Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-05
GATE RECE|PTSF0R WORLD sER|ES WILL
 REACH S3,a00,O00
. .'15IWr1

Chicago, Oct. 4.-Whatl the world series means in dollars and cents to the baseball fraternity car be exam plified 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 more than $3,500000. Not withstanding recent remarks to the contrary it is doubtful if big league baseball would have mounted to its imposing position without the aid of the world serles.
 The battle for the championship $ the logical climax for each season's pennant races and the fact that close to two million spectators have paid al- most three and half million dollars stamp of public approval on the play beyond cavil. Since 1905, when the National commission began it's super vision of the world series, 14 have been played and the Chicago Ameri- cans and the Cincinnati Nationals are now engaged in a struggle for the fifteenth championship.
 During the past IA seasons the at bOCdiCu I,'io'fot dllt - games were played in these series the average has been very close to 25,000 per game. In the same period these spectators have paid in at the gate about $1 80 each for the privilege of watching the play The aggregate gate receipts for the 78 games being $3,429,720 in round figures, which is an average of very close to $44,O ,O00 per game.
 Further delvine into the figures shows that the club owners have pro- fitted to greater extend than the players for the sums divided among the connecting clubs and the leagues during the past IA years reaches the pleasing total of $1,715.700, while the baseball warriors have collected $1.370.200. The players represented 28 clubs or teams during these series and even under fiftv-fifty division of the pool instead of the customary sixty and forty split, the average would have been better than $6O000 per team.
 While it is almost impossible to ascertain just how many players figured in the division of the money during the past IA years fair aver. ] age would be in the neighborhood of twenty five per club. Using this aver age as basis it will be seen that | about 700 players have. at one time TT another shared in the world series i, pool. Until within a season or two it has been customary for the win ming combination to receive 60 per | cent of the pool and the losing team , 40 per cent. On this basis some $50 players have received about $2350 as | winners and an equal number $l 300 { as losers. The National commissions average per gabe approximates $4,- 38O.
 Although it is quite likely that a new record in gate receipts may 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 20 to proceeds of five games instead of four but the deduction of 25 per cent of their pool | is likely to more than counter balance the gain from the fifth contest re- ceipts. The. club 9ownsrs are also re- quired@to share more liberally this season with the other magnates of the league than in past years for they vii divide just half ftheir portion of the receipts with the clubs that trailed them in the pennant race ot 1919.