The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-17
TIE TEMPLE TROPHY.

Ign, New York, Boston, Philadelphia
Washington, Baltimore and Chicago. The
expenses Of tho trip were Sis, 900, leaving
1000 to bc divided between the two
clubs, tlE players receiving IL very large
part of these profits, which ncttcd each
member OF the two mines an average of
$500 or 5000 extra and above his salary
That was the most profitable of all the
worlds series ever played. In 1858 the
New Works and st. Louis teams, the re
spcctvc champions, played 10 games to- II
little more than $2i. 900, SIC, 900 OF which
wns profit The players in this series each
got 5000 of the money
In 1859 the New Yorks and Broollvns
played nine worlds series gnmcs before
1900 people, which made the gross re-
ccipts about the same as they wcrc i'm 1888
and the players of the two mines proiltcd
thereby to the extent OF several hundred
dollars apiece. Then came the Players
league fight and the rebellion of the Amer
lean association, which wiped out these
profitable worlds series. After the In
dianapolis consolidation In the winter of
1891 there WAS of course an end to the
post season games, and To the winners of
the pcnnnnt nothing but the empty honor
attached during 1890, 1921, 1902 ana SOB
What Is known rs the Temple trophy
once more makes the winning of the Lcaruc
championship II source of financial profit
to the players of the successful club 1t
also makes 1t of equal interest 10 the sec
ond clubs players, while the third club;
team has prcsumptivc expectation.
This trophy is IL solid silver cup which
cost 500. On its front is The figure Of
ball player in full relief w c. Tenn
pie, cX-prcsidcnt of the 'ittsburg club and
wealthy baseball enthusiasts, is the do
nor Under the stipulations of the pift
the possession of the cup is to be contested
In October after each championship sea-
son by the teams which shall havo ended
first and second in the race. The contest
shall consist OF any number of game; upon
which the two teams may decide, not to
exceed nine, and the winner of the series
shall not only claim the cup for the fol-
lowing year, but also receive 65 per cent Of
the net receipts of the games, the loser to
get the remaining 80 per cent and no de-
ductions from the entire amount of re-
ccipts is to he made except for necessary
expenses, which do not include ground
rents, the clubs being bound by agreement
to contribute the use of grounds free.
Should the champions elect for fear Of
losing their honors rs champions by hcing
defeated In such IL series, refuse to contend
for the cup, as they are given the right to
place in the series.
Any club winning the cup three success
sivc series shall have the right to retain It.
thereafter without further contests. Thus
through tho Temple trophy, the teams of
the League have once more 1; monetary
incentive over ana above their stipuintcd
salaries to win place in the chuInpion-
ship of 1894.
Who will win this ponrant, and who
will contest with the winner for the Tenn
pie trophy? We'll, it is alittlc early i'm the
season to answer that question, and Won
know there's scarcely anything so uncer.
tain as baseball. l asked Arson that
question last week, and what do you think
his answer was? Eh? Somebody must
have told you. That's right Uncle Ansc
told me positively that there is only one
team in tho race and he had it,
There was such tone of sincerity in
the old man IS words that haven't yet been
able to make up my mind whether his
head is turned SO that he thinks the Wash
ingtons arc the only team between him
and the front or whether it has trolley
line Of cars running from the ccrcbrum to
the ccrcbcllum.
On several occasions / have snt down
with the intention of figuring it out and
discovering the coming champions Just
as | would have the club ready to bc
pinned down with my prediction some
second division team would give my Sc
lection such whacll in the neck that il
became necessary TO figure it al over
again. The Pittsburgs looked dangerous
until the Wnshingtons took two ribs out
of them at one sitting, and the Bostons
and Brooklyns Wore out dozens of bats on
thcir pitchers The Phillies had cham
pionship carmarks until Arson and Won
aer Aho ManGAr. 1 into their ncnccfnl nr,.-