The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-05

prices that are paid for tickets in this
way do not increase the receipts so far
as the players or clubs are concerned, as
the box Office returns are not influenced
by the exorbitant amounts asked, in fact
demanded, by the holder of the choice
coupons.
In 1887 when Detroit and St. Louis
played IA games in nearly dozen cities
the receipts amounted to $4,000 about
$1,000 game, which was then consid-
cred large amount. The following year
S24, 1862 was taken in for the 10 games
played by New York and st. Louis. The
first year OF the Temple cup series, 1894
four games were played and the average
per game was $4,000 at Baltimore and
New York. There was falling off a
year later when the Cleveland. Baltimore
series of five games realized only 81,
/ $50.
In 1903 when the first series was
| played between the pennant- winning
teams of the National and American
leagues, eight games brought little
over $4,000 There was no contest in
1904, but year later there was an ad-
vance in the prices of admission and
$6S, 405 was taken in for five games at
Philadelphia and New York, but the at
tendance fell to 81 ,723 as compared with
over 100000 two years previously. The
attendance dropped TO $4,000 in 1908 for
the Chicago Detroit series, but the re-
ceipts jumped to nearly $4,000.
A marked increase in attendance and
receipts was registered in 1909, when
1925 persons paid $lSs,302 to see the
seyen-game series between Pittsburg and
Detroit. Philadelphia and Chicago played
five games in 1910, before ,222 per-
sons with gate receipts Of $l73,9S0 and |
this amount was almost doubled the fol- |
lowing year when 1881 persons con-
tributed S342,l64 to see the Philadel- |
phia and New York series of six games.
This was mighty jump but it was
eclipsed in 1912. the banner year for
attendance and financial results. The
Boston Americans and New York Ma
tionals played eight games, one of them
resulting in tie that year and it was
estimated that quarter of a million
spectators saw the protracted series, n
which drew $490,449 This enormous in
crease was, of course due to the extra
games that were required but last year
when only five games were needed to
settle the questioning supremacy be
tween the Giants and Athletics 1925, $3.50
was paid in with an attendance of ISL n
200. The average receipts per game in
9l2 were SOL ,306 while the average last
iear was increased TO S65l96.
Each Of the winning players on the H
winning side in 1908 the first year that \
he series was played under the condi-
ions which now prevail, received 81. II
1928 and each of the losing players got
LISP. In 1912 the Boston winners re-
eiyed S4,022 each and the New York
Dsers were handed 81, $50 each. Last {
ear each player OF the Athletics got
winning portion OF S3,24636 and the
,sing share for each New York player
ras S2,164.22. r
The basis upon which the worlds Sc r
les receipts are divided is as follows: :,
he national commission receipts 10 per u
INT of the receipts of each and every
anne. The players of the two compet- :
" clubs receive 80 per cent OF the re-
laining 90 per cent of the first four
ames played. The sum is divided 90
er cent to the winners and 40 per cent
, the losers. The remaining 40 per cent
the 90 per cent OF the first four games
pes to the club owners. Ninety per cent ,
the receipts of every game after the
ret four becomes the property of the
ockholders Of the two contesting clubs.
Details of attendance and division of
le receipts each year since 1908 are APP
'nded: