The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-10-06

city. the would-hc spectator begins 20
worry az 90 how ho is going 10 secure
20 vantage point 60 see one ur mora %
The contests and the nght Tor tickets
begins For weeks before the end ~
tho regular season, requests are sent
for rcseftatolus. but DO ls safe Go say
that nfty per cent of ihcs" result 10
Gisappoiutmtuts. Ions line form ina
the vicinity uf The playing grounds the
night before each battle and fancy
prices ere given 90 The persons who
await their turn ia these files for enc
Result % their long vigil The big
prices that are paid Tor ticNcts 100 his
WAY do not Increase the receipts so
Tar as the players or clubs are con-
Ctrucd. as the box office returns are
NOT Influenced uy the cNorbitlut
amount asked. iu face demanded o'
tine holder OF the choice coupons
lu 1857 whcn Detroit and 81 Louis
/ played fourteen gtmcs boo nearly 90
dozen cities .ho receipts amounted CO.
| $4,000. about 8 5000 "a game. which
wns then considered "a large amount
Thc following year S1f862 Mas taken
! iu for the ten games played hy Sew
YORK and ST. Louis The first year
I 81 the Temple cup series. 1894, -four
games were played snd average per
game was $500 at Baltimore and
New York. There was a falling on q
g,aJ LATER when TIE Cleyelaud-baiu-
more series of tive games realized only
sl4.750.
In 1908 when the first series was
I played between the reunlui-wInu.ng
team of the National and American
leagues. eight games brought "a little
over $4,000. There was no contest iu
1904 but q year later there Was an
advance iu THE prices OF admission and
X6s.tu5 Wts taken iu Tor five games lt
Philadelphia and Ncw York. bat the
attendance fen 60 sgl.T-3 as compared
with over 100000 I've years pre-
Niously. Tho attendance dropped to
90. 600 l1 1905 for The ChicsEo-uc-
troit series. bun the receipts jumped
Go nearly Se5. 600.
s marked Increase iu attendance
aud receipts Nas REGISTERED lu 1909
nhcu 1925 persons paid &iNs 500
tn sc. the -,t"uFtmo series nctwccn
Pittsburgh aud Detroit. Philadelphia
and Chicago played i've games 100
1910. before I-tEl- persons with gate
J Ni'|"N'N" N| 81 NHaFH' NHl 'INIH NNN|NM'N'
was almost doubled the following year
when 1851 persons contributed
g3f4.lst to see the Philadelphia aud
\cw York series of ak samoa This
wrs mighty jump but Dc vas ccllpsad
Boa 1879. the banner year fng attend
ance % financial results The Bo
tom Americans and New Turk nation
ais played eight games. ono Of them
resulting in "a tie, that yn1r. and DO
was estimated that I'd quarter of IL mill
lion spectators saw the pfotractcd
series. which drew tta0. tt9 This
enormous increase was. 81 course due
to the extra games that Wcrc required
but last year when uuly ave games
were needed 90 settle the qucstinuiuE
supremacy between the Giants and
Athletics S325.pAb Yves paid lu with
am attendance OF i5IoOo. hTr aver
use receipts per game iu 1919 was
sol sos. while the aFcrage lasJ ear
Nis Increased Geo s6s.l9G.
Bach Of the winning players ON the
winning side 'n 1903. the FIRST ear
thst the series was played uldtr the
conditions whleu now prevail received
tl.flf.-s and each COZ the losing plu1 %
ers got 1llS2. ln 1912 the Boston
winners received ftO22 each and the
NcW YORK lesacrs we've handed $3.50
each. Last year each player a. the
Athletics got "a winning portion ot
e.. -tG.8C and the losing share 'ur
each Sew York player vas t2lbt1-.
The basis upon which the worlds
solies receipts are divided is as ioi-
lows Tho Nstiounl ma Iutiou TO-
cciyta 90 per cent of The receipts oi
each aud cyer game. The players
of the two CompctIuE club. receive
60 per cent of the Remaining 30 peg
cen of the first four gaines played.
Tho sum b. divided 90 per cent to the
winners and 90 per cent Co the losers.
The remaining 40 per cent OF the 20
per cent of tho Hrst -four games goes
io the club owuers, 80 per cent 81 the
receipts Of every same after the nrsi
four becomes the property 81 the
stockholdcrs 81 the two contestiug
clubs
Details OF attendance and division
of the receipts each year since 1903
are appended.