The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-19
PLANS
UP At CHICAGO
CONFAB TODAY
Each Central Club Must
Draw $4,000 Admissions
to Break Even.

PEORIA, H.. March ia confer
ence In Chicago Is carded for today
between President Ryan OF the Peoria
club, and A. r. Tearney, temporary
president Of the new Middle Western
league.
President Ryan departed last night
for the Windy City, and while his
trip is along other business lines, said
he would confer with Mr.. Tearney re.
garding the baseball situation.
Fort Wayne. with Louie Heilbroner
and Bert Noblett endeavoring to frame
circuit Of which Heilbroner can DO
elected president, still on the fence,
awaiting final word that Noblett has
found It impossible to organize his
proposed circuit.
II this situation at Fort Wayne Is
allowed to keep minor league base
ball out of the middle west this sea
zon. Heilbroner may And himself 4
Mighty unpopular gentleman in these
parts in years to come.
1t looks like selfish motive pure
and simple on the part Of Heilbroner,
although there may be facts beneath
the surface which have not given the
real light on the situation.
SOUTH BEND. Ind, March 49,
John Baumbach. secretary Of the last
baseball club TO represent South Bend
in the Central, has compiled the fol-
lowing figures on the cost of operating
club:
Here are some figures of interest.
The ordinary clubs in the Central
league have travelled close to 5000
miles season after season. This
means that II has cost 1920 a season
to carry each man around the circuit.
This is figured at the rate of two cents
mile. Now, IL you multiply this by
the IA or Is men carried, you will
find that the club fare will cost be-
tween s1,6s0 and $500. Added to
this is the sleeper fare. Each club
has from 20 to 30 sleeper jumps in
travelling the 5000 miles and this
means an added expense Of from $50
to $50 for each jump which, at the
end of the season means about $3.50
more added to the expense of trans
portation. making a total transporta-
ton expense Of about $4,000.
Most minor league clubs have been
travelling under a $3.50 to $4,000 sal
try limit for each month, and by null
tiplying four months and three weeks
Of playing which the schedules cover,
you get another expense item OF $10.-
600. will not take the training ex-
pense into consideration at this time,
although every ball club must do some
training. regardless OF what class OF
kSall is being played. Other items also
rome up, such as meetings, kilograms,
players fare to the training camp, etc.
Summing this up, Central league
club has had, in the past, an expense
Of $4,000 to lift in order to break even
Or in other words, 1t must draw $4,000
people to its park to split even. Here
are some additional figures. Fifty
thousand general admissions would
equal s12.500, but OF this amount, the
visiting club would get half making
q total of s6,250 which would be the
home clubs share. So. it is evident
that $4,000 OF the general admissions
would have to be grandstand fans TO
have the club break even on travel
and salary expenses, not to mention
the incidentals."
MUSHROOM, Mich, March 10
Central league ball was enthusiastic
ally promised support by the members
of the board of managers OF the Mus
kegon Factory league who have de-
clared that they would rather play
factory ball in this city on the Oft
days, with the organized team in the
field as much as possible.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 10
Mordecai ee-F'ingered Brown
will pitch for Terre Haute this year.
1t was announced that IL Terre Haute
has league baseball this season,
Brown, one of the greatest baseball
players ever developed, will not man
age the club but will be seen in action
on the mound. This fact alone should
assure the success OF baseball In
Terre Haute this season.