ 1 

1958 ___________ 1 1957 __________ _ 1956 __________ _ 

ii*=========== Ii 

1952 __________ _ 195L _________ _ 

1950 _____ -- - - - - 1949 __________ _ 1948 __________ _ 

1947_ _____ ----- 1946 _____ - - - - - -

1945 __________ _ 1944 __________ _ 1943 __________ _ 

1942 ____ -- -- -- -

44 

44 

42 

43 

42 

40 

42 

40 

45 

47 

46 

49 

46 

51 

54 

60 

70 

90 

90 

90 

Box office receipts Hunting Fishing 

874 

Mil. dot. 

1,162 

1,099 

1,045 989 

964 

927 

913 

904 

903 

921 

951 

958 

992 1,126 

1,394 

1,326 

1,228 

1,187 

1,246 

1,310 

1,376 

1,451 

1,506 

1,594 

1,692 

1,450 

1,341 

1,275 

1,022 

875 

1,000 

22,184 

21,622 

20,859 

20 ,225 19 ,587 

19 ,372 19 ,059 18 ,679 18 ,175 

'18,202 

*'18,440 

• 11,924 

14, 764 14,918 

14 ,462 

14,192 

14,073 

14,803 

13,902 

12,661 l 

12,638 

12,759 

11,392 

12,067 

9,854 

8,191 

7,491 

8,081 

8,521 

87S 

1,000 

31,136 

29 ,855 

28, 787 27 ,072 

26 ,302 

24 ,976 24,47~ 

23,976 

23,084 

23 ,136 

* 23 ,323 19 ,914 20 ,178 19 ,277 

18,702 

18 ,855 

18,581 

17 ,652 17 ,128 16 ,027 

15 ,338 

15,479 

14,078 

12 ,620 

11,069 

8,280 

7,830 

8,029 

8,423 1941 ___ --- - - -- -

85 

85 

85 

85 

85 809 7,913 8,004 j 

I 

*Denotes firs~ year for which figurea include Alaska and Hawaii. NA Not available. Z Less than 500. 

5,447 

4,926 

4,881 

5,310 

4,920 

4,354 

4,341 

4,070 

3,942 

3,987 

4,037 

2,878 

1,372 

2,361 

3,052 

2,430 

1,707 

2,832 

2,736 

3,232 

Outboard 

motors 

sold 

877 

1,000 

430 

510 

500 

444 

440 

393 

390 

362 

360 

343 

*468 

540 

504 

550 

647 

515 

'479 

463 

337 

7 284 

367 

329 

499 

584 

398 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 170 

1 Covers only men's bowling teams in leagues sanctioned by American Bowling Congress. 

' Excludes Alas~ and Hawaii for all years. 3 Includes H:>wa:1 for all ;:ears. Beginning 1963, includes Alaska and Guam. Ex- cludes closed Circuit TV receipts. 

400 

!!IL rn- l I 1:111 , rn1 n~ 1 :11 3 630 3' 121 2. 7341 92 

213 

190 

199 

202 

328 

283 1905 _______ _ 

284 1904 _______ _ 2 470 3 ,024 2 ,664 (NA) 

301 2 400 I 2 ,345 2 ,390 , 100 1903_ - ------ 1 220 I 2,206 1,683 , __________ _ 

; ;~~ :::::~;~~~: :::::~;~~~:!;;;;;;;;;;; 

186 

270 

174 

237 

1902 _______ _ 19QL ______ _ 

1900 _______ _ 1899 _______ _ 

186 1898_ ------- 129 

163 

143 

1897 ________ 1 1896 _______ _ (Z) 

(Z) 

1 100 

~g 1::::::::::: :::::::::::1::::::::::: 

I I 

I 1 

111 

151 

252 

180 ' 

Motion pictures ' 1· Paid hun,ting and fishing license holders' 

!------------------ Average Box office 1 ., 

weekly receipts l Hunting Fishing 

attendance I 873 874 ,--~ __ 8_7_6 __ 

Year 

Millions Mil. dol. 1,000 1,000 

7,646 7 ,931 7 ,511 7 ,858 

6,903 7 ,436 

6,860 6,902 

6,658 5,832 

5,988 5 ,121 

5,918 4,856 

5,742 4,858 

5,777 --------~---

6,368 -----~------

1940_________ 80 735 1939_________ 85 659 1938 _________ ; 85 663 1937 _________ ! 88 676 

1936_________ 88 626 

1935_________ 80 556 Ul34 _________ ; 70 518 1933 _________ 1' 60 482 

1932_________ 60 527 1931_ ________ : 75 719 

1930 _________ 1' 90 1929_________ 80 1928.________ 65 1927 _________ i 57 

1926__ _______ ! 50 

1925 _________ 1 46 1924_________ 46 

mt:======.---------~~-============ __ _ 

Outboard 

motors 

sold 

877 

1,000 

130 

120 

100 

100 

50 

41 

23 

15 

12 

14 

44 

59 

54 

42 

83 

27 

21 

21 

16 

12 

17 

12 

'Beginnilli; 1960l includes multiple counting of license holders who bought l or m~re non-resident heenses. as. well as a license for their own home State. Exclude~ Col?rado, M1ch1gan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. ~ Product!on d1;irupted due to labor arbitration. 

Pla;roduct1on disrupted due to material allocation under the Controlled Material