The Cordova daily times., 1920-10-07

NEW YORK, Oct. (by Associat- . ed Press) Division of the thousands of dollars paid by baseball fans to witness the worlds series games is annually the topic of curious inter- est as is the division of any large sum of money. The regulations un- der which the money of the worlds series is at present divided has be- come so 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 mo easy task to arrive at this conclusion because the money is div .ided in several different ways. v The principal interest of the base ball fans centers in the amount the players who take part in the big games will receive.
 ,EAe 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 commission. Next comes the play ers' pool which consist of 60 per cent of the balance (after the com missions 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 the owners of the clubs.
 Then if more than five games be necessary to decide the champion ship, the receipts of those games are divided, 10 per cent to the ma tional commission and the other 90 per cent to the club owners pool.
 There are certain regulations for the division of the players pool and the club owners pool which are not generally understood and which can be illustrated better by figures than by words.
 Take for example that $100,0O0 rep resented the receipts of the first game. First of all 10 per cent or $10000 would have to be set aside for the national commission. That would leave balance of $90,O0O Sixty per cent of this, or $45,000 would go into the players pool and the 40 per cent of this balance or $36,000 would go to the club owners pool. This division would be the same for the first five games.
 The money in the players pool would be divided as per example be- } fore mentioned, in the following man. her: Of the $45,OOO mentioned as of single game, 75 per cent or $40,- 500 would go to the players parti- cipating in the worlds series to be divided on the basis of 60 per cent to the winning team and 40 per cent to the losing team. The other 25 per cent would go to a fund to be divided among the players of the teams of both leagues finishing sec ond and third on the basis of 60 and 40 per cent or $S,10O for the sec ond place teams and $5,400 for the third place teams.
 There is another provision in the regulations which makes it possible to increase the amounts for each . individual player taking part in the worlds series. Since the regulations provide for slice of the "melOn" going to the second and third teams. it also has been provided that if these teams engage in any post-sea- son series, 50 per cent of the play CTS share of the receipts shall be divided on the basis of 60 per cent to the winner and 40 per cent to the loser, and the balance shall go into the players pool of the worlds ser ies to be divided among the players of the contesting teams in the worlds series and the players of the teams finishing second and third as ex- plained before.
 These regulations do not apply to post-season series between clubs fin ishing lower than third place.
 Thus, it would be possible in the event of the New York clubs finish ing second in their respective leagues to play a series that would