Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-28
SHARE BIG SERIES
Owners of Giants and Red SOx
Must Give Up rs Per Cent.
THE ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
Date for Reserved Seat Sale Cannot
Be Set Until Next
Week.


ers of the Giants and Red Sox will not
be permitted to keep all the MONEY ac-
cruing from the coming worlds series
after the players have received theil
share. Last year the New York club
and the Athletics of Philadelphia. con-
trolled. respectively, by John T. Brush
and Benjamin Shibe, divided equally
S1sO.217.42. each receiving 500. 1882. The
national commissions rakeoff on 10 pei
cent basis was $34. C33645. Fourteen other
major league clubs owners. under those
conditions. received nothing-a fact that
caused some i'll feeling. At the annual
meetings Of the big leagues in Deem
Der. therefore. resolutions were adopted
to the effect that in future the clubs
owning teams in the worlds series would
have to turn over % per cent of their
shares to the treasury Of each league.
II weather conditions are favorable and
the series should require six games, as
last year. it is estimated that each club
owner will take down more than $780,
CO., OF which at least $4,000 will go to
each league Ito defray expenses" II
is expected that the total receipts will
be greater than the figures a year ago,
for the reason that Fenway Park, in Bos.
ton. has larger seating capacity than
Shibe Park, Philadelphia. The second
game played by the Giants at Shibe Park
last fall drew 20 $50 persons, which taxed
the capacity Of the grounds. The re-
ceipts on that occasion We're $42. G62 30
as against $77,359 paid by S. S1 per-
sons at the Polo Grounds for the frs,
game of the series.
With a new open stand just finished
at Fenway Park, there will be more than
$1,000 seats. which. of course. is taken
10 mean that the games in the Hub will
yield larger revenue. The players, too
will receive more money. it is believed
The Giants and Athletics split up on a
~ and 10 per cent basis $127. 91O61 last
fall. This time baseball men predict the
players end will exceed $4,000. The
tin. probably today, setting forth the
names Of the New York and Boston
players eligible to share in the golden
spoils 1t was unofficially figured yes
terday that these players would be in
cluded in the list:
Giants-Mathewson. Marauard, Tes-
reau. Crandall, Ames. Wiltse, Meyers
Hartley. Wilson, Merkle. Doyle HeFzog,
Fletcher. Groh. Shafer. Devore. Snod-
grass, Murray. Burns. Becker and Nc
also receiving share and private dona-
tons to Demaree. Kirby and Robinson,
the coach.
Red Sox-Wood. Hall, Collins. O'Brien.
Bedient. Pape. Carrigan. Cady. Nuna-
maker. Thomas. Stahl. Bradley, Krug,
Yerkes. Wagner. Gardner, Eneel, Lewis
Speaker. Hooper and Henrickson, twen-
ty-one in all. with something extra for
Van Dyke. the new pitcher.
The commission also will make public
seats at the Polo Grounds, although no
date will be fixed until the latter part OF
next week. John A. Heydler, who repre-.
sents the commission in this city. said
yesterday that the number of reserved
seats In the upper tier Of the grandstand
at the Brush stadium could not be de-
termined until requests for reservations
from the newspapers. the commission. the
contending clubs and officials identified
with ''organiZed base ball. had been re-
ceived and classified.
1--WE must see to it that no requests are
duplicated" said Heydler. Then we can
put the unclaimed reserved seats on sale
The New York club will not dispose of
the boxes Of it's own accord. Mr.. Brush
will file with me the names of applicants
for the boxes. so that I can allot and sell
them. 1 think it Is advisable for persons
to purchase boxes and reserved seats
covering three games at the Polo Grounds,
for in case more than four games are
necessary to decide the championship the
fifth game will be played here Saturday.
October II. If reserved seats for that
date are not purchased i'm advance, there
will be confusion and inconvenience. OF
course If a fifth game Is unnecessary the
money paid in advance for October 1.
will be refunded. I make this sugges-
ton merely to facilitate matters, but the
purchase Of tickets for three games Is
not compulsory.
at will be left, to the New York club
to request the police department to look
after the handling of the crowds on Sth
avenue and the speedway when the 10000
unreserved seats are placed on sale be-
fore each game here. The box offices will
he opened at 10. o'clock in the morning.
four hours before the beginning Of PLAY.
so that there will be ample time to sell
out without overcrowding or disorder.
The police department, represented by
Inspector McCluskey of the traffic squad.
did great work outside the Polo Grounds
last year. and all that is necessary is a
repetition Of 1t.
Its sure thing that SPECTATORS can
not get hold Of the unreserved seats this
time, and we will do our best to keep the
reserved seats in the upper tier out of
their hands by restricting the number of
coupons to two for each applicant OF
course specula tors will secure some of
these seats in various ways but the num-
her will be comparatively small. When
we have filed orders from maybe tifo
newspapers, from Messrs. Hermann.
4 .ynch and Johnson of the commission,
from the New York Americans. Brook
lyns and practically all of the other ma
jor league clubs. from the officials of the
minor leagues and the clubs in those
circuits, and from the players and own
ers of the contending teams / don't think
that many reserved seats Will be lett. !