Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-05

ranged by the Boston Up. L. club. IL may
he, however, that that club has been
merely making a bluff, and has already
made arrangements, as it is claimed by
some people who ought TO be in "A position
to know, TO play a series with Louisville.
Another thing which should develop
soon is the nature Of the big bomb which
the Players league representatives have
promised shall be thrown at their oppo,
nents. Ii Is suspected that the bomb wont
20 OFF, because il was connected with the
deal for the purchase Of the Cincinnati
club by the Brotherhood. a deal which ap,
pears to nave miscarried. To a man up a
tree it looks as If Stern and Sterne, the un
related but astnte owners uf the Cincinnati
club, have been playing a game of bluf
with the Players league welfare commit.
tee in order to gain time aud expose the
would-be purchasers to ridicule, and show
the public that they are quite as willing to
buy clubs aud players as the old league
ever was. While Messrs. Brunell and John
son have been hunting the Jack o Lantern,
Messrs. stern and Sterne have been en
gagged ia securing the lease of the only
property in Cincinnati already fitted up
for "A bail grounds. 80 ~ To make il neces
sary for the Players league to invest "a
large sum Of money should they decide to
start an opposition club in Cincinnati II
does not appear to me hat Mr.. Stern ever
intended Il sell out. and that the National
league thoroughly understand his position
and have approved Of his course
There will be n golden opportunity now
for the phIlamthropi,is who backed the
Boston Players league team To show their
love for the players, and incidentally 10
keep the contracts they made with them.
They claim that the gross profits Of the
club have been SjO,OND: that s95,Ov of this
ha, been used t. Jay for balance on the
plant above the original capital of saO,uJ0.
and that with running expenses aud the
plant all paid for there will he a net profit
of S2j.0W Now ! 10 not believe this state
ment. aud think can show wherein IL
is exaggerated. but II It Is true there is a
nice little sum to h. divided among the
ball players, II such profits have been
made il l. obvious that the club il bound
under It's contracts to give 300 to n prize
fund to he divided among the winning
teams as originally agreed upon. The
club has no right TO take from its profits
any money To cancel capita! stock.
AFTER al expenses for managing such
corporation have been paid, sala
over aud above these expenses shall he
divided-s2,5 80 to the prize fund, $1,000 TO
the stockholders. hesecond $40,
900 Of profits goes to the players pool, and
the next slO,Up shall he divided equally
between players and stockholders"
Such, ia brief. are the requirements OF
the contract. and the officials of the club.
IL they made the statements attributed to
them. will have to make good 10 the play
ers or acknowledge that they have mis-
stated tie results of the season
1t is, Of course, impossible for an outsider
Ia figure accurately the profits Of any club,
but ii is possible To Approximate them. IL
will he admitted that the Boston l. b.
club, aud for that matter no club in the
country, has not underestimate the at
tendance n, their games in the figures they
have given out for publication.
II is generally believed that all the clubs
have exaggerated. Allowing that they
have been truthful, we find that the total
attendance at Boston has been l93,5y4.
Allowing that 30 per cent. of these paid an
extra quarter for grand stand privileges,
the gross receipts were Sill ,3i6. OF this
the home club got s55,G5s. Add to this for
preseason exhibition games, say 5000.
and the total home receipts were sGl .65s.
The attendance at the Boston teams games
abroad, according to the official figures, not
counting its last series at Buffalo, Cleve.
land and Pittsburg, which would not swell
the total very much, was 1876, OLA. OF these
JO,5s6 were at Pittsburg and Philadelphia
at a % cent tariff. Reduced to dollars and
cents, allowing 20 per cent. for grand
stand, this ATTENDANCE produced Sb5, s2l.
B0ston's share was s32,9l0. Boston's
total receipts for the season, then, were
Sl,jGs. Deducting from this its share Of
assessments for umpires and extraordinary
legal and other expenses, the net receipts
were about $4,000 In round numbers. The
ordinary expenses of the club at a low esti.
mate reached at least $4,000, so that the
surplus on their own figures could not
have exceeded $1,000. And the Boston
~. h. club is the only Brotherhood or
ganization that finished with "A profit.
The total receipts OF the New York (P. H.
club at home and abroad will not aggre-
gate, according TO official figures, more
than $4,000, barely enough to pay ex-
penses. The Chicago (P. L.) club will show
about the same financial exhibit as the
New York club. The Philadelphia club
will finish $4,000 In the hole, and all the
others will he heavy losers.
These estimates are based on the Official
attendance: and when IL Is considered how
these figures nave been boosted In nearly
every city there Is room Ia doubt that even
the Boston club has more tnan cleared it.
self on the season. The National league
clubs have not done much better financially,
and will, with the exception Of Boston,
Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Cincinnati,
prove to be heavy losers. The exact cost
Of the baseball war of 1890 will probably
never be known, but 1t has been severe
enough on both sides 10 make the magnates
averse TO n renewal OF the conflict in 1891.
II may he that when the balance sheets are
struck that the array Of losses will serve to
bring the capitalists Of both sides together
In a compromising spirit.
Al present, however. there are no indi-
cations Of a compromising spirit that look
at all healthy, w, l. HARRIS.