Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-20
BASEBALL MILLIONS
BIG MONEY INVESTED
IN GREAT AMERICAN SPOS4
Payroll Of Bic Leagues Amounts
to $4,000,000. - One Man
Alone Handles 1000
Contracts

The same ~ nationally organized |
IL divided into major and minor base- |
ball This IL distinction which pre-
walls between the players profession
ally and also between the financial
promoters In their understandings
Wth one another II Is both a pro-
raasional and a commercial division,
The two major leagues, the Ma
tlonaI and the American, are each
an association Of clubs Tor properties,
IN the financial view which employ
the star players Of the country ana
handle them according 10 the business
methods made necessary by metro
pGlitan demands,
on the other hand, the multitude
Of minor Leagues, also composed ~
professional Players, provide the best
Tint can be afforded BY crowds of
the second and third magnitude,
There are about thirty-thfee base,
bah Leagues, and altogether they fur
nisb the regular series Of games to
26G cities and towns IN the United
States and CaBada-fOr Canada has
leeome part of Us IN this respect,
gDd CROSSES our borders regularly 10
Give ~ pitched battles, 4 seasons
Ibay-rOll for these players, according
10 The estimate Of Charles u, Stewart,
IN the June Century Magazine,
amount approximately To s1,O0O,0 900
Taking fhe Cubs" the Chicago
team of the National League, for eE-
ample, the payroll necessary 10 keep
M effective nine on the diamond dur
ing the last season amounted ~ $780,
900, and The railroad and hotel en-
penses and other outlay ~ $200,000
FOR this expenditure the cbicagf
team entertained people 10 the extern
, Of half million admissions IN III
League "circuif last summer,
There are eleven cities that are 0
maJOr-league eize, Both Of the W.
, major leagues, with eight club
) apiece, engage themselves betWeet
) these eleven cities, Five cities hay
J club IN each " The major leagues
) the ones being philadelphia, Ney
, York, Chicago, st. Louis and Boston
, Those that have only one major elnl
, IN one league Or the other, are CIeye
, band, Detroit Washington, Pits
I burg, Cincinnati and Br00Hyg,
4 club contests only with clubs q
its own league, and ut the end Of tb
eeason the DeBnant-wiBBeFs Of eae
If fhe two major leagues match s1I
4 for the championship Of the world,
Z 10 u certain extent baseball Is COZ
z celyed IN terms Of cities and VII
Z considerable local patriotism, ~
y viii be geen that q bageballiet WI
lives IN one of The larger cities ba
given two hostages 10 f0ftuB'
The smaller city with only one elul
h probably more Intensely patri0i
more goieit0ug, But eyeryb0d
watches The 0se0pe' Of all 0f then
and IN truth II Is one big nations
contest, IN effect II Is single eoI
tiHuOng game being played ol
through the summer IN a series
contests, with varying fortunes b.
tween the cities, And IN the autum
II usually ends IN not Gpteb,'
The teams are seldom spoken " !
their Official names, but are fond
dubbed the Cardinals, the Red Stool
lnge, the White Soy, and such, ~
New York Giants and the PIttsbul
Pirates are among the best-Daid team
In the country,
Az 10 the minor leagues lreally u
major part of professional baseball
some conception Of their extent Dla
be gathered from the fact that durif
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