The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-11-07
The gtnlor.at.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 0, 1884


"Chicago Is the bighest-plieed club.
Anson, the Captain and first basemAn,
Is reported to receive $4,000 and Cor
coran nets $4,000 by the twist Of his
wriAt. Flint, Kelly, Williamson and
Gore, and, in fact, all the playsrs do
not work for much IL any ything less than
$4,000. Their total ssiary list CROW ds
$50, 900 pretty close. The New Yorks
are commonly spoken of as the high
priced team but several of the players
In that club were engaged at low figures
so that Notwithstanding the fact that
Ward and Ewing each receivs q triae
over $3000-the highest salaries paid
any baseball players in the world.
the total expense Of the club in this
direction does not amount to mush, if
any, more'than $4,000 season. The
Boston club costs about the came. Nor
rill, the captain, manager and fret
baseman, receives S2s00 for bis SER
vices in these combined positions, while
Whitney, the lightning pitcher, 10 paid
S2500, Burdock and Hornung triae
over s2500, and several others $500
each. Radbourne Is the big man In th.
Providence olhb, and 10 followed by
Start, Hines:sndlIrwin. The total Of
the club is not far, though perhaps
trifie above, $50, 200 for tho season.
Buffalo pays about the same amount.
Calvin leads, and Btourhers, o. Rourks
and Rowe follow at more tsan average
figures. OF the Clevelands, ss they
DOW stand, Bushong, the catcher, Ia
the star, with Phillips, Hotsiing and
Muldoon playing good leading business.
The total is not quite 10000. The
Philadelphia is the poorest paid club in
league, the salaries Of the players
amounting to but about $4,000 or
$4,000. Farrar and Mulvey get S2400
between them, while Purcell and Man
ming divide $4,000. Ferguson gets
$3.50. The remainder, with but few
exceptions, do not drawn far from $1,000.
The total salary list of The league clubs
will not fall short Of $4,000. Their
travelling and incidental expense, 10
the way Of improving their grounds,
advertising, printing. etc., will swell
their total outlay to Al least 1926 900.
Tho salaries paid by the other asaocia-
tious and tho numerous ssmi.profess-
ionAl clubs about the country will
amount to ct least 100000 more, 50
the Times can safely say that ever
$500, 900 Is spent every summer to see
professionals play base ball"
Show about the profits 90
"Most Of the league clubs make
money. The Bostons have probabl;
made the most Of any club in any one
season. l am told, on good authority,
that they cleared $4,000 last season
and this year will exceed that sum by
$4,000. They have made big money,
both at home and on the road. The
Chicagos probably come next. One
year they cleared $4,000. The loca-
ton CT thsir grounds, right in the heart
Of the city, and the prestige that still
cli1gs 10 them from their former victo.
ries, assist greatly in attracting 9 large
attendance a. their games. The Provi-
dence aud Pbilsdelphias have also
made money, though not nearly as
much a. either of the other two. The
Bufalos will close the season about
even concerning the Clevelands Il Is
doubtful. Tbs Detroit club has lost
money this season for the 6rst time
about $1,000. They cleared $4,000 on
their first trip east IN April aud May.
Hurlburt, late president of the Chica-
gos and the league, used TO figure that
baseball could not be proftabiy played
by professional club TO less than an
average attendance Of 1000. William
G. Thompson, the president Of the De-
troit club, estimstes, / believe, that an
average of 750 will pay."-Detroit
Times.