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LINCOLN'S lack of interest in State league baseball, its refusal to make the turnstiles click at Landis Field, is earningfor the capital city an undesirable reputation as the poorest, ball town” on-the Nebraska circuit,.'Although the most populous city in the league, larger even than all the others combined, the attendance figures in Lincoln are least of all in the four-club loop.Against this distressing showing, the facts can be cited that several City league games have pulled crowds of 1,500 to 3,000 to ,the local ball orchard, while theKansas city Monarchs, cracknegro team, and the House of David aggregation of long beards performed only a few nights ago in the presence of 2,500 pud spec-tutors: So it weald seem that baseball interest in Lincoln is fw from .being in a state of rigor mortis. It proves, rather, that the fans •f Lincoln know what it is to pick their spots, if the attraction conveys an appeal, they torn oat in geneton numbers.
Newspaper Details
Lincoln Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Aug 20, 1933
Page 6
Full Page
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Michael W.
NA, 21 Apr 2023
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