The Sentinel=record., 1914-10-04
BASEBALL DOPE
 ON WORLD SERIES
STATlSTlCIANS BELIEVE THERE IS CHANGE FOR RECORD OF
 ATTENDANCE ON GAMES
eoston and Philadelphia for Many Years Have Shown Disposition to Appreciate Their Respective Ball Teams.

New York, Oct. 3.-Baseball sta. tlsticians are at present endeavoring to forecast the probable attendance at the coming Worlds Series between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Braves. It is predicted that should the series, which begins this week, prove closely contested and ex- tend into six or seven games, existing records will be in danger of eclipse in one or more directions. Both Bos- ton and Philadelphia have demon strated great supporting power in past Worlds Series, the fans flocking to the parks in enormous numbers and taxing the capacity of stands and fields to the limit permitted by local ordinances and the National Commis- sion ground rules.
 The attendance at the 1913 series played between New York and Phil adelphia was 151 ,0O0. The series of the previous season when New York and Boston clubs engaged in an eight game struggle before the Boston
  York Nationals set attendance figures or 251 ,901 which stands at the record today. It is not likeiy that this quar~ ter of a millian mark will be reached in the coming series since neither the Boston nor the Philadelphia parks can accomodate the Worlds Series throngs that can find seats and stand- ing room at the New York Polo Grounds. 1t is expected that should the Athletics and braves battle through six games the total attend ance will pass the 150,000 mark. If this proves correct the total attend ance at the Worlds series games since 1903, when the National Com interleague championship, will ap- proach close to one and one half mil lion since the aggregate total at pres ent is 1,2S4,55S.
 No figures of the attendance dur ing the years 1884 to 1902 are avail able, but there were twelve series played within the period mentioned, the total number of games being so and it has been estimated that the ay- craze attendance at these games ap- proximated 5000. Assuming the es- innate, as made by former players and officers, to be correct 1t would add another 240,000 to the known to- tai attendance at the series to date and bring the aggregate figures with in striking distance of two million for the twenty-two series played since 1884
 Although neither Boston nor Phila- delphia approach New York in the matter of record crowds in these ser ies, both cities have for years fur nished large throngs whenever the National or American League clubs were contenders for the Worlds Championship honors. In almost all cases in recent years the size of the crowds have been governed by the park capacities. It is for this reason that New York shows larger average attendance than the two cities that will be represented this year with 32.017 for twelve games covering the series of t904-t1-12-13. Boston shows an average of 22,3S9 spectators for nine games played there in the series of 1903 and 1912. Philadelphia, all though figuring in four series in l9O5- 1O11-13, has witnessed but nine games during this period of eight years and the. average attendance of fans has been 21, ,4l0 per game.
 Boston's total attendance aggre- gates 200,96S to Philadelphia's 192,- 69i. The largest single game record at Boston was that made in the 1912 series with New York, when the fifth game of the contest drew 34,6S3 paid attendance. Philadelphia's banner crowd gathered on October IT, 1910 to witness the opening game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs when 26,S91 fans pass ed through the gates. The Worlds Series record single game attendance is 9S,2S1, made in the first game or the New York Giants-Philadelphia Atbletics series in 1911.