Evening journal., 1914-10-07
HOW news OF BIC
Series IS handled
Public Interest in Annual
Championship Games AL
ways at High Point
JOURNAL
ON THE JOB AGAIN

In point OF popularity baseball IL
without a doubt king Of sports in this
country. It probably has more de-
votees, players and enthusiasts, than
all other sports combined. Il is also
the leader among national sports, for
no other country can show any that
compares with IT,
However, great as is the interest
in baseball generally, it is as moth
ing compared tc the concern Of the
millions Of people in the annual series
for the worlds championship. OF the
93,OO0,00O population of the United
States It is safs to say that fully
5O.OOO,O0O watch this series closely
each year. Tho tremendous interest
in the worlds series is unparalleled.
Unfortunately, only 10000 or 40
600 of these 5O000,OO0 are unable to
see games as they are played. How
the other 92,960,OOO are supplied with
the news of the struggle forms an In
teresting sidelight.
Each year previous to the opening
OF the series the telegraph companies
find It necessary to prepare for a
great Increase of business. They car
ry the news in detailed or bulletined
form into every nook and corner of
the United States, Canada, Cuba and
other countries Wireless is also
brought into play in flashing the re-
suits to different parts Of the world.
Reservations are generally made
for about $50 or 800 extra baseball
% rrh
the games are played. About one
hundred wires are strung out from
the press box at each park and these
reach out and multiply into innumer-
able relay wires. IL is estimated that
at least 10000 telegraph operators
send. receive and relay reports. of the
games.
In most Of the larger cities special
editions arc run oil by the evening
papers every few innings, with com
plete story and box score of the game
several minutes after the game is over
Il is no unusual thing for live news
paper to have an edition on the street
/ with every play and a complete boN
/ score less than FIVE minutes after The
/ last man is put out.
To do this, however, it is necessar,
TO have complete staff to handle tn
returns. and in the Office, composing
rooms and press room force, that ar
accustomed to such rapid work, such
/ THE ENENlNJ JOURNAL has.
In the smaller towns and cities, TN
Z means of obtaining first hand infoma
I tion before the game is over, is o
course. more limited In some places
the only news obtainable is a Telegram
after the game from the nearest tele
graph office containing the result an1
the pitchers The latest here, how.
ever, is no less than where the facili-
ties for receiving information are bet.
ter.
I'm addition TO the newspapers and
their bulletin boards, electric score
boards and other methods OF spreading
the news. nearly every theatre in cities
of 10000 population OF over is supple,
with running description OF the game
which is either flashed upon screeI
or read between the acts
That the interest In the series is IN
crcasing yearly is shown by the az
Tendance and receipts in the last few
I years. Aside from these official figure
there is no way OF feeling the pulse @
the public. Tie men spectators win
follow the big games are q legion. bu
whether their tribe IS increasing or De
cre1sing with the passing years ca
only he crniectured. A good gues
would be that it is on the increase a :
the high cosi 0f living and NJ the sam
rate oi speed