El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-09
Fed League Loss Is About 100000
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Figures Show Most Estimates Wrong
BY FRANK G. ,rENkE.

G. MENhE.
ssSoo. But lets make the amount
$4,000
Thirty players at $4,000 each makes
the total salary list $4,000.
The travelling expenses do not exceed
$4,000 for any club in any Of the three
leagues.
The salaries for officials. clerks. Of
flee rent equipment and other incl
dentals did not average more than $50
600 Tor any Of the Federal league clubs.
Some Of the club officials who have
other interests do not draw salaries.
Ninety thousand dollars for salaries
plus $4,000 for travelling expenses and
$4,000 for office salaries and expenses
make the total cost Of operating a club
S140, 600 That's q high figure. Some
Fed clubs carried only % men. That
Topped $4,000 off Of the average sal
airy list and about $4,000 off Of the trav-
cling expenses. In cases where the
executives did not draw salaries the
office expense was reduced by $4,000 TO
$4,000.
Figuring the Income.
clubs.
The average attendance at all the
Fed games last year was $500 at the
very least Reports circulated by the
enemies Of the Federal leaE cue were to
the effect that at some OF the week
day games the paid attendance was
less than 1000. That may be true. il
may not be true. But this fact must
be borne in mind: The Feds at their
sunday games in the west drew some
big crowds
Very often during the season the at
tendance at the Fed Parks on Sunday
was between 10000 and 10000 Split
that seven ways. one for each day in
Sunday attendance alone made for an
average Of over 5000 spectators per
game.
Each Fed club played about 154
as the average daily attendance that
means total attendance Of $500 for
each club.
How Gate Is Divided.
Inc system or splitting the receipts
as We understand il is the same in
the Federal league as il is i'm the
American and National leagues, the
visiting club gets % cents for each
paid admission and the home club gets
% cents as well as the extra amount
price above 50 cents. When a fan buys
a 20 cent ticket il means that the Wis
1tinS club gets > cents Of that amount
and the home club gets so cents If
club gets only e5 cents and the home
club gets S1-00-
II the total attendance at the 154
games was 285. 600. the road attend
ance was half or 192.500 At 25 cents
per head, that meant that each Federal
team while on the road got S4SI25.
E.dcn club played TO an average OF
191.5O0 spectators at home. The home
club bit for each spectator certainly
must have averaged at least 2-1z cents
because there were many a. cent. 81
and SL25 tickets sold. Multiply 192.5O0
by 81 7 and the total is over $4,000.
Add the S4S.125 share for road ap-
pearances to the $4,000 for home ap-
pearances and il makes the average in
come Of the Fed clubs for 1914 close TO
$4,000 That income figure is ex-
remely low for an average.
or course, all the Fed clubs did not
get such an income. Some got more,
others less The Chicago Feds. for in
stance. took in about 100000. Their
expenses were about $40. 1000. The st.
Louis Feds, on the other hand, probably
cldnt take IN more than 100000 while
their operating expenses were about
$4,000.
It can be seen from the figures above
Inat the total operating loss Of the
FEDERAL league as a whole. with ex-
penses figured high and income fig
ured low. certainly did nor exceed
100000 at the outside.