Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-05
SPORTS
l|LL DRAW HUGE CROWDS
|0RLD SERIES CONTESTS
MAY SMASH ALL RECORDS
rye Packs Available for t:aines OHer
Unusual Opportunities for
Players,

The appetite OF the baseball fans,
hrpened by the great pennant races
poth circuits, makes IL certain that
paclty crowds VIII jam their way
the parks for every game of the
rios series to come.
is within the range Of possibility
81 attendance records will be sma shed
inc frolic. The Dodgcr park will
u So'oVo' and may be stretched TO
Voo. The Red SoX park could pack
close to $4,000. but II has been de-
led that they will use the 5000
paoity lot of the Braves
me hugest crowd that ever saw "a
rius series combat was that which
IN Tor the third contest between
lied SoN and Phillies in 1915 in
sion. y total OF $4,000 rompcd in.
the gross receipts were SS3.l9l.
'ch also Is record. That game. Of
lrse. was played In the immense
aves' Held.
The record that the worlds series
'tiers or this year must shoot ut.
en- total attendance is concerned, was
apiished In the 1912 battles between
Giants and Red SoX The total
tendance was 25l.90l for the eight
mes. and the receipts were S49O,44?
lis hardly possible that an eight
me series will be played this year.
u IL went 10 seven. the chances
mat the 1912 record would be
ashed The average attendance for
~ OF those eight games was a bit
fond 10000. The capacity average
= "u u Tor seven games. with the
SoH and Dodgers playing, this
.r. VIII be around 1880, or close TO
'VoU Tor seven full games
finyers' Shnre VIII He Large.
lie players split this season prom
10 DC bigger than IT has been for
IRIS. In 1918 and 1919 the share was
her small. owing to the fact that the
,ietlcs park and those Of the Giants
RED Sox were used. Tho big
bwds that Hooked into the Braves
Ia last year boosted the players
wy close to the record, despite
fact that PhillIe games drew only
put 10000.
The juiciest melon ever cut was that
In 1912. The players share for
-FOUR games was sii7.h72.2s. Their
Rre In 1913 was sl35.ici.l4: in 1914
was Sl2l.s23.si. while in 1915. owing
the use OF the big Braves lot. 1t
Slii.Sc?.'5. This year the PLAYERS
IRE probably VIII go beyond sicO. 900.
oddly enough, not one world series
fne since 1911 has been postponed on
cunt of weather conditions In Bos-
:. in 1912. II looked for a time az
TWO of the games would have to
played on other dates. That was
to drizzlc In the morning and :,
IVY fog In the afternoon. Rain fell
I year In philadelphia just before
first game WAS scheduled. but by
roic treatment, the field was put into
ape for the combat
seems that the weather man ex-
listed all his water supply in 1911.
q first second and third games were
kycd on schedule. And then the rain
cket was upset In Philadelphia, and
didn't empty its contents for over
week. 1t raincd from October Is
the 2ith. Yhc frs; game Of the Sc
g was played on October IA: the last
the 18th. That means IL required
rtccn days TO complete the fve-game
Gas.
'ostponemcnt, however. would not
sen the gate receipts. The tickets
not sold for specific dates. but for
.cnc games. Ticket number one.
ling for admission TO game number
G, is good only for the first game
yed, no matter when II Is played