The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-01
News From World Of Sport
Big SERIES TO
SEE DIVISION
OF GREAT SUN
Admissions Expected To
Total Quarter Million
Dollars This Year
(By Aasociated Prena.l

Ny NA0S0SA@kSu &NSAbsl
New York. Oct. 1.-The biggest
financial bonus of the baseball wear
IL to be distributed soon in the form
OF a division Of the gate receipts Of
the world series games OF 1917. When
the New York National and Chicago
American league players receive
their share Of the money. paid in the
form of admission charges by the
thousands Of spectators who will at
tend the contests, they will be able
to deposit to the credit of their
bank accounts sums larger than the
yearly income of many of the fans
who will witness the play.
The players will not be the only
ones to profit, however, for the club
owners and the national commission
also come in for a percentage Of the
receipts, which are expected to ex-
coed quarter of q million dollars
this season. Under the rules of the
latter body, which have governed the
world series since 1905. the division
is made in the following manner:
The national commission receives
10 per cent Of the receipts OF each
and every game played by the con-
tending clubs: the remaining 80 per
cent of the first four games is divided
upon a. basis of two thirds to the
players of the contesting clubs, and
one-third to the club owners. With
the playing of the fourth game the
players cease to share in the re-
ceipts, and the two clubs involved
divide the receipts equally, after the
national commission has taken it's
10 per cent. The players share of
the world series funds are appor-
toned upon a basis of so per cent
to the winner and 40 per cent to the
loser, while the two clubs as cor
porations are required to contribute
q certain amount Of their portions
to the leagues OF which they are.
members.
Receipts Reach High Figure.
That these sums are not to, be
considered lightly. even in the pres
ent days of extraordinary financial
operations, may be realized when 1t
is stated that the receipts Of the Is
series played since 1903 have ag-
Rregated $2.s74.224. Of this huge
amount the players have received
S1,1s0,s2S, the club owners, 81, 411,1b6,
and the national commission $751;
242. The rules governing the series
specify that each club shall name in
advance OF the play the men who are
eligible to participate in the games.
These players e2cn receive one snare
of the winning or losing teams per-
centage with certain arrangements
for groundkeepers, mascots and 9TH
ers connected with the teams in a
minor capacity.
Some idea OF the sums that fall
to the share OF players who engage
in the world series may be gained
from q glance of the records of pre-
ceding struggles. The largest amount
went to the members Of the Boston
Americans. who played and won the
eieht-gama@a ariez- from the. ,NewSYork
Nationals in 1912. That year each
regular member OF the Red Sox re-
ceived 5000 The next highest
amount was $S,s1O, also captured by
the Boston Americans OF last season
as q result OF their defeat Of the
Brooklyn Nationals. The smallest
sum received since 1903 by the indi-
vidual members of winning team
was Sl,1A2. by the New York Ma
tionals In the series against the
Philadelphia Americans in 1905. The
Chicago Nationals hold the minimum
losers record with S4se, when the
Chicago White Sox won the title IN
four out of six games in 1906.