Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-06
GATE RECEIPTS
FOR R TO
BE ENORMOUS

Chicago. Oct. 4.-Whal the World
Series can in dollars and cents 10
the baseball fraternity can be exam
pi;tied by the statement that before
the present series is completed the
gate receipts for such contests PLAYED
under the jurisdiction of the National
Commission will reach the impressive
total OF lore than s3,5O0.oo0 Not
outstanding recent remarks to the
Contrary it is doubtful if big league
Baseball would have mounted TO its
imposing position without the aid OF
tbs World Series.
TIE hattie for the championship is
the logical Climax for each seasons
pealaaS races and the fact that close
to Ewo million spectators have paid
almost three and a half million dol
Las 20 witness such contests places
tn s5anp OF public approval on the
play 1@yond cayil- Since 1905. when
the National Commission began lis
sCa=-v!S!on OF the World Series. four
teen ave been played and the Chica-
GO A~-s-icans and the Cincinnati Ma
sis :o- tie fifteenth championship.
IG---s the past fourteen seasons
the tendance sotaied l.915.sa4 and
as : games wsre played in these Sc
res --a average attendance has been
YER elose 90 25.neo per game. In
tn sane period these spectators have
PAL r al the gate about $3.50 each
for tlz privilege Of watching the play.
tbs aggregate gate receipts for the
$ -sues being s~3.424.72o in round
Hs which Is an average CT very
elos= . $4,000 per game.
F--tle- ds.ving into the figures
SrTl< -T1-arrl c-t-t r-rrn-- 49,.
prot-=1 30 z greater extend than the
p'sTe-S zo- the sums divided mo
tn Competing clubs and the leagues
dc-n- he past fourteen years reaches
tas p.7zS.ag total Of s~l.715..00. while
tns ese1aIi warriors have collected
sl.$.f-b9. The players represented
t"ratE-e!sAt clubs or teams during
these ssr:es and eve under 4 afry-
NIT division Of the pool instead Of
the Customary sixty and forty split,
the av"-age would have been better
ina. sS0.049 per team.
While II IS almost impossible 70 as
certain Just how nanytplsyers figured
IN he division Of the nnoney during
the past fourteen years z fair average
"ould De in the neisnoo-.ood OF
twenty-five Per club. Using this aver
age as a basis It will be seen that
aholt 700 players have. at one time or
another. shared in the World Series
pooi. Until within a season or two it
mas oeen customary for the winning
COMBINATION to receive so per CEN OF
the pool and the losing 40 per cent.
On this basis some $50 PLAYERS have
received about $3.50 as winners and
an elual number $500 as losers.
The National Commissions average
per game approximates $3.50.
Although it is quite likely that a
new record in gate receipts NAV be
established in the present nine game
series it is doubtful if the PLAYERS
share will equal the record establish.
ed in 1912 since the new distribution
arrangement requires that one quar-.
ter of their pool go to the second and
third teams in each league. The play.
ers will share in the proceeds Of fiy.
games instead of four but the deduc
ton OF 25 per cent OF, their pool /.
likely to more than counterbalanc,
the gain from the fifth contest re
ceipts. The club owners are also re-
quired to share more literally thi
season with the other magnates Of tn,
league than in past years for the,
will divide just half of their portion
of the portion of the receipts with tn,
clubs that trailed them in the pennan
race of 1919.