Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-08
OTHER TEAMS ID
 HAVE DIVVY IN
 1918 BIG SERIES
Players of First Division in Both Leagues Will Share
 III Receipts.
By A@sociatet Press.

New York. Jan. When the play CTS who actually participate in the world series of 1913 come to divide their share of the gate receipts of that baseball classic they will realize that. financially at least, the series IS not what it once was.
 Tn recent years the pennant win ming club in each league has been represented by approximately 24 play CTS. These players have shared among the nthe 50 per cent and 40 per cent of the players pool which has been divided on that basis to the winners and losers. As result sum winch in the past five years has averaged S143 ,555 per annum has been divided among some AZ players.
 In the future close to POO players will receive q portion of the players pool UnCer this system the days of large individual gains by the members of the world series championship teams are thing of the past.
 According to the agreement just made by the two major leagues the players of the two competing teams will receive 50 per cent of the first four games as in the past. Instead of sharing this sum on q 50 and 40 per cent basis, each player on the winning team will receive lump sum of S20OO and the members of the losing club $l 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 yet been announced, but it is generally ex pected to be 50 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 1t 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 world series figures of the past five years show that the average amount which went to the winning and losing players was Sl43,555. The records also show that the average number of players on the two pennant winning teams 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 S2, ,392. Against these figures the winning players will each receive $2,000 and the losing players S1 400 in l the future.
 ! Carrying the analysis further it will be found that the prize money to be awarded to the actual series players in the future will approximate $S1 500 Using the previous mentioned average again the difference between this sum and what the two teams divided in the past, amounts to S61 955. This $61 ,955 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 players is assumed to be the same as on the pen nant winning clubs, this would mean that the 49 players fthe two second position clubs would receive 50 per cent of the S61 955. or about S645 each The third place club players or the 90 per cent basis would receive $3S7, and the fourth position club players $25S each.
 To put it in other words, instead of the players of two series clubs amounting to 4S in all, dividing S143,- 555 on 50 and 40 per cent basis, the same sum will in the future be appor toned among the players of eight clubs, the total number of men being approximately 192.
 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 commis- sion. The stockholders of the world series clubs will divide equally their share of the receipts, which have av- eraged $l593S297 during the past five years, after deducting 25 per cent or $39,S70 for the other league clubs The National commission will also re- ceive it's full 10 per cent shart of the gate receipts. which has averaged