Record crowds in sport lift legends and myths
Grantland Rice muses on how attendance records define sports fame. He cites the Indianapolis 500 drawing 140,000 to 170,000, and imagines Army Notre Dame games could have drawn 500,000. Berlin 1936 Olympic baseball night game reportedly drew about 90,000, a figure rivaling large U.S. parks yet marking a poor game.
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Record crowds and 1947 baseball outlook from the era
The piece highlights peak boxing and golf attendances in the 1920s, then surveys 1947 major league baseball prospects. It notes Yankees crossing 2.3 million in 1946 and forecasts Giants and Dodgers nearing 1946 counts. It also cites stadium capacities and weather affecting schedules, with player notes on John Robert Mize and his long hitting career.
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