The Washington herald., 1914-08-02
Many Major League
Clubs Losing Money
With Season But Half Over, All Big Teams Are
Losing Propositions Federal League
Spirit Different.

With the season more than half over.
Il seems q certainty that the majority
Of the magnates In the National. Ameri-
can and Federal leagues win sufer losses
that may reach total OF sz.0oo,oQ while
the minor league losses win add probably
$780, 900 to t75o,0oo to that sum-
Nineteen hundred and fourteen VIII
be written on the pages as the most
disastrous year In the history Of the
national game. due 10 small attendance.
huge salaries and many postponed
games.
But in what different spirit do the
magnates take those lossesi In the Amer
ican and National leagues. where the ma
jority Of owners have been used to reap
ing huge profits each year. the losses
peeye and fret them and cause them to
utter harsh sounding words ever and
anon The magnates in the Federal
League. however. take their losses
laconically-almost cheerfully. They en-
tered into the baseball business knowing
they would lose money in their first year
out So IL Is no surprise or disappoint-
ment to find the outlay larger than the
income In fact. they seem gleefuI over
the fact that their losses are not as large
as they had anticipated
Giants Making Money.
In the National League. only the
Giants seem to have made money up to
this writing. and their earnings 50 far
are said to be only half Of those for the
same period in the past three years
IL the Cubs can keep up their present
pace, and act as runners up for the lead
ers. they may get through the season
with only a small loss, or may even
break a few thousand dollars ahead OF the
game. This condition was not thought
possible six weeks ago because the Cubs
were In q nut and the Windy City fans
had declared a boycott on them But
since they have performed a comeback
the fans are nocking TO see the Chicago
athletes in action again
Cardinals Not Losing.
Despite the game fight being made by
the Cardinals, and their high position
in the race during the first three months,
II is unlikely that they will escape with
out a loss. But IL will be less than in
other years and much less than the Cardi-
nal owners expected when the Feds in
Vaded the town.
The Reds drew well when they were
considerably among those present, but
since they slumped the attendance. both
al home and abroad. has been small, and
Garry Herrmann's band looks to lose
So. 900 or so.
The Pirates made money earlier in the
year, out since the slump the fans have
quit paying money TO look them over and
Barney Dreyfuss may have to suffer a
$4,000 loss for this year. The Dodgers
will be certain losers The total may
reach $4,000. They haven't been in the
race from the outset, have not drawn
well either at home or on the road, and
the pay roll Is top-heavy.
Braves Are Behind.
The Boston Braves are another team
that has a top-heavy pay roll and whose
receipts have been pitifully small from
the outset OF the season. The Hub City
fans expected much from the Braves
went so far as 10 hope they would mix
in the worlds series games. But the
Braves got away to a miserable start
and they can't seem to hit their stride.
The Phillies have been doing better
in an attendance way than was looked
for at the beginning OF the season. when
the Feds seemed to have wrecked their
club. But even at that the Phillies will
do well IL they quit the season under a
HOO loss. The home town fans at
tended in fairly large numbers when the
season first opened and the Phillies
showed surprising form. but since the
slump it's a different story.