The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-01
RECORD. BREAKING
CROWDS At GAMES
National League Shows the
Heaviest Attendance of
Baseball Season.
$4,000 PEOPLE SEE
THE CUB-GIANT GAME
Close Calculation Shows That
7,246,354 Fans Witnessed
Seasons Contests.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK, Oct 3l.--Baseball made
a great record this year. AS close as can
be calculated, 1856 persons witnessed
the combined games OF the National and
American leagues. These figures are COM
puted after careful compilation and Sc
cured from each individual city. For the
first time since 1903 the Nationals out
drew their rivals. The grand total OF the
National league was 3,6Si,SSS. while the
Americans drew S,6l1 ,566. showing 23,b2Z
difference in the Nationals favor. In
1907 the American league outdrew the
Nationals by 660.9Tl. which shows an IN
American league showed an increase OF
2l26G2 over 1907. In one or two OF the
cities official figures were not ootalnaoie.
New York was the Nationals bright
spot. and careful estimates place the
figures at 10000 an average OF $4,000
per game, or one-fourth OF the total OF
the league
Chicago was second with 6e5,325, an
average OF 950+ 10 a game. Philadelphia
being third with a total Of 420. $50.
The White SoX led the american league
With grand total OF SS6'ose, while 81;
51S,9i7. this being the greatest season
the Browns ever had.
Besides the record mob OF $4,000 which
Witnessed the deciding game for the Ma
tionaI league pennant at the Polo Grounds
between the Cubs and Giants on October
8. some other record breaking crowds
were reported. The Chicago record was
broken October when more than 80, 900
saw the champions and P!ttsburgs play
a crucial game on the West Side on
the South Side the biggest Jam occurred
September Is, when more than 5000
watched the SoX and Maps play, st.
Louis set q new American record when
5000 watched the Browns and Detrots
plsy September 8,
Tigers Outdraw Pirates.
While Detroit. as a baseball city IS
usually spoken Of dispairlngly. the Tigers
optdTew the P!ttsburg team or their own
grounds. In the Michigan town the
crowds averaged 632I, while az the Smoky
Guy 5t5s witnessed the games. Sunday
The Athleticss figures show 3i.4o2 more
than the Phlllies. but the Athletics had
eight more playing days than the Philies.
while the Athletics showed 3 decrease Of
Every National league club Increased
its figures over 1907. while ave American
teams showed increases-Boston. st. /
Louis. Cleveland. Washington and De-
troit-chieago. Athletics and New York
leagues were largely responsible for the
increased figures.
The Cubs proved 70 be the best draw
ing team on the road. making an average /
though. as they averaged s1s3. Detroit |
was the best road team in the American /,
league, With an average OF 1S4T TO a game. |
Cleveland was second, with an average 1
q 1863. The combined attendance In I
Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Philadel- !
phia ana Washington was better than the /
combined figures OF Chicago. St Louis, |
Detroit. Cincinnati. Cleveland and Pitts
burg.
The western clubs of the American |
league Grew 2.ll3,504 20 the eastern cities !
total % 1885,. while the eastern cities !
Of the National league drew lS60,020 10 |
ihs western cities total OF l,774.9ss The |
large sunday attendance increases the |
western figures at least one-third