The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-02
BIG MELLON CUTTING
COMING FOR PLAYERS
IN WORLDS SERIES

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The biggest
financial bonus Of the baseball year ~
10 he distributed soon in the form OF
division Of the Kate receipts OF The
World Series games Of 1917. When tho
New York National and Chicago Amer;.
can League players receive their share
Of the money, paid In the form OF nd
! mission charges BY tho thousands os
spectators who will attend the contests.
they will be able to deposit to the credit
Of their bank accounts sums larger than
the yearly income Of many OF tho FANS
who will witness the play.
The players will not 10 the only ones
TO profit however. for the club owners
and the National Commission also come
in for a percentage OF the recelptS,which
are expected to exceed a quarter OF n
million dollars this season. Under the
rules Of the latter body. which have gov
erned the World Series since 1905. tho
division is made in the following man.
ner: The National Commission receives
ton Der cent Of the receipts Of each and
every game played by the contestlnk
clubs; the remaining ninety per cont OF
! the first four games Is divided upon q
basis Of two-thirds to the players OF the
contesting clubs and one-third 70 the
club owners. With the playing OF the
In the receipts and the two clubs In
volved divide the receipts equally after
tho National Commission has taken its
ten per cent The players share Of the
World Series funds arc apportfoned upon
q basis Of sixty per cent to the winner
and forty per cent to the loser. while
tho two clubs as corporations are re-.
CURED to contribute q certain amount or
their portions to the leagues OF which
they are members.
That these sums are not 10 be cons'o-
cred lightly. even in the present days OF
extraordinary financial operations may
be realized when II ie stated that the re-
cnipts Of the thirteen series played since
1903 have aggregated 322.S74,224. OF this
huge amount the players have received
s1.1S0,S1S. the club owners, 31,t11.1b6'
and the National Commission S2s2242.
The rules governing tho series specify
that each club shall shall name in ad-
vance OF the play the men who arc en6l.
bio to participate in the games. THESE
playerS each receive one shnrc OF the
winnings or losing teams percentage
with certain arrangements for ground.
keepers mascots and others connected
With the teams In n minor capacity.
Some idea Of the sums that fall to
the share OF players who engage In the
World Series may be gained from
glance Of the records Of preceding strug-.
giles. The largest amount went to the
members of the Boston Americans who
played and won the eight game series
from the New York Nationals In 1912.
That year each regular member of the
Red Sox received s4.12l. The next high
eat amount WAS $3.50. also captured by
the Boston Americans CT last season as
a result Of their defeat OF the Brooklyn
Nationals. The smallest sum received
since 1903 by the Individual members OF
q winning team was S1.l42. by the New
York Nationals in the series against the
Phila dclphia Americans In 1905. The
Chicago Nationals hold the minimum
losers record with S439. when the Chi
caeo White Sox won the title in four
out Of six games In 1906.