Clipping:Minor league club finances 2
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| Date | Saturday, August 2, 1890 |
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| Text | [from the Peoria correspondent] As the public knows but little of the inside workings of base ball management, there are a good many points in the statement of general interest: Per month Per month McCloskey, c.f......... $200 Firle, 1b........ $125 Nulton, s.s............... 150 Taylor, 2b..... 125 Cain, p................ 150 Deegan, 2b..... 125 Sullivan, p............ 125 Burch, r.f........ 125 Darby, p................ 100 Popkay, l.f... 125 Rudolph, p.......... 60 Johnston, c.......... 125 Total......... $1535 Hurley, janitor, per month........... 35 League assessments, per month......... 100 Ticket sellers and police, say per month........ 50 Printing and advertising, say per month............. 50 Say we play eight games at home in a month at $60 guarantee 480 Total............................................ $2250 The above figures do not include free tickets to Peoria for players when signed, nor does it include balls, or shoes, or gloves, and many other expenses, which, if figures in, will make at least $50 per month more. Figuring thirty days to the month and the expenses at $2250, the daily expenses are $75. Eight games played at home divided into the $2250 would make it necessary to receive $281.25 at each game in order to pay expenses. This, of course, is on the basis of playing eight games at home in a month. We cannot figure any profit to ourselves when the club is on the road, and only get a guarantee of $60 for each game they play, this being no more than sufficient to pay railroad fare and hotel bills for the club. It is now clear that base ball cannot live with this burden of expense, and until a ball player can be had at a policeman's or a street car driver's pay—say $50 or $60 per month—base ball cannot pay, or mus die, unless some good-natured fellow will put up the money to keep the ball rolling. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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