Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
THE TEMPLE TROPHY,

Ign, New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Washington, Baltimore and Chicago. The
expenses Of the trip were SIS, 900, leaving
1874, ZOO to be divided between tho two
clubs, the players receiving very large
part of these profits, which netted each
member Of the two mines an average of
$500 or $500 extra and above his salary.
That was the most profitable of all the
worlds series ever played. In 1883 the
New Yorks and St. Louis teams, the re-
spective champions, played 10 games to q
little more than $4,000, $16, 900 of which
was profit The players in this series each
got $500 Of the money.
In 1889 the New Yorks and Brooklyns
played nine worlds series games before
AZ, 600 people, which made the gross re-
ceipts about the same as they were in 1888,
and the players of the two mines profted
thereby to the extent Of several hundred
dollars apiece. Then came the Players
league fight and the rebellion of the Amer.
fcan 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 pennant nothing but the empty honor
attached during 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893.
What is known as the Temple trophy
once more makes hewinning of the League
championship source of financial profit
to the players of the successful club. It
also makes it Of equal interest to the Sec
Ond clubs players, while the third clubs
team has q presumptive expectation.
This trophy is solid silver cup which
cost $780, On it's front is the figure of
a ball player in full relief. w. G. Tenn
pie, ex-president of the Pittsburg club and
a wealthy baseball enthusiast, is the do
nor. Under the stipulations of the gift
the possession of the cup is to be contested
in October after each championship sea-
son by the teams which shall have ended
first and second in the race. The contest
shall consist Of any number of games 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 IS per cent of
the net receipts of the games, the loser to
get the remaining 35 per cent, and no de-
auctions from the entire amount of re-
ceipts is to be 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 as champions by being
defeated in such series, refuse to contend
for the cup, as they are given the right to
do, then the third club shall take their
place in the series.
Any club winning the cup three success
sive series shall have the right to retain it
thereafter without further contests. Thus,
through the Temple trophy, the teams of
the League have once more monetary
incentive over and above their stipulated
salaries to win q place in the champion
ship Of 1894.
! Who viii win this penrant, and who
will contest with the winner for the Tenn
pie trophy Well, it is alittle early in the
season to answer that question, and you
know there's scarcely anything so uncer-
tain as baseball. asked Arson that
question last week, and what do you think
his answer was? Eth? Somebody must
have told you. That's right. Uncle Anse
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 s words that haven yet been
able to make up my mind whether his
head is turned SO that he thinks the Wash.
lingtons are the only team between him
and the front or whether it has trolley
line Of cars running from the cerebrum tc
the cerebellum.
. On several occasions I have sat down
with the intention of figuring it out and
discovering the coming champions Just
Jas would have the club ready to b
pinned down with my prediction some
E-scond division team would give my Sc
lection such q whack IN the neck that i
became necessary to figure it all over
B again. The Pittsburgs looked dangerous
3 until gthe Washingtons took two ribs Out
iof them at one sliding, and tho Boston.
q land Brook ns wore out dozens Of bats q
their pitchers The Phillies had cham
pionship ealmarks until Anson and Vo1
d der Abe Wandered into their peaceful pre