Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-07
MILLIONS SAW
GAMES LAST YEAR
PRACTICALLY ONE.FOUETH OT
ENTIRE POPULATION OF
UNITED STATES.

tN fNN ANNNNdilNN lNI
me oli-rep'ated statement that 1914.
vas @ record year in American attn
i'lic competitions These astoui.h-
ihr attendance figures. equal 20 ap-
Woumaieiy one quarter OF the total
population of the United states are
non The result Of hapha91rd CUES
lhf The attendance an all form
Oh -pufi contests was recently the
SUBJECT %. discussion among group
oi writer's aud experts in this city
ana after much comparison aud
conference the foregoing figures
We're fixed upon as being compare
lively accurate and conservative
ln the main these twenty-five mil
lion represent paid admissions but
uoI entirely ince in certain sport
me paid attendance forms mt 1
mall percentage OF the total assem-
hlare Of spectators. 10 some eases
tho figures are official or eomiO,fi-
cial while 100 others they are tho
result of careful tabulations gath
cred from club secretaries. uowr
paper reports and estimates made
boy those qualified 20 ruage tho size
and number OF large crowd
Baseball leads as ie natural and
while official counts are not avail
able total of 100000 was tho
general estimate aH 90 the attend
ancc ~ an games played under or
"auiycd baseball control represent
INK as .t doe. forty-thrnc league
ana ulmosts 500 clubs Football
come next with t.292. 600 parkc
Davis. member of the Rules Com
miit'c and expert football statisti-
can authority Tor this estimate go.
rethor with the additional mformg-
lion that l52.Ooo players PARTED
paiod in $1,000 games during the
season of ten weeks
u was the concousus OF opinion
mat approximately 1000 600 PER-
Gus witne ga racing. trottiuc and
naciCp throughout the United state
last wear Tonn. and golf proved
hard problems since few accurate
records are Kept Tho official fir-
ucs -hOvcl that close 10 LOGON
"poriai0r paid admission for the
twelve day of nai cup tennis plu,
and cipht days of champion hin
play ai Newport Another $4,000
was liked upon as tho probable a.
tendance ~ AN other sectional. state
and city tennis title Tournaments
coli gallorIc.. being without admis
ion feature. worc separately con
idcrod
Automobile. motorcycle and hi.
cycle races WCrn allotted 5OU. 600
and track ana field sports similar
tendance These figures refer
-uclpally 10 paid admissions ana
rwy~wrr tny miLimitr rai7
On e,alGerdte. The two iutorha-
.nual polo match, between tho
U.tDj states and English team
uI.v $4,000 u'ci1tor. tp NoldoV
brook laer spring Probably
10000 moro followed mo play iu
other tournaments about tu. DOuu-
Iy Swing total oi 10000. The
fNo big college rp ..ua. 700 pouph
F,cpsie ana NDH london attracted
700. 600 uDr or ui whom 'u pru
paid for observation lru or boz
seats OJnar dual and triangular
varsity race. together with the rH-
uoual ana sectional rn-ati1s OF il,
National Association of Amateur
Oarmou rJ ed The total TO I's.uru /
l'O. Dr also found prominent
place bon tile foundations Using the
report oi tn. Sew York and "
cousin State NIulouc Comm -iur
DO uae estimated chat folly I.un.-
Uuu pDr'uor. attended proios ion
90 aud amateur exhibition. gui
championship bouts during 1919 J."
Sow York state alone tho gaze p.
aalpi %. reported tD fbt Comm b
0u ISL. BOO round figure sGIu.0H.
.ud thc attendance tOu.UUU
So attempt .lt made tl o..
uItl fnY attendance at golf aui
up shooting orurusmenJs. Vhcr
imi ION Ipr. are either nominal 90,
entirely dispensed with. Cricket
hockey. Lacrosse and Yachting Wcf,
p'l.rt 300 the same category $50.
place R.- allotted 10 college. srhoni-
U0y or suui. professional baseball
but these sports or classification. n.
port. sore used tO bring tho total
300 90 g..unu. nuu ~ VAS aErc.
mar Niy .oUf- per per on would hr
% most enable admi Iuu est.
mate huf oven this gave tho STARTLING
Total of sIg.sUO.uOu iu rttc rec, ip's
Boa tho past twelve months 1ncp
form impressive tc-timoulals 90
Americas place BOO the world of
port bu' one man remarked %
Boo ti,N mo tlbulltlou and Inmates
f0r thc twentieth timr 4 lm On.
.Nuet to think that $500 could lf1
another thirty per cent. 20 The io.
f.f and 500 boz inside the limit
NlDorl.u. fu DR. Harvey Wurs
.f rHr, food fame football PLAYER
.fauH MUNICH sugar during On.
ram, boz order 20 maintain holiu
Irt romp0 ure Cr1iron veterans
N.l .ec .n fhi- suggestion o mcna,,
f0 fte sport lu thr old days con
.areltiou. especially among tIp
.Ipe. men. l,f fo fhc opinion that the
ni1yers imhihei yitriol before ru'
Hurn. fHe game
TH, opinion s. rapidly gaining
around Foo Pea rhall circle thar the
twenty one player rule I'M major lr1
ru,. .If mover hp seriously cnfor.
.f TE. ruaiun would reqn'r.
.. .rrUImtrf aumeW hat along d..