Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
More New Plants in Sight.

The exacting requirements Of the ideal
game. as / have portrayed it, were full
filed on one or more occasions during
1910 in every major league city which had
modern base ball plant, and within an
other year-two more at the farthest-
every scheduled game of the American
League will be contested on grounds
owned by the home club and provided
with steel and concrete structures for the
accommodation OF patrons
The investments that have been or viii
be made in realty. building material
and skilled labor by major league clubs
Will aggregate an enormous sum, but
every OUTLAY will WELD substantial re-
turns, because the public demand for
clean. sportsnlanlike ball is growing an
nualiy. and the American League pro-
poses 10 meet il. No club owner can as
sure his patrons a championship team,
hut the guarantee Of the American
League goes with the purchase of every
ticket 10 one of its parks that the game
will he decided on merit, and win not
be marred by rowdyism.
Public's Confidence Best Asset
Public confidence in the integrity of
organized bali is It's best asset. This alb
solu:e reliance does not extend to exhi-
pition events even when high-class pop
Mar bali players participate. This ac-
counts for the wide difference between
team In a championship race and the
same collection OF players in an exhibit
ZION event IN attracting base ball enthu-
siasts. An instance In 1910 will serve
to illustrate the point I make.
AT the close Of the american League
race last fall a team composed OF Cobb.
the champion batsmau Of the year;
Walsh, Speaker. White. StanI and Tile
pick OF the Washington club. under Man
aScr McAleers direction, engaged III a
series with the champion Athletics at
philadelphia during the week preceding
tie opening game OF the worlds series.
The attendance. while rcmunerative. was
not as large as that team of stars would
have attracted had il represented Wash
fnston in the American League.
Game Needs Leagues Voucher
AI,houph the An-Stars demonstrated
their class by repeatedly defeating Mack's
champions. many admirers of the Attn
leties preferred reading the scores 10
seeing the contests. II was not lack Of
LOYALTY 10 the home team or appreciation
fVr the visitors that was responsible for
this apathy. hut simply indifference to-
ward base ball OF "a high quality unless
i, he vouched for by league
on the Tuesday following the last of
these exhibition games 1881 people saw
the Athletics defeat tho Cubs, and 24.5o7
came back the next day. No better ball
was played I'm these games. for which
advanced admission rates were charged
Than in the AN-Star-Ath lotto series but
TIE world series games were conducted
under the auspices OF the national com
mission. and the result of each figured
IN the winning OF the games highest
fonorS, whereas the exhibition events OF
the preceding week were meaningless in
the estimation of the public.
Scalping Evil Estranges Patrons.
One of the great problems the national
commission is called upon to solve each
year IS system 10 be employ in con-
Quoting the worlds championship games
IL IS our desire TO give the public the
best possible accommodations and elm
mate from thu series ticket scslpiny and
kindred eYib. Nothing will do more To
estrauge patrons from the game than
the treatment accorded them 10 the last