The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-10-02
HOW THE MONEY
! WILL BE DIVIDED
World Series Games viii Provide a
Comfortable Nest Egg for
the Players Participating
fAssocfafed Pressl

thousands of dollars paid by baseball
fans to witness the worlds series
games is annually the topic of GU
rious interest as is the division of any
large sum of money. The regula-
tons under which the money of the
worlds series is at present divided
has become so involved that the av-
Ierage 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
lis no easy task to arrive at this con-
Iclusion because the money is divided
| III several different ways.
The principal ipterets of the base
ball fans centers in the amount the
players who take part in the big
Igames will receive.
/ The first provision in the cutting of
1.-THE big baseball "melon" is that ten
lper cent Of the gross receipts of all
games goes to the national commits
lsion. Next comes the players pool,
(which consists of go per cent of the
balance latter the commissions ten
lper cent has been taken out) of the
receipts of the first five games. The
Iother 40 per cent of this balance goes
] Into the pool to be divided equally
lhetwen the owners of the clubs.
Then il more than five games be
Unnecessary to decide the championship,
the receipts of these games are divid-
! led, 10 per cent to the national COM.
! mission and the other 80 per cent to
tine club owners pool.
There are certain regulations for
1.-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
lby words
Take for example that 100000
I Represented the receipts of a game.
j First of all 10 per cent or $4,000
Zltional commission. That would leave
la balance of $4,000. Sixty per cent
5lof this. or 1900 would go into the
pool and the 40 per cent of
i this balance or $4,000 would go to
= THE club owners pool. This division
= would be the same for the first five
u games.
II The money in the palyers' pool
would be divided as per the example
5 before mentioned, in the following
M manner: OF the $4,000 mentioned as
! lof single game. rs per cent OF
# SAC, 500 would go to the players par
III ticipating in the worlds series TO be
divided on the basis OF so per cent To
the winning team and 40 per cent ia
= the losing team. The other Is pei
lcent would go to fund to be divided
Iamong the players of the teams oil
both leagues finishing escond and
third on the basis of so and 40 per
tcent, or $500 for the second place
teams and $500 for the third place
teams.
There is another provision in the
regulations which makes it possible to
increase the amounts for each indi-
vidual player taking part in the
worlds series. Since the regulations
provide for a slice of the melon" GO
ing to the second and third teams. ii
lalso has been provided that IL these
teams engage IN any post-season Sc
rles, 90 per cent of the players share
aof the receipts shall be divided on the
basis of go per cent to the winner and
40 per cent to the loser, and the bal.
ance shall 60 into the players poo
Iof the worlds series to be divided
lamong the players of the contestine
teams in the worlds series and the
players of the teams finishing second
and third as explained before.
These regulations do not apply Il
pDst-season series between clubs
finishing lower than third place.
Thus. it would be possible in the
event of the two New York club,
finishing second in their respective
leagues to play a series that woulc
add almost as much to the PLAYERS
pool as the big games themselves.
The owners of clubs taking part II
the worlds series do not get all tn,
money from the receipts even aftel
the shares of the national commits
sion and the players are deducted
The regulations provide that afte
these have been subtracted the hal
ance of the gross receipts shall he ii
yIded equally between the two clubs
The club owners however. are oblig
ed to pay into the treasures of thei
Irrespective leagues 50 per cent of thei
gross receipts up to seven games an
Il Il be necessary to plav the eight
ard ninth games. than rs per cent o
the gross receipts received by tn
two clubs under this division shall r
paid into the league treasures.
As outlined above a game with re
lceipts Of 100000 after FIVE had bee
played, would give SIC. 1000 to the ma
tlonal commission and $4,000 to bot
club owners or $4,000 for each. o
this $4,000 each club for the sixt
ard seventh games would be obIige
lto turn back s22,500 to their respec
tive league treasures, and Il they re
eeiyed q ike amount from an eight
e ninth game they each would haF