. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. he second movement is the rapid rise of many ofthe smaller base ball clubs into the semi-professional ranks. The first of these movements, that of the building of base ballparks, is directly traceable to the enormous success scored byWest End Park, the grounds at Forty-eighth Avenue and WestMadison Street, where the crowds went in droves almost onthe opening day and have continued ever since. When GuntherPark was opened almost at the end of last year, at the cornersof Ashland, Leland Avenues and North Clark
. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. he second movement is the rapid rise of many ofthe smaller base ball clubs into the semi-professional ranks. The first of these movements, that of the building of base ballparks, is directly traceable to the enormous success scored byWest End Park, the grounds at Forty-eighth Avenue and WestMadison Street, where the crowds went in droves almost onthe opening day and have continued ever since. When GuntherPark was opened almost at the end of last year, at the cornersof Ashland, Leland Avenues and North Clark Street, it cappedthe success of the West End Athletic Association, and the rivalmanagers of the grounds have been in friendly argument eversince as to which is drawing the most people. Other managers viewed with surprise the wonderful successof these two parks and it was not very long before reports beganto flow in of other grounds being fenced in and grand standsgoing up. With careful management there should be no reasonwhy every one of these new parks should not pay handsomely on. WILLIAM C. NIESEN,Manager Gunther Base Ball Club. Spaldings Chicago Amateur Base Ball Annual. ii the investment and incidentally the game be benefited by theirexistence. As for the second state of things, the increase in the numberof semi-professional teams, the term semi-professional beingapplied to those teams which play games for either a percentageof the receipts received from paid admissions, or a statedguarantee for the appearance of the team, the growth was fullyexpected. The building of so many new parks, over a dozenfirst-class ones coming under this head, has taken that numberof teams off the traveling circuit and increased the number ofgrounds by just that number. This created a condition wherea traveling team had more chance of getting a good game thanthe home team had and the better of the amateur teams havemoved up a notch in consequence and are now traveling thecircuit. Two years ago
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