Beisbol, Phooey!

Mexican beisbol ended its disastrous 1947 season last week. Mexican fans would rather see a bull killed than hear a baseball umpire threatened with death. Experts guessed that Mexico's wealthy Pasquel brothers had lost 750,000 pesos (about $150,000) this season.

All kinds of reasons were adduced: rain washed out many games; electricity failures had blacked out most of the profitable night games; the Monterrey team was so much better than the other five teams that partisans lost interest. Several Mexico City games drew 20,000 fans, but games in the sticks drew as few as 55. Most of the U.S. players, lured with fat salaries and fanfare a year ago (and banished from U.S. baseball for five years), had collected their salaries and played generally lackluster ball. Clearly, the Brothers Pasquel were through raiding U.S. talent. In fact, a good many Mexicans were ready to bet last week that the Mexican beisbol league itself was about through.

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