Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-02
HOW WORLD SERIES
MONEY is DIVIDED
Interest of Baseball Fan Centres
in Amounts Received
by Players.
nv assoc,ate,, press 10 Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
New York, Oct 2--DIvision Of the
thousands of dollars paid by baseball
fans TO witness the worlds series games IS
annually the topic of curious interest MS
is the division Of any large sum of money.
The regulations under which the money
of the worlds series is at present divided
has become 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 no easy task to ar
rive at this conclusion because the money
is divided in several different ways.
The principal interest of the baseball
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 Commission. Next comes
the players pool, which consists Of 60
per cent of the balance latter the com
missions ten per cent has been taken
outl of the receipts of the first five games
The other 40 per cent of this balance goes
into the pool to be divided equally be-
tween the owners of the clubs.
Then if more than five games be neces-
sary to decide the championship, the re-
ceipts of those games are divided, 10 per
cent to the National Commission and
the other 90 per cent TO the club owners
pool.
There are certain regulation for the
division Of the players pool and the club
owners pool which are not generally un-
derstood and which can be illustrated bet
ter by figures than by words,
Take for example that 100000 rep
resented the receipts of q game. First of
all 10 per cent or $4,000 would have to
be set aside for the National Commis-
sion. That would leave balance OF
SOC, 900. Sixty per cent of this, or SD 600
would 90 into the players pool and the
40 per cent of this balance or s36. 600
would 20 to the club owners pool. IhS
division would be the same for the inst
FIVE games.
The money in the PLAYERS pool would
be divided as per the example before men
toned, in the following manner: OF the
s54 600 mentioned as of a single game,
Is per cent or s40,500 would go to the
PLAYERS participating in the worlds series
Ia be divided on the basis of 60 per cent
10 the winning team and 40 per cent to
the losing team The other 25 per cent
would go 10 fund 10 be divided among
the PLAYERS Of the teams of both leagues
finishing second and third on the basis
Of 60 and 40 per cent, or IS, 100 for the
second place teams and So, 400 for the
third place teams.
There is another provision in the regJi-
lations which makes it possible 20 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 ard third
teams it also has been provided that
these teams engage in any post-season
series. so per cent of the players share Of
the receipts shall be divided on the basis
Of go per cent 10 the winner and 40 per
cent 10 the loser, and the balance shall
GO into the players pool Of the worlds
series 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 explained before.
These regulations do not apply 70 post
season series between clubs finishing
lower than third place.
Thus. il would be possible in the event
Of the two New York clubs finishing
second in their respective leagues to play
a series would add almost as much to the
PLAYERS pool as the big games themselves
ne ONH6fc u tAuIo tHAtttE Pii AZ ttAN
worlds series do not get all the money
from the receipts even after the shares of
the National Commission and the players
are deducted The regulations provide
that after these have been subtracted the
balnace Of the gross receipts shall be di-
vided equally between the two clubs
The club owners, however, are obliged
10 pay into the treasureries Of their re-
spective leagues so per cent Of their gross
receipts up to seven games and if IT be
necessary 10 play the eighth and ninth
games, then IS per cent Of the gross re-
ceipts received by the two clubs under
this division shall be paid into the league
treasures.
As outlined above a game with re-
ceipts of 100000 after FIVE had been
played, would give $4,000 to the Ma
tionaI Commission and 100000 TO both
club owners or S45, 900 for each. OF this
S45. 900 each club for the sixth and seventh
games would be obliged to turn back
So, 500 to their respective league treas
uries. and if they received like amount
from an eighth or ninth game they each
would have 70 pay to the league treasures
IS per cent or S33, $50, leaving s1l, $50
for each of the clubs.