Memorial Day was crisp and sunny, but cold for the beach. Some fans decided to stay home and avoid the rush; but more went. The day's attendance for big-league games shot up 40% above last year.
Fifteen minutes before game time, 43,068 people had poured into Chicago's Wrigley Field (seating capacity 38,396) to watch the Cubs meet the Giants. In triple-tiered Yankee Stadium, the biggest baseball turnout in two years—70,906—filled every available seat and then some to see first-place New York play Detroit.
Beaming baseball magnates rubbed their eyes and began believing their own...
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