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ICardinals also have a farm, havo'esqne opponents of the Cardinal®shown their approval of night baseball bv their attendance.and still others by Grover ClevelamAlexander, former Cardinal hurleiuAt one gamein Columbus this now manager of the bearded teamyear.” he continued, “we had 19,000Yet the Redbird magnate is conattendance. There were 10,000 here vinced “a far greater number oifor the night exhibition, yet only Persons are able and eager to attendabout 400 the same afternoon for a ball games at night than is the cas€regular championship game.in daytime.”Ereadon conceded that many per-The introduction of an occasionalsons might have been attracted by night game into the league schedule.*»the novelty of the first night game he thinks, “might not prove a badin the park, others by the pictur- idea.Breadon Sees HopeFor Night Playingin Major LeaguesST. LOFIS—The first trial of floodlights at Sportsman’s park before acrowd of 10,000 lias left PresidentSam Ereadon of the Cardinals “interested” in the possibilities of introducing night baseball into the majorleagues.Several defects in the portableighting equipment of the House of)avid ball club manifested themselves during the game, but Ereadonpointed out that these have beenovercome in permanent installations.“At Columbus, where we have thelatest thing in floodlights,” he said.“there is not a shadow' o»* a darkspot. In some respects the visibilityis greater than by daylight.“The ball is highly illuminated bythe lights, and really is more easilyfollowed.Ereadon added that fans at Columbus and at Houston, Tex., where the
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Carbondale Free Press
Carbondale, Illinois, US
Fri, Sep 30, 1932
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