Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-04
MANY MILLION
AMERICANS PAY
TOsEE SPORTS
Interesting Statistics Compiled
Regarding Money Spent for
Athletic Events; Baseball
Leads,
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,sv MOANING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wissl
New York. Ian 3.-That $4,000, 0Ot
spectators Witnessed amateur and
professional sports in this country dur.
ing the past Twelve months is suffi.
cient foundation for the oft-repeateo
statement that 1914 was record
wear In American athletic compeh-
lions. These astonishing attendance
figures, equal to approximately one
quarter Of the total population of the
United Suites are not the result OF
haphazard guessing. The attendance
al all forms of sports contests was re-
Gently the subject of discussion
among group of writer's and experts
in this city and after much COMPARE
son and conference the foregoing fig
ures were fixed upon as being com
paratively accurate and conservative.
In the main these twenty-five mil
lion represent paid admissions but
not entirely since in certain sports the
paid attendance forms but small
percetage Of the total assemblage or
spectators. In some cases the fig
ures are official or semi-official
while In others they are the result or
careful tabulations gathered from club
secretaries, newspaper reports and
estimates made by those qualified 10
gauge the size and number of large
crowds.
Great Army of Fans.
Baseball leads as * natural and
while official counts are not available
a total of 5000, 900 was the general
estimate as the attendance at all
games PLAYED under organized base
ball control representing as il does
forty three leagues and almost 500
clubs. Football comes next with g.
$4,000. Parke Davis. member of the
rules committee and expert football
statistcian is authority for this es-
innate together with the additional
information that $4,000 players par
ticipated in $4,000 games during the
season of ten weeks.
II was the eoncensus of opinion that
approximateN 100000 persons wit
messed racing, trotting and pacing
throughout the country last year. The
Official figures showed that close to
10000 spectators paid admission for
the twelve DAYS of Davis sup tennis
play and the eight days of champion
shin MAY at Newport. Another $780,
OO0 was fixed upon as the probable
attendance .at.an other sectional, state
and CITY tennis title tournaments Golf
galleries. being without admission
feature. were not separately consid-
cred
Motor Racing.
Automobile motorcvcle and bicvcle
rocas u,oro aliotted 5O0 0oo and track |
ana fiold snorts a similar attendance. |
,rhesa fignres refer nrincinallv To
natd adn1iesions and If thew err they
rother than exaegerate The
NO internationol nolo matches he /;
weon Tho Irnited states and English
tennis drew TX O0O snectators to
last snrinp Probably ,
IN ooo MORO followed The nIav IN 9TH
a.. torrnornents ahout tho countrv civ
ina, a total of 1o5 moo The two big
nn1Iego reootta, al pouohlseensie and
Nov, I ondon at9ractad I0O 0OO nersons
NJ u,bop On O0O naid for observation
troi,, ~. hoot seate Othar duol and
'riamgnio,. varsity racee together with
he national and sectional regattas of
he National Association of Amateur
1areman raised the total IN ar. 600.
Rovino also found nrominent
,lace in tho foundations Using the
.enort. of tho New York and Wis
.onsin sto,o athiatic coroniseions II |
vas astin,ated mar fnlIv 200 600 /
attended nrofessional and !
'nateur e%hihitions and champion
hi,' ho,,ts d,,rins to1A In New YORK
.tato aiona the oata raceints as re-
,ortea 10 nc conop,ieeinn was in
.o,tnd fignrae sea0 ana ana the at {
ardo,,ca 400 o00 II
NJ otta,,,nt uas made IN estimate
ha ottandanno az oolf anditran shoot
no tonr,,o,,,ents where admission
ees a.a oithar nominal mr. entirely {
lfsnaneod With cricket hockev La
No $50 90 anu - 49,. saer,7 No Mace was al
nttoS ~ eoiaao eobool bov or semi
rofsssio,,,I he'so,hatl INT these snorts
~ Observation-Disclosures ei,' ~ snort were used
= hr,na nc tota, m ~ Ok ooo 400 IL
zoe ,q,.o,a 49, eifty cents nor ner-
~, 49,, e'''a' ,, ,' roasonahle adj
oissi 80, a,,i w " he a,,en his gave
ha sta.,it,' 80 ~ s19 ton ooo in =
"a ranai,lt. -, ~ nast twelve / :
,on,hs ''p tn. ro,,, ,,,,reseive tes- (
,n,nnia,. ~ 80 lee IN HE !,
,oria 80 800 ~ III &c ane man re-
,srsod = ~ 10 ,, D" tha tab,Iation /
M asti,,1atas for H. twantieth time, y
+ an, innSned ~ mini, tl,at we could III
al anntnsr ,,i,t, nor cent IN the ~
1tai and IN, ~ ineiae ~ limit :, =
-. =
Accordipa "a nr Harvey WILEY of r
IRE faoa sanoo footbail nIavers
nonld n,nnch si'g.r dnrins me game
/, orde, to n,sintsin heaith on1 com A
osilre Gri6iron veterans viii see \