The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-10-06
STAGE IS ALL SET
For OPENING GAME
Of WORLDS SERIES
Alexander and Shore May be the
Twirlers For the Initial
Contest.
FIRST CLASH TO TAKE
PLACE IN PHILADELPHIA
Players to Reap Small Fortunes
Should the Contest Extend Through
Seven Games-Eleven Red sox Play.
ers Have Been In Worlds Series
Games Before - Playing Strength
Of the Two Teams Is Compared.
(By Associated Press.)

New York, Oct. 6-The PHILADELPHIA
Nationals and the Boston Americans
respective pennant winners in their
leagues, are about to reap the finan-
cial rewards Of their season-long ef-
forts in the coming Worlds Series.
Owners and players are expected TO
divide more than 100000 paid in at
the gates by the baseball fans of the
two cities most interested in the se-
ries. With the immense seating ca
pacity of the Boston Nationals new
stadium, which will be used for the
games in that city, the receipts should
be larger than in any previous contest
in one park.
The Braves stadium will seat more
than $4,000 and the receipts should ex-
coed $4,000 per game. In Philadelphia
the Phillies Park will not hold more
than 10000 and the gate is not likely
to, be more than $4,000. Even under
these conditions the players and mag
mates will split the major portion of
$4,000, in case the series title is
won in four games straight and more
than double that sum should the Sc
ries 60 six or seven games. In any
event it appears probable that new
gate receipts records will be estab-
lished, since tie present high figures
are $490,449 collected in the eight
game series between the New York
Giants and Boston Red Sox in 1912,
while the individual game record is
held by the opening contest of the
Athletic-Giants series of 1911 played
at New York when 3S,2S1 spectators
paid s77,359OO to witness the contest.
1t is certain the players and stock
holders of the two contending clubs
in the coming series will not have
cause for complaint regarding the f.
nancial returns and division CT the
same. The rivalry of the players
and the interest of the fans assures
big gate receipts and the National
Agreement and the National Commits.
sion rulings provide for the distribu-
ton of the same along the following
lines: The National Commission re-
ceives ten per cent of the receipts of
each and every game; of the remain
ing ninety per cent the players take
sixty per cent and the club owners
forty per cent of the first four games.
After four games have been played
the players cease to share in the re
ceipts and the club owners take the
full ninety per cent remaining after
the National Commission has levied
| its assessment.
Since the Worlds Series came un
der the official control of organized
baseball the total receipts have
amounted to s2,163,273. OF this hug,
sum the twenty clubs participating II
the games between 1908 and 1914 have
.divided s1,O04.517. while the player
who won and lost the championship
4 in these years split sS79,69S on basi
of sixty per cent to the winning team
and forty per cent to the losing CON
bination. The National Commission
has received $211.546 and the comm
lshare of the Red Sox-Phillies serie
will be welcome for the large reserv
OF the commission has melted away
the past two years owing to heavy e.
penses incurred in the struggle b
tween organized and independeI
baseball interests.
h The details of the receipts and Il
division of the same as well as the q
J, tendance figures since 1903 are show
in the following tabulation:
!, lvear Attendance Receipts. Player
!, 1903 100.429 s $4,000 8 s2,6
l1e05 91,723 6S,4O5 27,s'
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