Leading Spectator Sports - 08.16.54

	August 16, 1954 Leading Spectator Sports Gerald Holland

Estimated paid and unpaid admissions at U.S. events

SOFTBALL 125,000,000
BASKETBALL 95,000,000
BASEBALL 85,000,000
HORSE RACING 50,000,000
FOOTBALL 35,000,000

THE GOLDEN AGE IS NOW - August 16, 1954
LEADING PARTICIPANT SPORTS: Estimated totals of individuals active in the last calendar year - August 16, 1954
THE PRESIDENT GOLFER: "I have played the game only a little. I think it is a fine method of relaxation for men in... - August 16, 1954
THE WHOLE MAN: "Sport, rightly understood, is an occupation of the whole man and, while perfecting the body, it... - August 16, 1954
AT RINGSIDE: HOMER: One of the earliest sports writers was Homer. About 3,000 years ago he covered a bout between... - August 16, 1954
OUR FIRST SPORTSMAN: Dwight D. Eisenhower, the first president to appropriate a White House lawn for golf practice,... - August 16, 1954

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