The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

In the American League the Maps win
suffer most The Cleveland fans have
quit them cold. The Maps are not draw
ing on the road and the combination Of
miserable attendance and huge salaries
may set the Nap owners back about slso.-
Yankees Are Losers.
The Yankees also will be certain losers,
but they may escape with $1,000 or y5,-
600 owing to the fact that they drew
fairly well early In the season and that
no matter what their position in the race
they usually can draw a midweek crowd
Of from 1000 to 5000 at home. That's the
fine feature Of being in a town where
there are so many transient fans
The cIoseness Of the race among the
other six teams In the league may cause
two or three of the first six teams to
escape with only q small loss. Earlier In
the year IL looked As IL the Browns. Red
Sox and White Sox were due for losses
Of from $1,000 TO S75.Ooo each, owing to
the Federal competition in Chicago and
st. Louis. and the fact that the Bos-
tonians seemed to be out Of the fight
But the persistence with which the
Browns and White Sox keep near the top.
and the great spurt of the Red Sox has
increased the recent attendance TO such
a point that the early losses may Be
partially overcome
Athletics Breaking Even.
Connie MacIcs team has been leading
nearly all the way but Comics bank ac-
count won't be fattened much The fans
in Philadelphia seem apathetic. The at
tendance this year at the home games
has averaged less than for the last four
years and on the road the Athletics are
not drawing overly we'll The Athletics
will make money. but It won't be much
The Tigers and Senators, II they can
keep in the fight. win clear a little on
the season-probably 81, 900 for each Both
have big payrolls this year and N both
towns the fans are not coming out in as
great numbers as they did In other years
when the teams were In the nght.
FederaIs Losing.
In the Federal League 1t seems Ger
tain that each club win lose money. No
individual estimate can be made but It
looks as IL the collective loss TO eight
clubs will be in the neighborhood OF
$50 900.
The estimate Is arrived at In this way:
The Feds have about 80 men under con-
tract Some Of those men are getting
salaries from 5000 to $1,000 . year. But
many of the eothers-recruits-are draw
ing only around 1850 to 900. making
$500 the average salary for all the play
cA y AeAhCA EA6u dFcId8c-lA nle8u8 Lu8E
the magnates will have to pay out SS75,-
900 in salaries Adding to this another
$50 600 TO cover the cost Of travelling ex-
penses, interest on the investment In
stands, salaries to officers, etc, II brings
the total outlay up to Sl,56o.ooo.
The Feds play 154 games. That means
four combats each day for ia days or
s16 games during the seasoa- Allowing
2.50o as the paid attendance for each Of
these games II would bring the total at
tendance to 1,54oooo. With the averaks
paid attendance at 80 cents IL would mean
that the Feds would take in through the
gate about S7o0o0 during the year, CIV
ing the whole league . net loss OF S7So,-
600. or about 100000 each
These figures may do certain injus-
tice 10 the Federal Leaguers because they
may show the outlay larger than Il really
is and the receipts smaller. But they are
given from the best estimates available
Some Of the clubs in the Federal League
will lose more than others The Kansas
City, Pittsburgh. Indianapolis and St
Louis hackers just now seem destined to
suffer larger losses than the others The
losses in the other four cities will not
be large.