Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1913 — Lean Baseball Year. [ARTICLE]

Lean Baseball Year.

Baseball, like any other business, has Its good and bad periods. This season tbe cry is nation-wide that the hard times caused the public to seek cheaper shows for recreation instead of paying the prices demanded for baseball. The minor circuits are not the only ones to suffer, for many of the major league teams will be lucky to pay expenses. New York, because of the traveling transients, will have a big year. In Chicago, Boston and several other good baseball cities, tbe attendance will fall far below former years.