Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-08
AGAIN LED LEAGUE IN ATTEND.
ANcE, BREAKING ALL
HOME RECORDS.
PLAYED TO 57,7e1 PAID
ADMISSIONS THIS YEAR
Estimated That $1,000 or $1,000 People
Saw Games on Home Field. Including
Ladies Admitted Free-Ciub to Have
Balance in Excess of $4,000 - Other
Clubs Have Slim Season.

! The baseball season of 1916, jus
closed, was the most successful in th'
| history Of the game locally, not only il
| the results attained by the club on tbs
| diamond, but also from a financia
! standpoint. Marshalltown again ha'
! led the Central Association in attend
ance for the season by wide margin
and has esta blished new record fol
| attendance The club earnings un-
| Goubtedly have been far in excess OF
/ any other club. and It Is doubted II
any of the other clubs, with one eNcep-
| ton, can show balance on the riSht
side of the ledger.
Attendance Close to $1,000.
The actual paid attendance for the
year was 5I,591. an increase of 1871
over the season of 1915, and nearly
8. 900 over the estimates of club direc-
-ors in the last weeks OF the campaign.
The club has no record of the Tree
admissions on ladies' days, but an
estimate Of the ladies admitted free ana
the small increase in attendance. Que
to the usual free list, would bring the
total attendance. exclusive OF the nun
dredS OF small boys present daily. up
10 5000 or $1,000.
Club Earnings Exceed $4,000.
\ detailed statement of the receipts
- the club for the season is not posi-
HE at this time. because the report OF
the pooled Labor day receipts and the
financial statement OF the league are
not at hand, but a conservative estl-
mate of the cash on hand at the close
Of the season would be in excess OF
$4,000. The balance on hand at the
present time j. $3.647.23, with practi-
callv all outstanding bills paid. There
is to De added to this $500 still due the
club for the purchase of Pitcher Ken
meth Pcnner by the Cleveland cluA,
which should be here in few days.
the clubs share of the Labor day re-
CENTS and its share Of the division OF
tho association earnings, if any division
is possible this wear. The local receipts
on Labor day were S1,l04.30, when i,'0I
fans paid admission. and should the
other northern clubs show anything
like this in attendance, the local re-
CENTS for the season will go well over
$4,000. .....-
Clubs Have Bad Season.
The season was financial failure
for most of the clubs IN the league.
Clinton is probably the only club aside
from Marshalltown which will show
balance in favor of the Cluz. The
secretary of the Clinton club, who
attended the Labor day games in this
city. stated that the attendance IN
Clinton this season he'd been exeep-
tionally good. and that the club weuid
have small balance. IT was est-
mated by Manager Brown that the
balance would be about 800. ~
Muscatine and Fort Dodge have been
heavy losers. with Waterloo and Mason
City showing deficits. Ottumwa. which
took over the Burlington franchise late
in the season. had hard time in max
ing both ends meet. The situation al
Cedar RAPIDS was such that the club
could stand loss. having a nice sur
plus on hand to carry the team thru
The attendance in that city was not
up to that Of normal years.
Club Costs Less Money.
The gain in earnings was proportion n
ately greater than the gain in attend
ance compared to last years figures
This was due to the fact that Manager
BOYLE was able to put a pennant win
ming club in the field at less expense
than required by former managers to
give Marshalltown tail end club. The
! item OF railroad transportation OIL
players, which ate into the receipts in
! 1914 and 1915, was much smaller this
year. A year ago the club had under
| contract. al one time or another during
the reason. nearly 100 men, whereas
this wear less than one-third this num-
! Der were signed. Frequent changes in
| the tetam, with players brought here
| from all sections of the country, caused
| a great outlay of funds, which has no,
| been necessary under Bolyes manage
nent'