The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-30
Giants 1876, 900 Fans Ahead
OF 1886 Paid Admissions
.iantS-Y ankS
Monopoly
Powerful
AIDS LEAGUES
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

Here and there across the base
ball map there arises faint pro-
test against the Sitting influ.
ence of the New York baseball
monopoly"
1t is added hastily that these
cries do not come from the consti.
tuent members of the National
League of Professional Baseball
Clubs, nor yet from the mem
bers of the American League.
No indeed. This is particularly
true in the National League,
where a New York team in front
means increased business for the
other seven teams.
The Giants this year are ap-
proximately $4,000 ahead Of last
year in total paid admissions.
This came from a source close to
the office of Mr.. Leo Bondy,
guardian of the Polo Grounds
exchecquer. The Giants last year
were las, 900 ahead of the previous
year. No team that increases the
business Of a league by a matter
Of some $4,000 paid admissions
in two years can be termed a
menace to baseball nor a threat to
the safety Of its individual league.
It Is true that through the rest
Of the league, particularly Brook
lyn, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and st.
Louis, the interest of the fans is
bred in hatred Of the Giants.
DODGERS AG'N' EN-
Brooklyn would rather see the
Polo Grounders lose than eats its
collective dinner. The feudS be-
tween Pittsburgh and the Giants,
from the time that the late John
McGraw directed his famous "Hey
Barney TRADE at the late Barney
Dreyfuss is history.
The blazing rivalry between the
Giants and Cubs is historic, and
now the Gas House Gang of st.
Louis steps into the picture with a
grudge against the New Workers.
Terry has carried on the tradi-
tons Of the late John McGraw.
Regardless of the emotion that
lures fans to the parks, whether
it be hatred Of Terry, a desire to
see his team beaten, or just the
love Of baseball well played under
the direction Of a manager who
definitely has taken his place
among the masters Of the game,
the Giants are earning dividends
for stockholders Of baseball.
MONOPOLY HELPS
In the face of the auditors re-
port, it may be rather difficult
to support the contention that the
New York monopoly" is harmful
to baseball.
Compare the report Of increased
business in Gotham with the walls
m in a ting from Philadelphia
when the Athletics swept the
American League in 1929, 80 and
81, Philadelphia wearied OF a
champion, and the rest OF the
league could not generate a real
dislike for Connie Mack. For the
Athletics were broken up to save
expense.
The Yankees, Of course, are
taken for granted. They are popu-
lar throughout the league because
they play great ball and give color
to the game along with a power
that enthralls while it brushes.
GOTHAM TO FORE
So maybe, aside from the walls
of ticket seekers for the series, it
pays the league to have the
Gotham warriors out in front.
The Griffs could do with a bit
Of the Yankee power, and Presi-
dent Clark c. Griffith is working
toward developing real strength.
He has started with young pitch
ers, the power he needs most. The
Griffs will be a better team with
Krakauskas, Chase and PhebuS
and Kohlman functioning next
year, and the performance Of Red
Anderson yesterday was highly en-
couraging.