That 1914 was a record year in sports in the United States is evidenced from the statement that over 25,000,000 spectators witnessed the various amateur and professional sporting events. The figures were obtained after careful tabulations gathered from club secretaries, newspaper reports, and estimates made by those qualified to gauge the size and number of large crowds.
Baseball leads, with an attendance of 9,000,000; football is second with 6,292,000, and about 1,000,000 people witnessed the various forms of horse racing throughout the country. Motor races of different kinds drew 500,000 people, track sports a similar number, polo matches 125,000; tennis 150,000 and rowing regattas 425,000. It is estimated that 1,500,000 people witnessed boxing matches and the remainder of the total is made up from the attendance at golf, cricket, hockey, lacrosse and yachting events.
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