Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-10-01 | Page 14 | Gate Receipts in Series Will Top $1,500,000

t Let George Do ft Gate Receipts in Series I Will Top $1,500,000 "Sow that World Seriei tim la again here, I've a few questions I to aak yoir, George, concerning last year"! e;rea j baseball clajwlc.' I writes E. O. 01 Maeria. "First, hoi much money die ' leach Clrvelanr Indian player re- ceive as his share of the World Se-i Se-i r 1 e s - profits? How much did 'each of the Bos- , color slide projector which can use slides 2 in. by 2 in., but we have very few slides to use in the machine, and those we have are not very Interesting. Well, to get right to the point, we're hoping some of the residents of Utah will know where we might borrow bor-row a supply of these slides, preferably pre-ferably those showing outdoor and 'wildlife scenes of your beautiful state. ! i "We'll give the slides the best of care while using them," the sergeant continues, "and we'll' be : forever indebted to you and to your ;generous readers if they can. ispare -some of the slides.". i i George checked various, state j agencies and private organiza- I tiona In search for the slides, but! none were of the size requested. ton Braves get ? George What was the" largest single gate of the series? What was the total gats for the aeries?" - - - Each member of the Cleveland Indiana' championship team of 1948 received . $6772 as his share of the World Series receipts. Each Boston Brave athlete pocketed S4570 for his participation. The highest receipts for one game were $378,778.73. This amount, taken In during the fifth game, Oct 10, at Cleveland, established a new high for receipts taken in during a single senea game. Total gate receipts for the 1948 series waa l,:t3.685 for the six games. This waa considerably less than the all-time record of $2,137,-549 $2,137,-549 !ngate receipts oLthajMt. World Series between the New Tork Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgass. Georga received a letter Saturday Satur-day from Sgt. Bernard Culver, a patient at Fitzaimmons general hospital. Denver, Colo. I The sergeant writes: "We have I t How about it readers ? If you ' have colored alides of the requested re-quested size, why not put them to good use while they're lying un-. un-. used around the house ? ! F. I. M. of Bountiful, asks: "la I there a book exchange in Salt Lake City where a person wishing to trade hia pocket books for fresh ones can do so? I'd certainly like ! to find one aa I've scores of these books I'd like to trade for those I haven't read." . George checked with agenciea who should know. The unanimous j in town. j Send questions, suggestions or' tuiiiplaiiit.i tu Oeuifte, in caie uf the Salt Lake Telegram, 143 S. Main. Full namea and addresses should be included Iq letters. George will use only initials if requested.