Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-07-06

there is baseball Under the wings
of "organized ball" are thirty-six
leagues, exactly three dozen. The az
erage number of clubs per league is
about seven. This makes 252 teams
playing, barring those that were pre-
vented in some sections by rain
Since IN nearly every case there were
double-headers and several more than
the usual number of men performed
1heef were approximately 5000 play
ers OF organized ball' alone enter
tanning the fans Of the country. It'll
would not be an eXaggeration to esti-
mate that probably two million per-
sons saw the games of these teams.
Outside "organized BALI theer were
several thousand teams in the coun-
try playing, including amateurs and
seml-proiessionals each contest hav-
ing It's own crowd, some of them riv-
alllng and in a number of cases ex-
ceeding the throngs at many of the
way OF getting a good basis for an es-
innate on the total number of specta-
tors at such games, but it might be
anywhere between five million and
fifteen million.
Thousands engaged in such sports
as tennis and golf. In the so-called
Metropolitan District alone-around
New 4ork-ther care siXty-five golf
courses, and, according to reliable es-
Inmates, about three hundred tennis
courts. All of them were crowded
all day long. Chicago and Philadel-
phia are almost as we'll supplied in
this way, and every other city of any
| size i'll the country has its golf and
tennis devotees in large numbers.
Track and field meets were held in
nearly every city in the country, and
many OF the smaller town had their
principal events of the year of this
| kind. Chicago, with the National
Championships, of course, leads off,
with the big event which winds up
today. In New York theer were near
| ly a hundred different sets of athletic
games, on every available field and
park.
Hundreds of those who can afford
| yachts, motOrboats or automobiles
took part in contests or outing that in
a general way can be classed under
the head Of sports. Bathing in the
sea, lakes and rivers may be treated
! the same way, even where there are
not regular competition.
Horse racing, both of thorough
breds and harness horses, provided
entertainment for many. And, while
on the subject of animals, don't for
get mans best friend the dog, who
was the center of interest in number
OF big bench shows. and also the fist,
who was hooked by many a happy
angler. Also the rifle and shotgun
popped merrily, both in shooting COM
pCtltlOilS ttllu Ill pldlll, SOOu OiC-LdSu~
Toned hunting.
There were boxing contests, large
and small in several cities of the
country. They did not offer open-air
inducements in many cases but they
provided the mental thrills which are
at least one-third of the main idea.
There was an archery tournament in
Philadelphia, cricket in several cities
and also rowing regattas aplenty.
Nobody could name a list of the
holidays sports without being su-a to-
forget some. SO numerous W.a:c they.
But wat VIC had yesterday does not
make up all the sporting activity of
the great American public. There are
the games of other seasons-football,
lacrosse, hockey, billiards, basketball,
handball, gymnastics, wrestling and
then some
Where's a m%n who says the coun-
try is not going sport-mad? And
L H.