The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-06

ssme i apallsaly the tonic - curious
interest as is the division Of any large
sum of money. The regulations nm I
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 lOs-
ing teams will receive And it is no
easy task to arrive at this conclu-
sion because the money is divided III
several different ways.
The principal interest of the base
bah 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 Com
mission Next comes the players
pool. which consists of 60 per cent of
the balance latter 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 equal
ly between the owners of the clubs.
Then if more than five games be
necessary 10 decide the champion
ship. the receipts of those games are
divided, 10 per cent to the National
Commission and the other 80 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
1 by words.
represented the receipts of a game.
First of all 10 per cent or $4,000
would have 10 be set aside for the
National Commission That would
leave a balance of O.00o. Sixty per
cent OF this. or $4,000 would go into
tthe players pool and the 40 per cent
of this balance or s3s, 5000 would go
Ito the club owners pool This divis-
ion would be the same for the first
five games.
The money in the players pool
would be divided as per the example
before mentioned, in the following
manner: OF the $4,000 mentioned
as of single game. IS per cent or
$4,000 would go to the players par
ticipating in the worlds series to be
divided on the basis OF 90 per cent to
the winning team and 40 per cent to
THE losing team. The other % per
cent would go TO "a fund TO be divided
among the players of the teams OF
both leagues finishing second and
third on the basis of 50 and 40 pei
cent. 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 in
dividual player taking part in the
worlds series Since the regulations
going 10 tie second and third teams.
it also has been provided that if
these teams engage in any post-sea-
son series. 80 per cent of the players
Z 10 oh, Ia "A stiA e..l
on the basis of 90 per cent TO the
winner and 40 per cent to the loser
and the balance shall go into the
players pool of the worlds series to
be divided among the players of the
,contestins teams in the worlds series
and the players OF the teams finishing
second and third as explained before.
These regulations do not apply to
post season series between clubs fin
;shing lower than third place
Thus. it would be possible in the
event of the two New York clubs fin
ishing second in their respective
leagues to play a series that would
add almost as much 10 the players
pool as the big games themselves
The owners OF clubs taking part in
the worlds series do not get all the
money from the receipts even after
the shares of the National Commits
sion aud the players are deducted
The regulations provide that after
these have been subtracted the bal
ance OF the gross receipts shall be
divided equally between the two clubs
The club owners, however, are Obliged
to pay into the treasures of Their
: respective leagues 80 per cent Of their
gross receipts up 10 seven games and
III il be necessary To play the eighth
and ninth games, then * per cent OF
the gross receipts received by the Nv,
clubs under this division shall be pale
into the league treasures
As outlined above a game with re
ceipts of s1eoo0o after five had beeu
played. would give $1,000 TO the Ma