Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-23
This IS AN OFF.
YEAR IN ALL
LEAGUES
Boston Club Promises To Be
Big Financial Success for the
New 0Wners-6oSSip OF the
Big Leagues

If the Boston club wins the Ameri-
can League pennant OF 1912 Il win do
for President James r. McAleer.
Treasurer Robert B. McRoy and Nam
ager Garland tJakel Stahl what the
Chicago Cubs did for Charles w. Muir
ply in 1906,
McAleer left his managerial berth
at Washington, McRoy quiz hts posi-
ton as private secretary TO President
b. B. Johnson, and Stahl secured leave
Of absence OF his bank when the trio
secured q joint half interest IN the
Boston club. The price was said 20
be in the neighborhood OF $115Q00
without the new stands which were
subsequently built
G. w. Murphy, in behalf Of himself
and Charles p. Taft. closed an option
on the Cubs in the fall preceding the
season of 1906. The price, including
stands but not real estate, was said 10
be sos, 900, In the first year OF the
new ownership the club won PEN
nant for the first time In twenty years.
The profits nearly paid back the pur-
chase price the first season.
Profits TO Take Time.
or course, Boston. viii not begin to
pay back its purchase price even II Il
wins pennant and figures in the
worlds series, for baseball valueseof
franchise as well IS expenditures Ter
parkes have risen since 1905, but
pennant certainly would give the new
owners, who are popular all over the
circuit. good boost on the road to
prosperity
There is another reason why the
profits might not mount as high as
some would expect. This year has
been an off seasou In baseball 50 Car.
Neither major league Is doing the bus
mess Ii should, while many minor
leagues which survived July I are tot
tering. or course. the sunf1yofa1Ie
weather in the East and Central WEST
at the time when the season was open
ing had much to do with Il.
May and June Best Months.
/ don't suppose many fans know that
the league financiers figure May and
June as the best average months for
all the cities. Mind you. this does
not mean for the clubs fighting for the
pennant, but for the eight clubs IN
each major league as a whole. BY July
l the taiLenders ordinarily are fairly
well established unless 1t Is an excep-
tional race, and interest begins to fall
off in those cities which have no
chance.
Natural reasons explain part Of the
slump this year, but not all OF Il.
Pittsburg and Chicago have been ac-
cnstomed to championship clubs and
are disappointed at the long lead Of
the Giants, while even in New York
the fact that McGraw's men are 30
far out in front robs the game Of some
of their zest Then Philadelphia and
St Louis are not doing so well a.
last season, although the Phillies, re-
covered from their string OF Injuries,
are playing much better ball, and on
real dope should pass Cincinnati ID
the race Cincinnati started out ct
fancy clip and then slumped, always
a damper on attendance Brooklyn Is
about holding its own in attendance,
but the crowds at Boston are Q joke.
OFF Year, for Sure.
In the American League, Philadel-
phia and Detroit are below average.
The crowds at New York and St
Louis, owing to the positions OF the
clubs, are poor. Boston and Washing
ton, of course, are attracting the fans,
although Boston was unfortunate IN
losing by rain several feature dates
at home. Cleveland is nearly holding
it's own. Chicago started with tremen-
dous crowds when the White Sox were
out in front and still gets out big
gatherings. In this respect Chicago Is
peculiar. The White Sox probably
have larger personal following which
will follow the club through thick and
thin than any club in either circuit
When it is said and deduced the
fact remains that this Is an of year.
What concerns the profits OF the big
fellow but does not affect their life
in any respect threatens the very ex-
istence OF the minors. Some leagues
have cut down their circuits. while
others have transferred clubs and IN
still others magnates have pocketed
their losses, hoping for better times
next season.