Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-26
ATTENDANCE At
The Big SERIES
Braves and Athletics Would
Draw Well, But Parks
Are Small.
(By Frank G. 'Menke)

(By Frank G. 'Menke)
New York, Sept 25.-It is unlike
| ly that any new records for world
| series attendance of receipts will be
established this year. Should the
Giants win the National league pen
nant and fight it out with. the Ath-
letics for the highest honors in base
ball, the series would not draw as
| we'll as in other years. There would
be no new thrills, 80 new faces. And
no great interest.
Should the Braves win and play
against the Athletics interest in the
series would be intense Both parks
would be packed to the limit, but the
seating capacity in Boston would be
considerably less than in New York
The largest crowd that ever was
seated in Philadelphia was for the
first game of the 1910 world series
when the Cubs met the Athletics The
attendance was 26,S91. Should the
Cubs win they would use Fenway
Park, the home of the American
ing capacity than the Braves park.
The biggest crowd ever seated in
Fenway Park was 34,6S3 for the
fourth world series game in 1912 be-
tween the Giants and Red SoX.
On Labor Day this year the Giants
and Braves played TO So 900 in the
morning game and about 10000 in
the afternoon game, but that lnclud-
ed fans who stood on the field. World
series rule bar spectators form the
field.
The greatest crowd that ever saw a
world series game was i'll New York
on October IA, 1911, when 3S,2S1 fans
paid s77,35900 to see the first game
between Giants and Athletics. The
smallest crowd that ever witnessed
a world series combat turned out in
Chicago for the fifth and deciding
game between White Sox and Cubs On
October IA, 1908. Only 6,210 fans
paid admission. The receipts were
$9,577.50.
The record attendance and the rec
ord receipts for world series were
established in 1912 when the Giants
and Red Sox played eight games be-
fore the Red Sox finally annexed the
championship. The receipts for the
eight games totalled $490,449, con-
tributed by 251,901 fans.
The smallest crowd that ever saw
world series was in 1908 during the
Cubs-Tigers battle. Only 62,232 fans
turned out. for the five games. they
contributed $94,975.50. This figure is
not the low record, however, as the
first world series battle in 1903 be-
tween Pittsburgh and Boston drew
only a trifle over $4,000. However,
in those days the standard high price
which prevail now for world series
receipts were not in vogue.
Here is a table showing the total
attendance and the total receipts for
world series since the series became
feature of modern baseball:
1903 Pittsburgh-Boston, attend
ance 1OO,429, receipts SOL, 900 games.
1904, (no series)
1905, New philadelphia, at
tendance 91,723, receipts $oS,435. 8
games.
1906, White ,Sox-Cubs, attendance
99,S45, receipts 10000, 6 games.
1907, Chicago Detroit, attendance
7S,O6S, receipts SOL, 72s.5o ) games.
1908. Chicago-Detroit, attendance,
62,2s2, receipts $a4,975.5o, 5 games.
1909, Pittsburgh etroit, attend
ance 1925, receipts $1SS,302.o0, Z
games.
1910, Philadelphia Chicago, attend
ance 1!4,222, receipts $l73,SS0, D
games.
1911. New York Philadelphia, at
tendance 1851, receipts $342, l64.oO,
6 games.
1912, New York-Boston, attendance
PSI ,9O1, receipts $4S9,449. 8 games.
1913, New York Philadelphia, at
tendance 15O,992, receipts $325,9S0, .
games.
1t will be seen by the above records
THAT while the smallest attendance
was in 1908 during the Chicago-De-
troit series, the smallest receipts
were in 1905 when the Giants and
Athletics drew only 6S.435, although
they played to only 10000 more peo-
pie than did the 1908 contestants.
This is explained by the fact that the
admission prices in 1905 were less
than those of 1908.
The biggest divvy the players ever
got was in 1912 when their share OF
the first four games was $l47,5 72.2S'
The Red Sox won the series. Each
of the players got trifle over $4,000
while the losing Giants got around
$500. The next largest divvy was in
1918, the players share being $685.
16416. The players split $127,9l0.6l
in 1911.