South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22
ONE TOUCH YEAR
FOR OWNERS Of
BASEBALL CLUBS
Very Few Teams in the Three
Leagues Made Money the
Past Seas "n-PhiIIieS
Ahead $4,000.
BY Frank @. NIenke.

NEW YORK. oct. 22.-The season
Just closed was a lean one Tor most
Of the baseball magnates. DesPlle
the close race in the National, amer
lean and Federal leagues, the losses
OF some of the CLUBS ver-balanced
the gains of others. and those in close
touch with the financial side or the
diamond game claim that each league
as a whole, lost money.
The neck-and-neck race in the Ma
tional league from the start OF the sea
son almost TO the finish was the only
thing that saved the entire league
from a terrific walloping (hnanclal
walloping.)
The closeness of the fight kept the
crowd coming from the opening oil
the season until the first or OCTOBER
However. the crowds did not come
in the volume of other years and
those clubs that made money showed
profits that we're very small IN COM
parisOn with those made by the WIN
ming club in other years.
The Phillies won the pennant but
their profits for the regular playing
season did not go much above $4,000:
I'VE drew fairly well at home ana
in the east" said William +. Baker.
president Of the club, but we lost
money on every one of our western
trips and we feel lucky in breaking
little ahead of the game"
Dodgers Make Money.
The Dodgers. owned by Charles
Ebbets. made money for the first time
in many years. due to the fact that
they were runners up in the race
from mid-season until the last week
Of the season The BroOklyn's profits
were around $4,000. Jim Gaffneys
Boston Braves cleared about $4,000.
III oh
son, but the tOp-heavy salary list cut
into Gaffney profits.
Despite the fact that they spent the
major portion of the season trying to
push out the bottom Of the National
league. the Giants cleared about S65,
coo. OF this amount SIS, eco came
from profits on a regular season and
the other $4,000 came from rental
If their park to the homeless Yankees.
The Giants drew fairly well at home
but lost money on most of their west
orn trips.
The Pirates were even up with eX-
penses until mid season hut their
slump after that eliminated them from
the list OF drawing cards and their eX-
penses far over balanced their re-
ceipts The Cincinnati Reds are said
20 have dropped about $4,000 on
season. The loss of the Cardinals are
estimated at between $4,000 and
$50 coo and the Cubs are said to be
behind something Ger $4,000 for the
season.
The Boston Red Sox made about
100000 for Owner Lannin. This is
rot much of a showing for a pennant
winning club that has a large park
like that Of the Red SOX. but it must
be remem bered that Lannin's payroll
is one of the largest. if not the larges
in the country. and his receipts dwir
died considerably every time pay da
came around.
TIGERS Are Ahead.
The profits of the Detroit clul
which acted as runners I'D througr
out the sea son is estimated at $50
600. The White SoX cleared abo1
$4,000 on the playing season. but tn
and about $40, coo more was used
in the purchase Of high priced talent
such as Joe Jackson. Eddie Murph,
Memo LeibOld and others.
The Senators are said to have loe
between $4,000 and $4,000. tt
losses Of the Browns are estimated
between $3.50 and $4,000. r.
Yankees losses are estimated at bc
tween $4,000 and $4,000. and III
same sum is renorted to have beo1
lost by the Cleveland club The Atb
etics lost around $4,000 on the play
ing season. according to the best est
mates. but got part Of this back fror
the sale Of players.
In the Federal league the ChicaeC
Pittsburgh. st. Louis and Kansas Cit
clubs made rooney. The Chicago Feds
who won the pennant are said t.
have cleared 100000 while the profit
If the Kansas Citv club was arOur(
$4,000. This club lost nearly $500
last year but its great fight for tn
pennant this year brought out tn
home crowd as well as making it g
good road attra ction.
The Pittsburgh club. which is nor
cluttered up with high priced talents
cleared between S25. coo and $4,000
on the season. Most of this profit wa
made during the last week of the
season when it battled with Chicago