The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-09
200 PLYERS NON To SHART IN
RFGRT5 Of THE WORLDS SERIES

ru yiE. Jan. s-when tho play
- ctually participate In the
World .es OF 1915 come to divide
.hc,r .ha OF the gate receipts OF that
ho.hen sslc they will realize that.
riranci. at least the series Is not
what lice Wa.
.,nh t,lch league has been represent
..d ~. tproximatly - players. These
,f,v.rlave shared among them the 50
~ ~ and 40 per cent Of tho players
noo, Itch has been divided on that
hosts, tho winners and losers. AS
-ns,,Ia sun, which In the past five
vas-as averaged st42.555 per aunum
has cen divided among some forty
eigholaycs. -,
-ocie a portion OF the players pool.
T.,r this system the days Of large in
d,yual gains by the members OF the
wild Series championship team arc
;hg OF the past.
ccordi1S to the agreement just made
h tho two major leagues the players
. the two competing teams Will re-
Ave so per cent OF the gate receipts
tho first four games as IN the past.
,stead OF sharing this sum on 80 anc
} basis each player on the willing team
vill rece;ye a lump sum ot $1,000 ana
he members OF the !">tts Sl"o "t'r''
each
sitter the total OF these individual
prize moneys has been deducted from
he olarcrs' share the remainder Will be
divided among tho players composing
tho clubs finishing secodn. third and
fourth In both the National and Ameri-
can League pennart races. The basis OF
.h!s division has not as yet been an
nounced but II Is generally expected 20
be 50 per cent To the second CLUBS: 5"
20 the third and 20 to the fourth teams
in each league
With these figures to work on as a
foundation for figuring It Is posslote
70 gauge with reasonable accuracy what
he proceeds will be In the future As
compared with tho large amounts ~nlch
annually .el to the share Of the players
who figured In the climax OF tho oase-
hall season Estimates based upon the
World Series figures OF tho past i've
wears show that the average amount
which went TO the winning and losing
PLAYERS was sl+3.555. The RECORDS alS'
show that the average number OF pay
ers on the :xo pennaae winning ciuos
was about - This makes the average
amount to each player OF the winning
team about sass. while the Individual
share 70 The members o< the losing
figures the winning players will each
receive $1,000 and the losing players
81 500 IN IN" future.
,.orrv:;fc tho analysis further It Will
ha :ouad that ;hc prize money !" ID
awarded 70 the actual series PLAYERS III
the future will approximate <Nt'ho".
I.siur ,hn previous mentioned average
again. the difference between this sum
and nhar tho two teams divided IN tn'
mast amounts L" SSt.455. This Set."oh
< the amount ~ b. divided among the
plaver>, Of III" Se,ond. third and toartA
clubs in Zach league at III: end "t the
season. , :;
II tho average number OF players IS
aesnr,ed 20 10 tho same as on III" pen
nan, gjruIay clubs this would mean
.ha. the IS players OF the tw" Scr"no
position clubs would raceiv" 30 per Srnt
Of tn. S6i4I5. ur about S"+3 each. IHH
,l,ird placa club players "n the 30 pei
conf basis would receive s3>' ana 'a'
fourth position club players. S-'s caca.
TO nu; = III "th"r worHS. !HS'S'" ~
IN" PLAYERS %: ;wo series CLUBS aH'o""'-
..r -. - =, All. dividing Sii3.5a3 "r a
50 and a p"r cont basis. the Saus S"'''
.,v.u =: I'M. tur.I:,. l.. appari"It'Ht arl"nS
:n. ,;,-..r- g.: light. clubs. III" t"ta!
number o. !:.r being approx. :na'"tE H.
x, ,.a;c..S arr - be made - Sie
.v.,.,, %: distribution used - a!!"i ca'"
receipts 20 ;Ha 1"ana"i WANING cav"
owners ~ the Na:i"na! '""'m' $50.
TN, s,ocE!."ldcrS =: ~" W"riG .S'T'"s
labs vii. iiy,tl.. .rIUatl: i"..r Sna!" -
~. receipts w.:;"h Aa:" averaS*H s's''
$50 during Ia. pas: .!ys vars: az
.,aI,,r.;,y. Is r.- -sn; or $3l.s7r FOR The
,,.ae- league clubs. Tho Naiiona! rom
.,!s.,n, viii also receive it's full II per
c.n. share o. ;hH ga" receipts which
has averaged $$3.67o during ;hH same
uer:ud.