Clipping:World Series finances

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Date Wednesday, November 14, 1888
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[from Joe Pritchard's column][a breakdown of each day's gate receipts, followed by:]

Total......................... $24,362.10

Total expenses......... $ 8,000,00

Total amount divided. $16,362.10

Fifty per cent. each $ 8,181.05

Of the New Yorks' share of the receipts $200 was paid to each of their eighteen players, reducing the club's profits by some $3,600.

[daily gate receipts from 1887 World Series follows] … total, $424,000. This expenses of the trip were $18,000, leaving a balance of $24,000. This was divided evenly, so that St. Louis received $12,000 and Detroit $12,000.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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