Clipping:Attendance down in Philadelphia
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| Date | Wednesday, July 4, 1888 |
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| Text | Social clubs of all denominations throughout the city placed a boycott on the local games and patrons who were regular attendants in past years visited the games on an average of once a week. At the Philadelphia ground the attendance was even smaller than at athletic park. The first four Boston games in April were attended by less than 4,000 people, while a year ago more than 14,000 people witnessed the same games. The New York club opened the season in this city a year ago last April to 17,000 people and the series netted something over $9,000. This year it played before less than 200 people in its opening game and the series of four games attracted about 3,600 people. Last year the four Chicago games drew out something like 16,000 people, while this year the attendance did not average 1,500 to a game. The only large crowds of the season were those at the Detroit game on Decoration day afternoon, when 7.393 people passed through the gates. The only other one of note numbered 3,962 people and that was on June 2, when the Chicagos played here. Indianapolis and Pittsburg did not attract enough people to pay the guarantee of $125 per game. On the whole the Philadelphia club has lost money on its home games ever since the season opened and it is only through the efforts of Harry Wright, who was on the last schedule committee and placed his club for the choicest dates, that it has paid expenses., quoting the Philadelphia Press |
| Source | Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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