The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-09-23
ATTENDANCE At BALL
GAMES CUT DOWN BY
GASOLINE bUGG|ES
Experts Fine That Autos Are to
Blame for the Improbable Sea.
son Some of the Minor League
Clubs Are Having.

VIM" official. Of tho Western lcigu.
are blaming tho automobile for IA,
r'du ed attendance thl. season az a.,
hd~"nlll Games and 10, uu scuucu'
hatd financial Douditiou. .Sr puoI' g
r"a.i league b. going u-rtlv atoms
WITH m" season of 1916 rs the .cst
DOB Ii- history 900 point OF .~tf.r,aur,
Denver once almost tl. backbone
OF ~" western league a. for as heavy
rti" rc'olptH wcr. concerned. - said
o. h' turning In a heavy loss this sc,
SON ana % seems To bc certain. tD-
,%"rdiug 10 report, that NOT q town ,n
the .ir.Hnt b. making ANYTHING TINS
year.
according Co Iiushey Jones' the nan
who bought James Mct,lls team IN
i'n''i ih" Hutomobil. it uupuli
''dlS io blame lie say
hundreds uf baseball fans who
used to oc counted on regularly in
Denver to De IN the graldsiand with
"a" hest seats never come amy more.
J u'r~iiaatcd ana found hat the,
were tho uwu,r- of new machine.
and when th'y ave an AFTERNOON Oft
they take 'hvir familic- or "a pare,
II friends oat on a TRIP n the NOUN.
tnlnt. The, have lost interest m
BASEBALL Iu the new interest th. t"oI
va IA, new machine.
Further Than this the hirn cost
~ gasoline has put a heavy tav ON
me furuyr ltn's aud -.
aoo>u feel ike soing 60 baseball
stiH Their is too much las TO-
uuN
un .uo other hond. President Baum
If BE. If..ff-. ..t.H I...... .. .r.Hl.
.ls tur the statement that up Co the
present "a, t'tcndtu,. 90 Rocr,atiot
Park. tn, local bonn, II the san
Fran 'lsco BAN ciub. ha, approSimaiot
100 GOO persons moro thiu last sea
son Every ,lub bu, one uu the car
cult is playing TO more munc. and
better Grove. than at any time in its
history. The Portland club troasrtv
is not as run a. it might he hcoausc
earlier iu the season. some DAYS wcr,
lost owing To- rainv weather
u D., admitted. however. that the
los Angeles club might be makins
more were II not for the automobile
as tar as IT'S SUNDAY attendance b.
concerned According 90 the league
officials. sunday Is q great ia, in
IN" southland tor the owners at ,ars
T." s' OUT TOR u days touring.
Major colin O.. Ross. secretary ar
the Coronado country club. who ha-
Just reformed from N-aragansutt pIcr.
u. J.. whore he attended eastern uul3
matru"-. predicts n" Pacific coast
VIII c' the best polo season IN "a
history next wear.
~. ordiug 10 Major Ross a com
fici" team with AN English puut,s
"IlI Do, here ready 90 begin pluy JIu-
uarN J. and viii remain three months
The ponies. twenty-five of them. VIII
arrive Iu November from England
and VIII include some Of the Baldiur
ponies, famous English polo mounts
ON th" English team are the ia
itIdns brothers. " EaIding and ni,
BROTHER J Graggc and possibly Nj.
ja'tuIn or "a third Balding for th,
fourth man.
Tins is he Rugby team, the goals
of the men a-ggrcgntiug about tw,uty-
sN. W Halding is tu eignt-goal man
ana mas been playing ia ;ho east Tor.
several years aud b. .onsiueTei equal.
Ia ans international !layer. his.
brother T. e siX-goal man. az are.
''rags" and Jarkman. They have
been playing this sumner az the POINT
judith 'lub az \arragansett Pier
The team twice represented England
IN America.
Auoth + Interesting itom of nov
that Maj Ross brings les that T.. Hop.
pms VINO has managed the Aiken
Poi" club for two years, is coming co.
Coronado a. assistant polo manager
with MtItr Hy.1 a.. u.Il helm. ,,tIY