Clipping:Boston attendance, finances; directors' salaries
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| Date | Wednesday, July 15, 1885 |
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| Text | There have been twenty-six games played here this season. Then there was the afternoon of Decoration Day, when but four innings were played, but as no money was refunded the receipts can be counted in, and the attendance, which was over 5,000, helps to swell the total. As another game must be played in place of the four inning, there is an opportunity to draw another and nearly as large as on Decoration Day. There are thirty games yet to be played, and the total attendance, by turnstile count, at the League grounds this season has been 67,335. the gate receipts to date thus amount to $33,667. Two-thirds of this sum goes to the Boston Club, making their share in round numbers $22,444. At the lowest reasonable estimate the receipts from the grand stand will increase this to $25,000. The aggregate attendance at the first twenty-six games played here last year was 76,831. This is, with the tremendous crowd at the New York game on Decoration Day afternoon, estimated at 15,000, the number of tickets the directors said they sold. The receipts were, thus $38,415, making the Boston's share $25,610, which, with grand stand fees, would amount to $28,000. Thus it will be seen that the receipts for the first twenty-six games last year do not exceed very much the income for the same number of games this season. The Bostons first trip to New York and Philadelphia was profitable everybody knows, and as their expenses are practically nothing when they play in Providence, they must make some money every time they play there. Finally they are going to come out ahead on their present Western trip. The attendance at their games in the West has already figured up to over 20,000. They are sure to get $3,000 while away, and their expenses are not over two-thirds of this. Everybody knows that last year Boston's club made a great deal of money, and this year's receipts for the corresponding time are only slightly behind. The only conclusion is that the directors are not going to lose much wealth in spite of bad playing by their charges. Of course, not enough money has yet been made to pay all expenses, but thirty more games are to take place on the home grounds and unless the attendance dwindles away to nothing these same three gentlemen, who are at the helm of Boston's League club, will receive very good interest on their money invested, considering their salaries of $2,500 apiece. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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