Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-03
MORE MONEY AND
MORE TIME BEING
GIVEN To SPORT
Semi-official Census Gives 3D.
$4,000 Motor Cars and.
100000 Motor Boats mi
the United States.

New York, Feb. s---That the time.
money and attention given to sports.
both amateur and professional, is
constantly on the increase in this
country is shown in the annual re-
ports of the various governing and
allied associations. In SOME cases
The word recreation can he substitute
ID for sport IN order to broaden the
field for, In a general way the two
are becoming synonymous In Amer-
Ga as in England. Exact figures are.
Of course. absolutely out Of the qucs-
ton. but from the records available Il
Is possible to trace and average the
growth with reasonable accuracy
a recent seml-official census OF tho
automobile and motorbnat industry
IN the United states placed the NUM-
her Of motor cars ~ 2.37i.000 and
mcforboatr az 100000. This would
give q total Of more than 100000
moior.dfvcn vehicles On land and
water IL the low average OF 1900
zach II taken AZ the initial cost tho
sum Invested In this class or division
Of recreation, crosses the billion dol
lar line
In the golf and tennis fields there
are no means OF reaching even the
approximate amount Of money IN
vested or spent by the followers of
these sports. More than 1000 golf
clubs are listed In golf reference
books and tho National Lawn Tennis
association consists of twelve minor
or sectional associations with a mem /
bsrship OF more than 800 clubs The
number OF private. public, community !
and ncishboring courses or courts
must run Into thousands and the an
nuai expense for upketps and sup.
plies into millions
Baseball ana football attendance
records complied by statlsiiclans for
1910 placed the total paid admissions
at more than iit,000,0oo There are
mnnS other Sport contests where ad- !
mission is ehnrgcd az certain Heasonf
NJ the vcnr such ns track and ticld I
meets. tcnnin, soccer, hockey skating |
auto racing and boxing, which would |
odd several millions 10 these figures !
The University OF buffalo h con- !
sidcrng a plan TO offer Frank Hinkcy |
tho position Of football coach for next /
season Ifinkoys contracl with Yale
has another year 10 run but there Is
some doubt az to whether hc win re-
turn to New Haven under the grid !
iron regime of 1916.
Hans Wagner Ia an enthusiastic !
hunter and fisherman, but he knowsi
how far 10 so for game and where
To stop Last fan outfieldcr I'D
Barney. uf the Pirates, invited Ilonus
10 visit him later IN the season and
indulge in some real Canadian game
chasing Wagner accepted and Par
ney told him that lie would send trav-
cling Instructions several weeks IN adj
vance Of the date vet for the trip
Just before the holidays Wagner
received explicit Instructions regard
ing the railroads and other methods
Of travel by which Hans was to reach
Barney'a shooting lodge Wagner
read the directions carefully until he
came 10 the point where he was TO
take a wagon and drive siNty-five !
miles. Hight there his enthusiasm
fer the trip began TO wane and 1t dis
appeared entirely when he found that
Barney was staying at Wanganui
Saskatchewan, ans, the thermometer !
there wax flirting With the S0-dcgrce
below zero mark NJ the time the ink I
ffose on tia penned cpistic,
Thu great European war has had
other effects on spor, aside from pre-.
venting The continuation Of inierna-
titnal contests Prices oi various
sport pafaphcrnalia ara begtnnng 10
increase. due 60 shortage of ma
teriais FROM which they are manufac-
tured Ivory for hillmrd balls and
The green cloth used In covering bill
hard tah.es cost more todaA than ever
before ~ the history at The game.
The demand Tor crude rubber. due
20 the increased number VI autump-
bile tree IN uee aud foreign war sup
plies. has Also sent ~ the price OF
that commodity A. result ivory
billiard and rubber bowling balls cost
considerable more than they did A,
eighteen months oeo nnd dealers state
that they ieok tol higher prices In