Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-02
CUTTNC0 BIG
MELON.
INTERESTS FANS
Many Complications in Di-
viding Money Between
Players and Owners.

New York, Oct division Of the
thousands of dollars paid by baseball
fans to witness the worlds series
games is annually the topic OF curious
interest as is the division Of any large
sum of money. The regulations under
which the money of the worlds series
involved that the average fan has lost
interest in trying to solve, while the
games are being played, just how
much the winning and losing teams
will receive. And it is no easy task to
arrive at this conclusion because the
money is divided in several different
ways.
The principal interest Of the base
ball fans centers in the amount the
players who take part in the big
games. will receive.
The first provision in the cutting Of
the big baseball melon" is that ten
per cent of the gross receipts of all
games goes to the national commits
sion. Next comes the players pool,
which consists Of so e cent Of the
balance CATER the commissions ten
per cent has been taken out) Of the
receipts of the first five games. The
other 40 per cent of this balance goes
into the pool. to be divided equally
between h owners of the clubs.
Their if more than five games be
necessary to decide the championship,
the receipts of those games are d.
vided, 10 per cent to the national
commission and the other 80 per cent
to the club owners pool.
Have Regulations.
There r certain regulations for the
division of the players pool and the
! club owners pool which are not gen.
orally understood and which can be
illustrated better by figures than by
words. ,
Take for example that 800. 600
represented the receipts of a game,
First of all 10 per cent or &c. O0
would have to be set aside for the
leave a balance of $50. 900. Sixty pei
cent of this, or $4,000. would go into
the players pool and the 40 per cent
of this balance. or $4,000, would &C
to h club owners pool. This di.
vision would be the sam for the first
five games.
The money in the players poo
would be divided as per the example
before mentioned. in the following
manner. OF the $4,000 mentioned
as Of a single game. rs per cent, :ol
$40,500, would go to the players par
ticipating in the worlds series to b.
divided on the basis OF 60 per cent tt
the winning team and 40 per cent tt
the losing team. The other rs PEI
cent would go to a fund to be divided
among the players Of the teams o,
both leagues finishing second ant
third on the basis of 60 and 40 pei
cent, or $s,100& for the second plac.
teams and $500 for the third plac,
teams.
There is another provision in tn,
regulations which makes it possible t.
increase the amounts for each indi
vidual player taking part in tn
worlds series. Since the regulation
provide for a slice Of the 'melon" 20
ing to the second and third teams, i
also has been provided that If thes
teams engage in any post -seaso,
series, SO per oent of the players
share Of the receipts shall, be divide,
On the basis of so per CEN to the win
ner n 40 e cent to the loser, an,
the balance shall go into the player
pool of the worlds series to be divide,
among the players of the contestin,
4. teams in the worlds series and tn