The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-07
ouIllemot's Great Record.

Ioscf Guillemot. the Olympic a'V9"-
mct,r champion. who is on his way 10
rounete in the Guaranty club games AZ
Madison Square Garden. New ioIN'
February 10. has a remarkable reeoFu
and Is looked upon as the greatest long
! distance runner since the days or Jean
! Bouin, also of France. whose one-hour
! world record still stands.
Guillcmot's most notable achieve
, ment was his victory over Nurmi OF
! Finland in the Antwerp games, VINE"
! no clocked in 1855 SIS for the distance
; which Is slightly short OF three miles,
! His other good performances: =
1919 - 5000 meter championship OF
! France.
l92o-Winner OF famous Lemonnier
| cross country IN: winner or Ensi'Sh
! cross country championship; winner OF
5000 meter championship OF France.
baseball Seating Capacity.
Baseball throughout the country dur
| ing the 1921 season promises to snow
cnntInucd growth in popularity, which
| has been n consistent feature OF the ma.
t;onal game since the close OF the ~oF'u
war. Last season new attendance rec
! ords were made in the major ana minor
leagues. and unoficially II was saiu
that never in it's history has the game
enjoyed such a prosperous season gen
| orally. OFF season Indications are tnht
| the records OF 1920 Will be surpassed
next summer. This leads 10 inc qu'S.
ton: Where will the club owners put
Tho ANS who desire TO see the games
IL baseball continues TO grow In popular
favor"
There are some stable baseball parks
il the country, the largest OF whlch -
the Braves field NJ Boston win a sea,
! ing capacity Of 47.800. Most OF the
| parks are sufficiently large to accom-
! modatr the crowds that ordinarily a.,
! tend the games. but in every pasepdi'
city there are occasions during Inc sen
son, especially on holidays. and in the
cases Of important series. when the
largest Of parks are inadequate 70 ac-
Commodatn those who desire 70 pass
through the turnstiles.
Large n numerous as arr the base
ball parks throughout the country IT,
cities represented By PROFESSIONS!
teams. il will surprise Il majority 81
tho fans to learn hat tho total seatinS
capacity Of all the parks OF the major
and minor leagues of Importance is less
than l per cent of the total population
| OF the country. l05.6S3.lO as shoWn
By the 1920 census. The seating capac-
ity Of tho parks in the major easuSS
! and the principal minor leagues totaIS
approximately $4,000. which. with min
available. probably would bring the To-
tai seating capacity Of all league parks
in the country up TO 4 round Million
Congestion Growing More Acute.
Tho apparent congestion OF seating
capacity is more acute in the two ma
jor leagues than il ia III the minors:
The cities represented in the National
lea have Il total population OF L.
6jj.3 0S and ting baseball parks In those
cities have q totalseating capacity OF
about 1919 900 This means that there
are seats in all National league parks
for only l.6 per cent of the population
and II would mean that II all the people
Of those cities took the notion 10 at
tend the games on some holiday, about
sixty persons would be sCrambling fer
possession OF each set.
As regards the proportion of seats 10
population, the situation in the Anerl-
can league is "irtual!y the same MS n
the senior major league. The cities IN
the circuit headed by Ban Johnson
Ola persons, while the clubs in the
American league have provided seats
for close to $4,000. Here the percent
age OF accommodations for the popu-
lation is about Is. tie same as in the
National league. but, reduced 70 actual
figures, L means one seat for each SIN
ty-three persons.
Conditions are a trifle better in the
three class IA leagues. the seating ca
pacity Of which Is between ; andA per
cont OF the population.
The club with Il particularly attrsC-
tive star. such AZ Babe Ruth was 10 IA"
New York Yankees last season. finds Il
difficult many times during the season
70 take care of those who are anxious
TO contribute to the financial success