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THBBaseball's Federal League, Bowing to the Popular Will, Satirical Broadside Cartoon, 1915
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- Lot Description
Hand-colored, printed broadside cartoon, 33 x 22 in. Bowing to the Popular Will. New York: New Process Electro Corporation, 1915.
Satirical cartoon concerning Baseball's Federal League, depicting a group of men seated in a nightclub listening to a performance of people singing for 10-20-30 cent baseball admission tickets. The top block of text accompanying the illustration explains: "Baseball had undergone many tribulations, but it remained for the Federals to tear the thing wide open when it declared war on 'organized baseball,' but we should worry if we the people, get the spoils." In the crowd sit two fat bosses, representing professional baseball's American League and National League, sipping on dollar admission champagne. The National League boss cries, "They may want to get away with it, but not if we can stop it!" while the American League boss is so disgruntled that he asks his pal to leave the club. Behind them, a less finely dressed, but equally fat, Federal League boss enjoys the performance with a baseball fan, but notes that he enjoys it as long as it benefits him.
The cartoon addresses the price slash of admissions started by a newly formed professional baseball league, the Federal League, that attempted to challenge the established National and American Leagues for fans and profits. The Federal League "declared war" on its competitors by reducing their admission tickets from one dollar to 10, 20, or 30 cents. In response to the admission prices, the business manager of the Philadelphia National League told the New York Times, "It's all a dream. If we tried to play 10-cent baseball we could close our gates and discharge our players. It can't be done, and any league attempting it looks only for advertising and puts it in a position to commit involuntary suicide" (New York Times, October 11, 1915). As predicted, the Federal League's low prices reduced profits, and that combined with interference from the competing leagues forced the league to fold in 1915.
Condition
Some damage to the upper portion of the document, light soiling, and toning of the paper.
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