The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-14
BY fIank G. Menke.

Nv Frank q, Menke,
NEW YORK, July IL Connie Macl.
and his associates IN the ownership of
the Athletic, are di,gracing the Amer
lean league Hy their niggardly meth.
DDS they are working an injustice upon
The other seven clubs in the circuit. and
hunkiug the public by staging sand lot
baseball Tor major league price,
How much longer +, Ban Johnson
going 10 LEI Mack and the Shlbc, get
away with it,
The Athletics OF today rank a, the
worst looking ball club that has ap-
pearcd on the horizon m many years.
The condition has been brought about
mainly because Mack and his assoc
ciatcs have been too mlscrly tn g. Oh,
and buy real looking bali PLAYERS
They have secured the sand lots an,
plnckcd the youths from the college dia.
mondS. They have hired the cheapest
baseball PLAYER, that can be hired
And then they ioi,t that collection
oi rockies upon the public and demand
that II pay top-uotch prices to see them
perform in their atrocious way
In Justice to Other Clubs.
The attendance al the Athletics
park has ,hriycled To a point where il
Is almost necessary to Use a micro
scope TO locate the Crowd" That i,
ne It should be- Such treatment IS the
kind iha, should be dolcd ont 30 club
owners who first wreck 4 great bal
clrb and then refuse Io cNpcnd none,
u build Mp Q new one
The Athletic owner, are SUFFERING
from small attendance q, the pcualt,
for their present conduct and the,
richly have mcrltcd H. But vhy should
Che other cluhs-thc scycn innocent
oncS-bc made 10 suffer. too WI,
should Ban Johnson permit the Nih.
lctic owners 10 enter a bali club so avs.
ful that II draw, hundred, where i'
should draw thousand, WHY should
Ban permit the seven other club owl.
erS 81 sacrifice thousand, NJ dollar,
This season merely because Connie Mack
e. al refuse 'n huy even q lair hall
club
Fa.l club iu the circuit pll,, tween
ty-two game, against The Ni,lmcn
eleven A. home and eleven un the road
" the Athletic, had q ball club thar
was able 10 provide a real contest the
average attendance 40 each oi those
iwcut, 'on game, would be- in the
nclrhhnrhnod OF 4HN That would
mean S'no paid admission, Aver
aging SO cent. % head mean, NiOrl
receipt, for each scric,.a tnu,crya
tive estimate
Cost Others 81 900.
IN most cite, thc snlit 4, Uu ihr
N.N ba,i, on general admission, That
means that each club would yet 50
mn during Toto ior r%llyirg ont ~
'vcnt, Two game schedule with the
Athletic,
Hui 'hc average attendance %
sdays. with Pine Athletic, a, ono MART
~ The drawing card. IS, ~ hest. onl,
2Uh That mean, q total income NJ
only 2'un iur INcnty two game, a
share NJ ON. ill0N Tor s1,h opposing
club instead 0' At lrl,, $1,000
In other words. n y, costing the ,ry
~ Other club, IN the ,ifrui, ,pr,r
thing like illo0 each ht.an.c p5f
Johnson allow, Connie Mack ~ MIA,
n bunch 'i luh, of ihr worst sort
No Excuse for Owners
fNcf' year iu ever, league there
must be- Il tail rnlrr Nui there h,.
been excuse, 900 the past iuf mo., 90,
Them Their owner, have tried ,o rur
chase talent have attempted 'o weld
together =, quickly %, possible A team
that could pli, hill The nNn,,.
have opened their wallets and have
stood ready 10 pour MT ~, rrr'rri. h,
real ha,chlllrr, could hr secured
hut II Is dilcrcr, with me \'hlr,.
owner They aren't huyiug real BAN
PLAYER u Dn,', none, ,nu know Il,
&C. such PLAYER, and u ALSO ,p,i, pr,,s
q ht 10 keen them D,pnd h,lI ri,,,,.
want commensurate ,llaur, There