South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-29
NEW ATTENDANCE
MARX. EXPECTED
At BOSTON PARK
Record For Turnout Was Made
at New York-0Ver Mil
lion People Have Wit
messed Games.
BY Frank &. Menke.

NEW YORK. Sept. 29.-Ihe irac-
turing OF the records for single game
attendance and receipts-those are
about the only marks the coming
complaints can shoot at The per
formers IN the other years since 1903
when the baseball lists began have
hung up some records that never can
be beaten and others that never may
be equalled.
The Red Sox. by using the new
Braves park probably viii smash the
single game attendance mark that
was made IN New York on oct IA.
1911, when IS. PSI fans paid 81, $50
10 see the Giants win a ? TO j victory
over the Athletes. But only by such
q procedure does its seem possible
that any record busting can be done.
The new park OF the Boston Ma
tionals seats a. 500 normally. and
may be increased To $1,000 before the
series begins. With the Hub city de-
lirious with baseball fever every seat
undoubtedly will be sold. The re-
ceipts ought to total over $4,000
II is highly improbable. however.
that the Red SOx- Phiiiies services Will
establish a new record Cor total at
tendance and total receipts simply
because the Philadelphia park will
seat only about 5000 normally and
about $4,000 with the extra seats in
stalled for the games.
1912 Series Made Many Records.
The record for attendance. as we'll
as the record for receipts. was made
during the 1912 series between the
Red Sox and the. Giants. The series
went eight games. one being a tie,
and In every game except the last,
the big parks in New York and BOs-
ton were damned. Tho total atten-
dance at that series was Pol, 9Ol and
the total receipts S490,449. That was
an average attendance of over $1,000
per game and average receipt OF
nealy SCI 900.
one thing is certain about the ser
ies-it cannot be played in new rec
ord time The Braves did chat little
stunt last year when they walloped
the Athletics four times in row.
The record. Of course, can be tied
but that seems very unlikely.
Back in 1912 the Red SOX and
Giants. by playing an eight game ser
les. hung up the long-series record
"A mark that some day may be tied.
hut NAV never be beaten. In the
1903 series-the first of all--went to
eight games but that was when the
first -five-out of nine rule governed
the series. Since then it's been 'hrst
four in seven"
The 1905 series was Unique-and
also a record maker-inasmuch IS
every game brought about a shut-out
performance The Giants won the
first three to nothing, the Athletics
the second three TO nothing the
Giants the third. fourth and fifth by
the scores of nine 10 nothing, one TO
nothing and two 10 nothing.
The scoring record was made on
oct 26. 1911. when the Athletics
gave the Giants a % TO two beating
i'm the concluding game. That smash
I'd the old record of / , 10 five made
10 five made by the Athletics on oct.
20. 1910.
f.395.567 Have Seen Series.
The tuiciest melon ever cut by the
series winners-and lOSers-was in
that memorable 1912 series. The
Red Sox players divided a total OF
S76.746.37 and the losing Giants got
S51.16424 The smallest receipts
were from the 1903 series when only
a trife over $4,000 was taken in, al
though the attendance was over 1OO.-
900. That was because the regular
season prices prevailed.