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BMDON SEES HOPE !; s FOR NIGflT PLAYINGt0rrIN MAJOR LEAGUESa€I£II1IIy:ei-nl-BfiSt Louis, Oct. 1 C/P)—The first trial of floodlights at Sportsman^ Park before a crowd of 10,000 has left President Sam Breadon of the Cardinals “interested” In the possibilities of introducing night baseball into the major leagues.Several defects in the portable lighting equipment of the House of David ball club manifested themselves during the game, but Breadon pointed out that these have been overcome in permanent installations.“At Columbus, where we have the latest thing in floodlights/* he said, “there is not a shadow or a dark spot. In some respects the visibility is greater than by daylight.“The ball is highly illuminated by .the lights, and really is moreeasily followed.”Breadon added that fans at Columbus and at Houston, Tex.Jc where the Cardinals also have a If farm, have shown their approval of night baseball by their attendance. — — - -1#(tccc3cE1t£11IIIey:1nYj1 “At one game in Columbus this year/* he continued, “we had 10,-000 attendance. There were 10,-000 here for the night exhibition, yet only about 400 the same afternoon for a regular championship game.”Breadon conceded tha/t many persons might have been attracted by the novelty of the firgt night game in the park, others by the picturesque opponents of the Cardinals, and still others by Grover Cleveland Alexander, former Cardinal hurler now manager of the It1Jtict£t£gCd13 _LXriiiytbearded team.Yet the Redbird magnate is convinced “a far greater number of persons are able and eager to attend ball games at night than is the case in daytime/*“The introduction of an occasional night game into the leagueschedule,” he thinks, ”might not eprove a bad idea ” 11s0flt1Pt:V
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Norwich Sun
Norwich, New York, US
Sat, Oct 01, 1932
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