Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-08
MORE PLAYERS AND
LESS MONEY FOR
WORLDS SERIES BOYS

New York, Jan. when the players
who actually participate in the World
Series Of 1918 come to divide their share
of the gate receipts of that baseball
classic they will realize that, financial
ly at least, the series is not what 1t
once was.
In recent years the pennant winning
club in each league has been repre-
scented by approximately "a players.
These players have shared among
them the GO per cent and 40 per cent Of
the players pool which has been divi-
ded on that basis to the winners and
losers. AS a result a sum which in the
past FIVE years has averaged SAB, $50
per annum has been divided among
some As players.
In the future close to 200 players will
receive portion Of the players pool.
Under this system the days of large in
dividual gains by the members of the
World Series championship team are a
thing of the past.
According to the agreement just made
by the two maj or leagues the players of
the two competing teams will receive
60 per cent of the gate receipts Of the
first four games as in the past. In
stead of sharing this sum on a 60 and
40 basis, each player OH the winning
team will receive q lump sum of $1,000,
and the members of the losing club
81, 400 each.
After the total of these individual
prize moneys has been deducted from
the players share the remainder will
be divided among the players compos-
ing the clubs finishing second, third
and fourth In both the National and
American league pennant races. The
basis Of this division has not as vet
been announced but il Is generally ex-
pected to be 80 per cent to the second
clubs; 90 to the third and 20 to the
fourth teams in each league.
With these figures to work on as a
foundation for figuring it is possible to
gauge with reasonable accuracy what
the proceeds will be in the future as
compared with the large amounts
which annually fell to the share of the
players who figured in the climax of
the baseball season. Estimates based
upon the the World Series ngures of
the past five years show that the aver
age amount which went to the winning
and losing players was $143.555. The
numbers of players on the two pennant
clubs was about "a. This makes the
average amount to each player of the
winning team about $3,5SS, while the
individual share to the members of the
losing teams has been 50, 1872 Against
these figures the winning players will
each receive $1,000 and the losing
players S1.4o0 in the future.
be found that the prize money to be
awarded to the actual series players in
the future will approximate sS1.600. Us
ing the previous mentioned average
again, the difference between this sum
and what the two teams divided in the
past, amounts to ST., 955. This SCI $50
is the amount to be divided among the
players Of the second, third and fourth
clubs in each league at the end Of the
season.
If the average number of pla yers is
assumed to be the same as on the pen
nant winning clubs this would mean
that the 4S players of the two second
position clubs would receive SO per
cent Of the. SCI 955 or about S645 each.
The third place club players on the 90
per cent basis would receive 1887 and
the fourth position club players. s2os
each.
To put it in other words. instead Of
the players of two series clubs,
amounting TO az in all, dividing S143,555,
on 60 and 40 per cent basis. the same
sum will in the future be apportioned
among the players of clubs. the to-
tai number Of men being approximately
49,.
No changes are to be made in the
system of distribution used to allot gate
receipts to the pennant winning club
owners or the National Commission.
The stockholders of the World Series
clubs will divide equally their share of
the receipts which have averaged $780,
1927 during the past five years, after
deducting rs per cent or s39.S70 for the
other league clubs. The National Com
mission will also receive its full 10 per
cent share of the gate receipts which
has averaged s33,670 during the same
period.