New Britain herald., 1928-10-09

|YANkS RECEIVE
Higher Salaries
Players Of New York Club Get
More Than Cards

St. Louis, Oct. 9.-(UP)-If you
accept the reasonably sound theory
that the more money you pay ball
players. the better ball players you
get, and therefore the more games
you win. then 1t is easy to explain the
decisive edge the Yankees have
esta blished over the Cardinals In the
1873 World series.
Colonel Ruppert's payroll for his
hired hands Is said to average
around quarter Of million dolia RI
a year. The total paid this year to
the Cardinals performers will not be
half that sum and probably not
much more. than one-third.
The Yankee prima donna, Babe
Ruth, IL on three year contract
paying him S70,000 a year. Top man
on the Cardinal club 10 Captain
Frank Frisch. who probably re-
ceives little more than $4,000 an
nually.
Lou Gehrig Is playing under =
three year contract which awarded
him $4,000 in the year just ended,
will pay him $4,000 next year and
$4,000 the third year. Waite Hoyt is
said to receive around S17.5O0 and
this year received an extra bonus Of
$4,000 for winning 20 games. Herb
Pennock probably gets better than
$4,000. Bob Meusel may be credit
ed with almost that amount and
Tony Lazzeri rates around $4,000.
After Frisch, Grover Cleveland
Alexander is the highest paid en-
ploye in the Card lineup and 1t is
doubtful If his income exceeds $12,-
600. Thus there are at least five
Yankees who receive bigger pay en-
velopes than the second highest
paid man among the National league
leaders. Bottomley and Haines.
who receive about $4,000 each,
rank next to Alexander In Cardinal
income.
The explanation of the difference
In payrolls is simple. The Yankees
are the most profitable club In
either league and at home or on the
road are the best drawing card.
They bring their owners more money
than any other team and thereby
enable him to pay higher salaries.
Whether RUPERT pays such fancy
salaries because his club makes no
much money or whether the club
makes 20 much money because he
pays such good salaries is u question
to be figured out during the winter
months.
Baseball as a livelihood looks In
crensingly attractive to members of
both the Yanks and the Cards,
prticularly the Yanks Yankee mem
b. RS have participated in six World
series in eight years and have shared
the extra dividends that are paid to
World series players from the pro-
ceeds of the first four games. The
Cards have shared in this bonus in
two of the past three years.
The 1928 World series promises to
establish \ new record for the size
of the players share The first three
games yielded s332.309.52 for the
Athletes and if the attendance at to-
morrow's contest meets expecta-
lions. the players' pool will have ex-
ceeded 100000 for the first time.
Seventy per cent of that goes to the
pennant winners In each league and
smaller percentages are awarded to
the players on the teams finishing
second. third and fourth. or the 20
per cent paid to the World series
competitors. 60 per cent goes to the
winners and 40 per cent to the losers.
Thus. the Yankees. assuming they
will win. stand to enlarge their re9u-
lar income by nearly $1,000 each and
the Cards each will receive between
$4,000 and $1,000.