Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-10
GIANTS MAKING OWNERS
BIC PROFITS THIS YEAR
Baseball Fever Raging in New York
and Huge Crowds Arc Pouring
~ Into Polo Grounds.
CLUB IN NEW HANDS NOW
McGraw's Team Should Draw Attend
ancc OF 100000 at Home and
Clear About 100000 for Season,
CorbcttS Figures Show.
by JAMES !. CounErr.


owners considera BILE anguish to gaze
upon the attendance figures at the Polo
Grounds these days and 10 realize that
the huge profits they represent pass
along 10 others
Never before have such thrones
packed their way into the mammoth
park. The baseball fever which is
sweeping over the nation is most preva-
lent in Gotham. The ordinary week
day crowd OF a year and two years ago
has increased from approximately 5000
to an average beyond 10000 The
Saturday outpourinss total in The
neighborilood of $4,000 while every
Sunday game in which tho Giants have
participated on their home. grounds has
drawn capacity attendance. some
thing beyond $4,000.
Charles Stoneham. Francis y. Nc
ouade and John MCGraw certainly
secured gold mine when they ac
ter. The profits in the operation Of
the club this year promise. If the pres
ent ratio is maintained, 10 go close TO
the 100000 mark.
Hind 10 Close Gates.
The reawakened interest in the ma
tional pas,imc, together with a law
permitting Sunday baseball. coming a
the same time that the Giants are MAX
ing a smashing drive for the pennant-
that explains the frenzicd eaRerness of
fandom to witness Polo Ground COM
bats. So great has been the desire TO
see the diamond athletes in their per-
1OrnanCe tndt on TWO sundays iH'
gates had 10 be closed before game
time, and II 600 or more were shut out
The law permitting sunday baseball
in the Empire State caused the Giant
schedule. They transferred eleven
week day games to Sunday dates
Most Of those transfers were from
Monday. The. normal Monday crowd
never is large. At most even in TINS
baseball year. it could not average be
yond 10000. But the regular Sunday
crowd has been $1,000. Therefore. the
new law makes it possible for the
Giants to draw more than 25o.oo0 extra
patrons on the Sunday dates.
VIII MIKE Great Profit.
shrewd baseball leader once said
that the highest salaried and the most
expensive ball club in America could
break a little better than even If the
average attendance was 5000. Many
clubs throughout the country have
shown a little profit even though the
admission at their games has not quite
reached the 5000 mark.
From this ii is rather easy TO inquire
that the Giants this year VIII make
tremendous sum of money for their new
whole. For don't overlook the highly
important fact that visiting teams gel
their split OF the Giant gate money;
Figures always interest the has ea /
Story OF baseball is told best in ne
ures. in the standing o. the clubs me
batting percentaGes ana tne ptcHihf
marks And so when the average ran
sees the outpourinGs at the Po!o
Grounds these days. the big 0uizz IS:
How much will the Giants clear
ms het Sss see:
i" Sunday Attendance iUO,OO0.
~ Eleven sunday games with the pres
Vent average maintained, would make q
total at.home sunday attendance OF
nearly 10000 Eisvsn a!- he nno s sd,,Id
add 275,000 more. That leaves about
forty eight weekdays. including holt
days. where the crowds wo%ld dos average aGs
Altogether the Giants should draw
nearly 100000 at home,
road. So FAR they have averaged
tribe beyond 10000 per game with sat
urdays, Sundays and holidays Included
That means about 100000 attendance
on the road, which, added 10 l.2oo.0o0
at home gives a grand total of 1900
Figuring the average admission price
800 oSe "i fsn s"e is ssHe Of ' Wh.eS
the Giants get az le7fsr SGo,e GOO.
Gross ouilny Of S"0o.oo0.
What is the cos, Of operating the
Back in the days Of the Feds. and
for for some years la,eIT. The annual pay
duced considerably for 1919. Perhaps
$4,000 Vii cover il. Figqre $4,000
for incidenta! expenses, and that gives
gross outlay OF 100000
Therefore. IL would seem that the
Giants. taking in 100000 and spending
only 100000, Will make a gross proht
this yea! q al least 100000 on the
regular playing season alone. And
don't lose sight OF the fact that the
club right now has worlds series
look. II they deliver they viii add
between $4,000 ana 100000 ms re
to the bank account.
Yes. when YOU are talking abou, the
lucky gus OF baseball ada the
names OF Charles Stoncham, Francis
=. McQuade and John j McGraw to
the l!st.--Copyrlght 1919. by King
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