The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
'1,600,000 PEOPLE
 HAVE WITNESSED
 WORLDS SERIES
Coming Games Promise to Break All RecOrds-Park of Phillies Will Handicap
 Chance at New Mark

New York October 2-New attendance and gate receipt records are not unlikely in the coming worlds series between the Philadelphia Nationals and the Boston Americans. Much will depend. of course, upon the length of the series and the amount of interest displayed by the fans og the two pennant winning cities. If the struggle for the championship Is close and continues for six or seven games there Is no question that new figures will be established in these departments thus adding greatly to the satisfaction of players and magnates.
 The selection of the new park of the Boston National league club as the scene of the games to be played in Boston opens the way for greatly increased as- tendance for tho Braves stadium will accommodate fully 5o.000 spectators. It Is tho latest and the largest enclosure devoted to baseball and in offering 1t to the Red Sox, President Gaffney is but reciprooating the courtesy extended to his club by President Lannin last season when the Braves played and won the worlds championship in the Boston Amer lean league park.
 If the Philadelphia Nationals were the possessors of q field with anything like the seating capacity of the Red Sox's temporary home the attendance figures would in all probability soar above S0o.o0O. Since the Phillies' park will hold but 20, . 900 after extra stands have been erected the National league representatives VIII be badly handicapped In their attempt to keep pace with the Boston gate Should the series go but four games as was the case year ago the attendance would be 100000 for Boston and 10000 for Phiia- delphia
 This total would be new record for a four game series since the Braves-Ath- etic series of 1914 drew 111,009. If the full seven games should be required to decide the title. with four played In Bos- ton and three in Philadelphia and the teams play to park capacity. the total attendance would surpass 260.O00 The record to date is 251.so1, made in the 1912 series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants, when eight games were played before the Red Sox won the championship.
 Under almost any conditions 1t is req sonable to assume that close to POO. 900 spectators will witness the play for the 1915 title thus bringing the grand total for the worlds series under the control of the national commission up to 100000 In round figures. Since the first contest under this regime in 1903 II series have been played with a total of 64 games and an attendance of 1.S95567. To these fig u the earlier matches of which few accu- rate records exist.
 From 1884 to 1902 there were 12 series played with a total of 80 games and It has been estimated by old time fans and play CTS that the average attendance at these contests could not have fallen far short of 5000 per game. Such being the case another total of 240.000 must credited to the worlds series figures bringing the grand total up to close to 1,650.O0O Allow 100000 for the coming play and 1t will be seen that before the worlds champion ship of 1915 has been won the attendance figures for the entire play for this premier title of the baseball world will have passed the million and three-auarter mark.
 The official figures Tor tho Ii series under the national commission control are appended: .s.
 ATTENDANCE.
 1903--Pittsburg (N L.) vs. Boston GA. L.) S games, 100.429.
 1905-New York (N. L.) vs. Philadelphia GA. L) games. 9l,73
 1906-Chicago (N. L) vs. Chicago GA. LA) 6 games. 99,S45
 1907.7 Chicago (N. L) vs. Detroit GA. L) 5 games 78,06S
 1s0S-Chicago (N. I.) vs. Detroit GA. L.) s games, 622S2.
 -Pittsburg (N. L) vs. Detroit GA. I,.) games. 145, 295.
 l9l0-Chicago tN. L) vs. Philadelphia GA. L.) games, 124222.
 1911-New York (N. L) vs. Philadelphia GA. L) games, 179,S6l.
 1912-New York CN. L.) vs. Boston GA. L.) games. 251,9o1.
 191s-New York (N. L.) vs. Philadelphia GA. L.) games. 150992.
 9l4-Boseon (N. L) vs. Philadelphia GA. L) games, Ill ,009.
 Total games, GA; total attendance, ,895 5S7