The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-02
WORLD SERIES TO
Be PllYEO UNOER
war CONDITIONS

New York, Sept. f-While neither
gate receipts nor attendance figures
are expected to be broken at the COM
ing world series, baseball fans through
out the country are certain to watch
the daily returns with more than the
usual interest owing to the changed
conditions under which the series will
De played. Two outstanding features
are apparent which have not hereto
fore been faced by either the players
or the magEates at any time in the
history of the baseball classic.
No such national or international
crisis has ever prevailed during the
playing of world series as exists at
this time. Under normal conditions
the annual clash of the pennant win
ming clubs of the rival major leagues
has each season been one of the events
OF the year. The play was followed
each day by hundreds Of thousands OF
baseball enthusiasts in all parts OF the
country. Great cities and little ham
lets in Isolated sections of the conti-
nent have witnessed the daily gather
ing OF throngs before the bulletin and
player boards to follow the fortunes
of the competing teams. Today the
mind of the public is burdened with
great responsibilities and cares and the
world series at best can be but mo-
montary diversion
Under the circumstances it appears
certain that, while the games may be
well attended there will be nothing
Ike the great outpouring Of fans which
have each year filled the parks to ca
pacity and swelled the Golfers of the
clubs and players. Strange to say this
will make little difference to the men
who will participate in the diamond
bast.es for under the new system OF
apportioning the winners and losers
Individual share of the receipts they
can secure but fixed sum, regardless
OF the total of the gate receipts.
AS adopted last winter by the two
leagues and the National Commission
the amended regulations provide that
each member of the winning club shall
receive $1,000, as his share of the
world series proceeds while the losers
individual end will amount to St,400.
The total of these sums will come
from the usual sixty per cent of the
gate receipts for the first four games
of the series. The new arrangement,
however. calls for further dstribu-
ton of the balance of this sixty per
cent fund among the players of the
three clubs which finish the pennant
ace of both leagues respectively: sec
ond, third and fourth.
After the money apportfoned to the
players OF the two competing teams
has been deducted from the original
sixty per cent the residue will be dl-
yfded upon the following basis: To
the players of the National and Amer
lean league clubs finishing second in
their respective pennant race, fifty per
cent: to the third place clubs, thirty
Fer cent and to fourth place clubs,
twenty per cent.
OF the 40 per cent of the gate re-
ceipts of the first four games, the
Na.lonal Commission will receive 10
per cent and the club owners 80 per
cent. After four games have been
staged the players cease to partici-.
pate in the distribution and the Ma
tional Commission will receive 10 per
cent and the club owners 90 per cent.
The winning and losing clubs are
called upon. however. to divide 25 per
cent OF their world series share with
the other seven clubs in their respec-
tive leagues.