The San Francisco call., 1897-09-23
BASEBALL
MANAGERS
AROUSED
They CIamor to See the
Balance Sheet Of the
Tournament.
DlU IhVFIID WAUE LII lMH UAnlEo
Nearly Sixty Thousand Dollars
to Be Divided at the End
of the Season.
INTEREST TAKEN IN THE new LEAGUE
Will & Fincks and the California
Markets Accept the Fifteen Per
Cent Proposition.
INTEREST TAKEN IN THE NEW LEAGUE
Will & Fincks and the California
Markets Accept the Fifteen Per
Cent Proposition.

Since the expose in The CALL of the
methods pursued by the yellow promoters
of baseball, there is a deep interest on the
part OF the managers of the clubs to see
the balance-sheet OF the management.
Thus far this balance-sheet has been with
held from the inspection of the clubs. 1t
would tell an interesting story if it were
produced. providing the figures were not
cooked" "
The tournament management, in order
10 appease somewhat the demands of the
players for something like just remun-
eralion, furnished Cal Ewing, Deputy
County Clerk of Alameda County, state
ment of their expenses. This statement
was published in The CALL Tuesday. In
the figures presented the receipts of Sat
urdays games were placed a: $3.50, and
those of Sunday S al $1000 or $3.50 week.
The games will run thirty weeks. This
makes the total receipts 40.500 Those
who have attended the games know that
$3.50 for the two games is a travesty; that
$1,000 would be a modest feure, thus
making the total receipts $50, 600 for the
season. The total expense, as given by
the tournament com mittee wele $7l52.
This included $1,000 for the trophv, loss OF
football $500 and loss of circus $500.
At the meeting oil the tourna ment COM
mittee, held in Mayor Phelan's office on
Monday, the representative of the suffroa
journal stated that the football teams had
offered $1,000 for the use of the grounds,
or $500 less than the member of the tour
nament committees figures. This would
reduce the total expenses $685., making
the ;otaI net receipts for the season
$53, 146.
Deducting the $1,000 for football and the
$500 for the circus end the net receipts
Tor the season will, at conservative esti-
mate, amount to $55 648 This sum, it Is
understood, will be divided equally be-
tween the yellow journals representa-
tives and D. R. MtN ELL. Thus under the
guise of charity and the promotion of in
terest in the national game handsome for
tunes are made. while the poor players, as
in the Fresno incident, receive nothing
and are brought in debt.
The club managers and the pubic,
interested alike in The national game and
charity, want to see that balanc, sheet.
The Will 81 FIncks and the California
Markets, Notwithstanding that they en-
tered into compact with other clubs not
to appear on the diamond al gain in tour
nameDt game unless they received 20 per
cent of the gross receipts, have consented
to play with the Santa Cruz nine on Sat
urday and Sunday. The clubs will re-
ceive Is per cent of the gross receipts.
The California Markets are scheduled to
play in Saturdays game and the Viii &
Fincks in Sundays.
The crawhshing OF the California Mar
kets and the Will & Fincks created much
uulavorable comment in baseball circles
last night. But the greatest interest was
taken In the new association, to comprise
cuDs from this city and Stockton, the
Gilt Edge and Reliance teams.
Jack McGlynn, manager of the late
O.ym pics, is stirring hImself. He will
probably manage the team 10 be formed
in this city.
H. J. Corcoran, manager OF the Cali
fornia Transportation Com pany of Stock
ton and a man of means, will prouably or
ganize the Slocktons. Mr.. Corcoran is IN
terested in the Banner Island grounds in
the Slough City. These grounds are the
finest in the State. Stockton in the days
of the old California League was great
baseball :own.
The Reliance team of Oakland have
been offered the Alameda grounds.
Tomorrow evening there Will be a
meeting in the office of the Velodrome
Company, at VIII ch a proposiiion will be
submitted to the new association to lease
the Velodfome grounds or play the cla bs
there for percentage of the gate receipts
II. II. Divine, manager of the Gil. Edges
favors the perez ntage plan. He thinks
80 or 40 per cent of the gross receipts
would be an equita bic com pensation Tor
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