The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
PLAYERS WILL
 BET MORE THAN
 IN PAST YEARS

Chicago, Oct. 6.---WhiIe it is yet too early to state definitely that the world series attendance and gate receipts records will be ecHpsed during the present series between the Cncinnati Nationals and the Chicago Americans, indications point to interesting possi- biHties in this direction. The great revival in the popularity of baseball and the intense rivalry between the two competing clubs opens the way for new figures under the agreement to play the best five out of nine games. Under the former arrangement of the best four out of seven games the records show that the average of the series since 1903 has been very close to six games. This has led shrewd i judges to point out that the present battle for the premier baseball title will likely run seven or eight games before Q winner is produced. Of the 15 series played since 1903 but three exceeded six games. The struggle be- 1 tween the Boston Americans and the 1 New York Nationals in 1912 was one of the two eight-game series and the record holder to date for both attend 1 ance and gate receipts.
 i With Cincinnati park seating 33, 900
 
 i the attendance for eight games would 1 approximate some 275,000 and even a Iseven-gane series would bring the figures within a few thousand of the record of 2T1,90 made in 1912 It is i not so easy to estimate the gate re- ceipts but at the present rate of ad- mission and charges. for reserved seats and boxes, it appears quite likely 1 that the record receipts of $49O, 800 col Iected in 1912 may be surpassed | If such is the case it is doubtful however, that the players of the two pennant winning clubs will profit to ! the extent that was the case when | the Giants and the Red. Sox battIed for eight games before the latter team brought the conflict to, a, close in one or the most dramatic games in the l history of pOst-season play That year | the teams divided a trife more than i S147,O00, giving each of the winning Boston players $4,022 and the losing ] New Workers 2, ,566. In those days the, two teams divided 60 per cent of 90 Der cent. of the gate receipts of the first four games upon 6 60 and 40 per Icent. basis
 In the present series the distribu- tion is far more complex and the money reaches a number of destina- tons never thought of before. It re- quires public accountant well pro Vlded with illuminating charts to trace the moneys to their final rest ing place. To begin with, the Na- 1IonaI Commission as usual takes it's u Der cent. first from the receipts of each and every game Duripe, the llrst i've games the players of the two teams take 60 per cent. and the club owners the 10 per cent. of the re- maining 90 per cent
 Much to their regret. however
 they are not permitted to keep any such lavish emOlument Of the nlay- CTS pool 25 per cent. is immedfately set aside for the second and third
 teams of the competing leagues; 60 per cent. going to the runners-r1o
 to the pennant winners and 10 per
 cent. to the third place combinations.
 The remaining 75 per cent is dfvid-
 ed among the actual teams. the World Series winners receiving 60 per cent. and the losers 40 Der. cent. The owners of the two clubs fare
 even worse as they must give over 5O per cent of their winners to their respective leagues to be divided among the other clubs at a later date. After five games the players cease to participate in the proceeds and the
 club owners receive 90 per cent. of
 the gate which they continue to di- vide on a ffty-ffty basis with the
 other clubs.
 It will be seen, therefore, that while there is a possibility of greatefr attendance and larger gate receipts than ever before neither the compet- ing players nor their club owners
 will profit to the extent of earlier
 participants in World Series althougi,
 the leagues and their players, as a whole, will receive more than at any period in the past.
 The following tabulation shows the World Series receipts and divisions
 of same each year since 1908: Commission rules.
 Year Games Attendance Paoei1o+s