Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-23
Ell Paso Base Ball Players Not
Satisfied,
GEARS FAULTY CONTRACT
BALL TOSSERs ARE NOT PROTECTED

The Ell Paso base ball public are
good starters. but poor finishers.
That was the verdict arrived at by
the Ell Paso and Albuquerque ball
teams and some of the members of
the local base ball association after
the game at Athletic park Monday
afternoon.
AS result of this verdict the ag-
gregation of all professionals who
styled themselves the Albuqueruues
quietly pulled out for the east Mon
day night and the Ell Paso champions.
yclept, the Kansas City Blues, left
last evening for their homes, all of
which was not exactly according to
the program. There was. consequent
ly, no game yesterday afternoon.
The break in the arrangements for
a series of three games in this city
came after the receipts for Monday
afternoons game were announced.
when the Albuquerque aggregation
after advising with DR.. Albers, and a
few other promoters of the sport. con-
cluded that they could not affard to
remain and play the other game. 1t
is said that the players individual
share from the receipts from Mondays
game amounted to about SO.
The two clubs then got together
and asked guarantee Of $3.50 as
their share of the receipts to play
yesterdays game and as this could
not be promised, everything was de-
clared off,
The Kansas City boys remained in
town yesterday for a settlement and
were not In very pleasant frame of
mind over the turn of affairs.
1t seems that the exact terms of
the contract between Gear, the man.
ager of the Kansas City Blues, and
the base ball association were not
known to the players until yesterday
morning. 1t then fell out, according
to the statement of one of the play
ers, that instead of getting the 81 900
which was to go to the winners of
the Albuquerque series, the club only
got one-half of this amount, the other
half going to the base ball associa-
tion. The two clubs then got % per
cent each from the gate receipts here,
which. added to the $500 received for
winning the three games at Albu-
querque and apportioned among me
players, makes them winners on the
trip not over $50 a piece.
The Albuquerque team, who were
the losers of the series, are really
the winners financially" said one of
the players yesterday. "They got the
$500 which went to the losers of the
Albuquerque series and the same per
cent of the gate receipts here, which
when you consider that they were al
lowed more for railroad expense, puts
the base ball association, but we do
blame Gear for signing such a con-
tract and bringing us down here in
ignorance of the terms. If | had not
thought that we were to get that
$1,000 / would not have pitched two
successive games at Albuquerque"
said Flaherty. when you consider
that have to pay my fare from Kan
sas City to my home in Pittsburg, /
will be loser on the trip" he contin-
ued.
Lewee, the short stop, said; "Of
course, 81 500 was a pretty big purse
to hang up for series of five games,
but how Dale Gear, an old base ball
manager, could enter into such a con-
tract | can't understand. Still,
can't see how the association can
claim that they are not coming out
much ahead, as, according to the way
we figure it, their share of the pro-
ceeds of all the games played amounts
10 close onto 81 ,000.'
The above is clipped from the FL
Paso Times, October 22. and was
shown TO Secretary McCanna, of the
Fair association, and Roy Mcdonald,
manager of the base ball players at
the fair. and they stated that it was
their understanding that the base ball
association of FL Paso was to get half
the winnings here and half OF the gate
receipts derived from games played in
Ell Paso, the balance to be divided
equally among the players represent
ing that city.
Both gentlemen regret any misun-
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