The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
HERAlDICE FUND WINDLE


sf,aa<.66 GOES TO CHIRlTF.
d. 600 10 the Advertisement BeEEars ana
sstu.Bs for "Free uce"-ss, 500 from
sale or Tickets and aaII.Bo for Poiice
eympssium - co. vS,s Mis.inE In the
"HsraId. once and aAlI.So FOR Firenen.
"7he Herald Is able to announce this .nornino
hat the net profits Of the athletic entertainment
oire7, under it's auspices at the Manhattan Field,
lb5th street and The Polo Ground, last Saturday
,rns S1,I57.a1. This suHtt riii 90 to the charities
vhich the athletic police and FIRE laddics Of THE
Chicago, Brooklyn, and Ne,rdrk desired to
By their e6orts. The Herald Free Ice,
the Police Gymnasium, and the Firemen's PEN
sion funds rin each therefore receire tie share
AZ the money"
This astonishing admission was printed In the
Herald on July %, three days after the bicycle |
and athletic tournament given under the man.
agement OF the Herald for the benefit Of the
Herald Free Ice fund. In addition to making
tho statement quoted above, the Herald had n
half column Of self.praise congratulatinR itself
on the a. remarkable" success Of the tournament
IN spite OF the unfavorablo weather. II the Her.
aid Free Ice fund was just an ordinary charity.
this statement that 1t had benefited 1856. 20 by
an entertainment, athletic or otherwise. and
thai t"U ushOCiutou enterprises nuu Deneuteu
with 1t in like amount, might have passed I'M. |
noticed even by the people who contributed to
make up tho purse. Bnt the Herald Free Ice
fund enterprise is no ordinary charity. rs
tho Herald itself has said. The general
public 10 Interested In It. Tho general public
has been particularly interested In It since the
Herctd's own figures. printed this yoar. showed
that several thousand dollars which the Herald
acknowledged having received were and still are
unaccounted for. The Herald maintained silence
about the affair after this publication of July -
u~ntillast Tuesday. The leo fund was not credited
with even the paltry sum that. according to the
announcement, was its due. 1t began TO look az
II the ice fund wasn't going to get anything. On
Tuesday. however. the ice fund got it with this
announcement:
~ JuH accounting of the bicycle tournament
held in Manhattan Field on July "a increases
the net proceeds from 81. 1877 to 0I,23S.G8.
This is a handsome shotrfno for the affair. con-
siderin0 the ,redther, trhich kept many thou
sands array. Under the agreement the net profits
hare been divided into three equal shares. The
Herdld Free Ice fund receives &Al1.56 and a
similar amount goes to the Police Gymnasium
aud the FIremen's Pension funds
There were no other figures, no statement
showing the receipts and expenditures. and
nothing on which an Intelligent estimate of the
real profits Of the show could be based. and the
3l2 business mon or firms that contributed all
tho way. from $40 to 500 apiece Z" for the Free
Ice fund !" arc loft in The, dark; They know
IL. They do know that there was a rake.off
somewhere, and sone Of them have spent q
Sres. deal of time lately ;ciphsriIs, Their
the Herald promised to tuin in TO the three
The Herald began advertising the bicycle and
athletic tournament this year in May. In its
to get together the finest athletes in the Police
Departments and the Fire Departments OF the
big asn sl, as Ia. spa as wss S sSi"s to Sea nsy .se much Il " . tGSrna-
reipts to the Herald Free Ice fund. one-third to
fund to eroct gymnasiums in the station
Pension fund"
nent the H hSr 1a1 said: "' '"0,e''un" announce
MI; Andrew Frsedman, the President o, the
lhe tournament in every way possible. has gen.
Eroqsly terdered the use of Manhattan Field
This was the beginning. Day after day and
week after week the Herald printed column
spon column telling what What e., : great event !, The h
treDHiod enthusiasm. and what n grand boost
~ q io afs rum so !, printed ES'; IL 1i,,s % % %en w Rs' eeps
contributing to help the tournament and reduce
as to prin. any figures that would show the
in. big men everywhere. TO- help, along Il,
esheme. It had Carter Harrison: tho Mayor OF
S Ss,s 9 FL s n' ,hs cd fer 9 s'{ pori ts i force ' and 9 sas
GSa nnra and f, ,Ss F Pspa Ro4sd ct , Il s city the 10 P pseos
shetield Of the Fire commissioner and Police
CommissIoner Avery !. Andrews to agree to &C.
more than forty columns Of reading notices
1t boosted the tournament, and when the &C
counting came IL alleped paltry profits q
S1.lbT.2l. moro than $4,000 less than u nc
The fact is that the gross income from thi
tournament was IN the neiRhborhood Of $500
sums only 81 .es4.s 8 is accounted for. EnouRl
4 n.gf sms: e GORDON asSS,i b assR 'ss steam aine gaeSt e sn en- ~
tire season.
correctness Of these Gearss than there is abou
iR The nsms Of The New York Ht =; Id b. tn
snddr never denied. iSere have before e'f been sros
This statement 10 made. after careful inyest
70 s satsid on Of .s1 Via Satis' a Of .ns h From eo iasS,si !
persons, each in his own line. Before proceed
Ing further; 2 table OF the approximats receipt
interest:
HERALp's REcEIPTs.
Prom adv ertisinR In programme. ..........e 3, 800
Prom ALE OF programms 90 {
Prom sale Of tickets, 5000 at so cents 49,. 1000 {
Prom, saie Of tickets, 1000 q. o. .......... 5000 {
-
Total receipts o.. so {
HERALD's EXPENDITURE.
Fixing the grounds $500
Bin poeting $50
Printing 200
sixteen gold badges AZ Geo each .....,..... $50
Sixteen silver badges at e5 each. ..,.,.... 80
sixteen bronze badges al s2. so each ....... 40
Car fare ten men from Chicago aud return. 400
Hotel bIi for ten men four daye..,... 100
IncIdsutale spepsea. aay 49,. 1000
%. $40
This table OF receipts 10 conservative. TT
table Of expenditures Ia very liberal in eve
item. Taking the expenditures from the I
ceipts the net profits are seen to be $4.2lO. II
Quoting from this the 81 .234. 66 acknowledge
II will Be seen that the swindle net and gross
G2,975.34. And his is very much under T.
actual sum-. as will be shown.
The biggest item OF profit In q show such
was given 10 usually the receipts. from the a