Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
TIM MURNANE'S CHAT

out orders that umpires should always be
furnished with a new ball when they called
for one from the bench. the balls coming
back that were fouled over the stand 10
be used. Since that order went forth the
umpires have called for very fet new balls.
for the fact that old ones were coming in
showers over the grandstand. l was
amused this week at one of the Boston
Philadelphia games. RUDE Waddell took q
seat alongside OF me In the second gallery
of the grandstand, and. no doubt taking
me for a friendly Quaker. made no effort
to screen his good work. The Rube started
with ball In each hand, and before the
first inning was over tossed them so they
rolled nearly to the umpire. Who picked
them up and tucked them under his blouse.
Just three balls were fouled over the fence,
while the RUDE threw in three times that
number alone.
1 learned from the players that in some
cities they have q man located back OF
the stand with basket of old balls. who
works with signals. This young man will
hold out If the home club Is after a new
ball. all of which goes to show that the
kle to win games.
The Boston champions will play six
games in three days. commencing Monday.
at Washington. Their last attempt of this
kind was at Chicago, and the boys are
showing the effects of that Knockout blow
up to the present time. not having fully
regained their confidence as champs. The
champs are dead set against a post series
In Boston. but Nill have to play.
AS the players commence to realize the
full conditions of the worlds series for the
championship they are growing indignant
over the way the money will be divided,
until the whole great army of major league
players are encouraging the prospective
winners in the two leagues to fight the
clubs and give up the games rather than
submit to so one-sided and unfair PROPOSE
ton. Just as soon the clubs have won
the championship in their respective Leagues
they are sure to show their hands in the
matter. and it's a 10-to-1 shot that the con-
ditions mapped out by the national commits
sion will be materially changed II the games
are played this fall.
Think of it, the national commission must
receive 10 per cent of the gross receipts
The thirty-eight players will receive 40 per
cent. the clubs dividing 60 per cent. The
winner to receive 70 and the loser rs per
cent. The players to receive money only
from the first four games where seven may
be played
Mr. Garry Hermann of Cincinnati. chair
man of the national commission. says the
first four games will bring in S5O.O00. and
the players will receive about $500 each
Let us see how near right Mr.. Hermann Is
with figures. The board would take 5000
of the $4,000, leaving the players 40 per
cent of the $40. 600 left. amounting to $4,000
to be divided among thirty-eight men. as
near as l can figure the men entitled to q
division of the purse. This would give each
player about S475 out of the $4,000, each
club taking $4,000 for their bit of the first
four games Then comes the reasonable
possibility of the teams playing three more
games before the contest is decided. The
clubs dividing all the money. adding at
least $4,000 to the $4,000. would give each
club the handsome sum of 1850. Each
taking third more than all the players
combined. The boards rake off would be
from seven to eight thousand dollars, of
which less than $1,000 would go for ex-
penses.
Now. any team winning a championship is
sure to make big money for the club own
ers, and they should be satisfied with a fair
show In the rake off. instead of taking the
head and body and giving the skinned tail
to the men who made it possible to get the
money. Certainly the public care nothing
about the club owners and would witness
the games no matter where played, and
even under the patronage of the players
themselves. who have shown they have the
full confidence of the patrons of the sport,
with thought whatever of the stock
holders.
The games played under the conditions
named would sour the public and dim the
luster OF the brightest stars of the dia-
mond. 1t would be cruel blow to the
sport, and from what / have learned from
the players they will positively refuse to
play unless much better conditions are Of
fered. In fact, the players are fully en-
titled to IS per cent of the gross receipts for
every game played, and they should never
consent to anything less.