Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-21
FOOTBALL EXPENSES.
|ow It Costs a Fortune to Keep a Great Team.
WISH OUTLAWS BY BIG COLLEGES

lther and Breadwinner of the Ath-
 etc Family Is Most Expensive of
 III sports-Games Bring Tn Thou
 Iands In Receipts, but Victorious
 Eleven Comes High.
 Few people have any idea of the
 ormous expense entailed in putting
 college football eleven on the field
 Id maintaining it, says the New York
 orld. Those. who base theiH fstk'
 htes on seeing the immense crowds of
 900 and more pouring into the great
 Ids to see the big games imagine the
 ason yields huge profit. When
 hle plays Princeton or Harvard, the
 mson meets Pennsylvania, and Mich
 an struggles with Chicago, most of Xe spectators probably wonder what |comes of the immense financial re-
 rns, for. as a rule, price as high Is 5arged for football seats as 1t costs E go to the best of the theaters.
 Considering that players give their
 rvices, 1t would seem reasonable
 eory that after all expenses are paid .ere should still be an enormous prof
 It might be but for the surprising
 htlay. Football does yield profit at
 l the big colleges, but nothing like
 hat would be imagined. It is the
 oney maker of the athletic family, 2 5lt costs the most to keep It sup brts itself, rowing. hockey, lacrosse,
 Trimming and indoor athletics and lets
 hseball work for itself.
 $ All the children of the backbone of bllege sport are expensive and eat Irge portion of father footballs in- bme, especially his Neptunic daugh- .ers the Misses Crew, but the old han himself is the most extravagant { he outlay has begun, and the next ew weeks will see money lavished on De greatest of college games in man CT to stagger the credulity of those kho have not examined into the figures < 'nd do not realize what the sport costs snnually.
 At Yale last year It cost $27, 900 to 'ay the running expenses. such as ho- Al bills, railroad fare. training table 'nd football equipment. and when to bis is added the salaries of the coaches .nd cost of improvements to the ath- 'tic plant 1t is probable that the grid Ion bill was as much as President koosevelt receives for his years sal . .ry. And Yale Is only one of a dozen |ig colleges where money Is poured out Ike water. No team can have win CT without this outlay. The three big Irtnners last year were Yale, Pennsyi- ania and Michigan
 This year, in addition to having the |suaI high priced coaching system, 'Eith Byron Dickson in charge. the luakers have the services of the high |st priced trainer in the business, Mike kurphy. formerly of Yale. who Is ad- hittedIy the greatest developer of ath- etc talent the United States has ever Len. Murphy Is to look after the base |aII and track team as well as the |ridfron stars For this be will get B0oo A year. and for signing the con Esets that took him from Yale to Penn |e was made a present of house. Yost of Michigan certainly does not bake less than saooo yearly out of |ootbaIl. Harvard has been equally hvfsh in the matter of outlay. and this lear, in the hope of having her football |orfunes retrieved Is paying the big Eest salaTy ever given to a coach-$T.- Io0. Thiz will go 10 Bill Red, captain |f the crimson team that beat Yale Cousiderinz be win only work three honths. it ia pav ct fhs rzte of S26.o00 ' yssr-uore than any profsssor in the collexs or eren fts presideut ssts-