Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1918 — IS SPORT DEAD? NO! [ARTICLE]

IS SPORT DEAD? NO!

It was announced officially that the attendance at the New York police athletic games at Sheepshead Bay was 200,000, and that $250,000 w r as taken in at the gate. This is the largest crowd that ever attended a sporting event In America. Despite the fact that this country is in the thickest of things “over there,” athletics still are popular as attested by this remarkable outpouring. Again we ask, is sport dead? The answer is .“No.”