The Washington herald., 1916-10-01
RECORD CROWDS ARE
EXPECTED AT GAMES
Mark for Attendance Is Sure. to Be
Smashed at World Championship
Games This Season.

New York, Sept. 3o.-The appetite of the
baseball fans, sharpened by the great
pennsnt races in both circuits, makes II
certain that capacity crowds VIII Jam
their way into the parks for every game
of the world series to come.
1t is within the range of possibility
that attendance records will be smashed
at pc ensuing frolic. provided. of course,
that the Red Sox and Dodgers are the
warriors. The Dodger PARK will seat
10000 and may be stretched to 5000. The
Red Sox park could pack in close TO 1000.
but 1t is likely that they will use the
A, 45,ooO-capacity lot of the Braves.
The hugest crowd that ever saw a
world series combat was that which sat
in for the third contest between the Red
Sox and Phillies in 1915 in Boston A
total of $500 romped in and the gross
receipts were sS3,1s1, which also is a rec
ord. That game, OF course, was played
in the immense Braves field
The record that the world series bat
tiers Of this year must shoot at when
total attendance is concerned was estab-
lished in the 1912 battles between the
Giants and Red Sox. Tho total attend
ance was 2Sl,sd for the eight games and
the receipts were Aso.44s II IL hardly
be played this year. but IL II went %
seven the chances are that the 1917 rec
ord would be smashed. The average at.
tendance for each OF those eight games
was bit beyond $1,000. The capacity
average attendance for seven games Il
the Red sox and Dodgers played It this
year would be around 1880, or close tn
$50 900 for seven full games
The players split this season pronises
TO be bigger than It has been for some
years. assuming that the Red Sox and
Dodgers will be the figures in It. In
1913 and 1914 the share was rather small
| owing to the fact that the AthIetics' park
and those Of the Giants and Red so1
were used. The big crowds that focked
into Braves Field last year boosted the
players "divvy'' close TO the record, de.
spite the fact the Phillie games drew
only about 5000
The Juiciest melon ever cut was that
one IN 1872 The players share for the
four games was $1f,5T2-2 Their share
In 1913 was s135.16414; In 1914. II was M
SSo's4. while In 1915. owing to rhe use OF
the big Braves lot. It was SlA,sse55. II
the Dodgers and Red sox grapple with
each other this year, the players share
probably will go beyond 10000
oddly enough, not one worlds series
game since 1911 has been postponed on
account OF weather conditions. In Bos-
ton In 1872 It looked for a time as II two
or the games wuld have to be played on
other dates. That was due to a drizzle
In the morning and a heavy fog In the
afternoon. Rain fell yast year IN PhiIa.
delphia just before the nrst game was
scheduled, but by heroic treatment tho
Held was put into shape for the combat
It seems that the weather man ex-
hausted all his water supply in 1911 The
first second and third games were played
on schedule. And then the rain bucket
was upset in Philadelphia, and Il didn'I
empty its contents for over a week. II
rained from October Is to u The FIRST
game OF the series was played on October
IA: the last on the 24th. That means II
required thirteen days to complete the
fve-game fracas
Postponement, however, would not les
sen the gate receipts. The tickets are
not sold for specific dates. Sut for spe-
cihc games. Ticket number l. calling for
admission to game number one, is good
only for the FIRST game played, no matter
when It is played