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
Bio Financial Success for the
New 0Wners-Gossip of the
Big Leagues

TX the BOSTON cruz WINS tue AIneEte
can League pennant OF 1912 il wiz do
for President James r. McAleer.
Treasurer Robert B. McRoy and Man
sger Garland tJakel Stahl what the
enicag0 Cubs did for Charles w. Muf.
ply in 1906
McAleer left hts managerial berth
at Washington, McRoy quit his posi-
ton as private secretary TO President
b. B. johnson, and Stahl secured leave
OF absence OF his hank when the trio
secured q Joint half interest In the
Boston club The price was said 20
be In the neighborhood Of $lJ6.00O
subsequently built
c. 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 70
be 100000 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 purs
chase price the first season.
Profits 70 Take Time.
OF course, Boston viii not begin 70
pay back its purchase price even Il e
wins q peflnant and figures Ia the
worlds series, for baseball values of
franchise as well as expenditures for
parkes have risen since 1906, but ;
pennant certainly would give the new
owners, who are popular all over the
circuit. a good boost on the road 10
prosperity
There Is another reason why the
profits might not mount as high -
some would expect This year has
been an off season In baseball SO lar.
Neither major league II doing the bus.
mess II should, while many minor
leagues which survived July are tot
terink. or COURSE. the ufla4or1oIe
weather IN the East and Central West
at the time when the season was open
Ing had much, to dc. Win Il.
May and June Dest months.
don't suppose many fafs know that
the league financiers figure May and
June as the best average months Tor
all the cities. Mind you, this does
not mean for the clubs fighting for the
pennant, but for the eight clubs N
each major league as whole. BY july
I the tailenders ordinarily are fairly
wen established unless 1t Is an excep-
tional race, and interest begins 70 fall
off in those cities which have no
chance.
Natural reasons explain part Of the
slumb this year, but not all OF Il.
Pittsburg and. Chicago have been &C
customed to championship clubs and
are disappointed at the long lead Of
the Giants, while even In New York
the fact that McGraws 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 -
last season, although the Phillies, re-
covered from their string Of injuries.
are playing much better ball. and on
real dope should pass Cincinnati In
the race Cincinnati started out at >
fancy clip and then slumped always
q darnper on attendance. Brooklyn u
about holding its own in attendance,
but the crowds at Boston are joke.
Off Year, for Sure.
In the American League, PhiladeF
phia and Detroit are below average.
The crowds at New York and %.
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
its 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 b
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 Ii an off year.
What concerns the profits Of the big
fellow but does not affect their life
in any respect threatens the very ex-
fstence of the minors. Some leagues
have cut down their circuits, while
others have transferred clubs and In
still others magnates have pockcted
their losses, hoping for better times
next season.