Show Growth of of- Baseball Depicted I By Players Salary Increases Almost a Cool Million Was Realized on Big Series Last Year YeaT Average Wage In Majors is s Br DT WILLIAM U. U S S. S Sport Service Ln YORK Oct 2 Last Last years year's NEW worlds world's Series showed gate re receipts re- re of clo close c to a record for tor baseball There wore were no worlds world's series 50 60 years ago and gate receipts were so small that a team manager manas-er could put the tho entire receipts of or a a. game In his pocket Ono One o of tho the famous teams of 60 years ago was the Forest City team of Rockford Ill which toured t the tho e C country There Is la no record of the gate receipts of that entire tour but there theio Is a record that tho the nine nino players on tour divided dl tho the sum of oC 23 60 between them and the tho net receipts receipts re- re of ono one of tho the principal games gamell that against tho the Olympics of Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington was Teams In those days das wore genuinely nine men and there was not the specialization on field positions there Is today as a n. result a man would pitch one ono day and pIa play playa a a. field position tho the next day These figures will sho show the tho way professional baseball has grown when we consider the salaries today or ot such men as T Ty Cobb Dabo Babe Ruth and not to mention many men who draw and more for for a season sea son The rho first highest P paid ball balla ballplayer player was George o Wright star shortstop shortstop shortstop short short- stop of tho the Cincinnati Reds Rods In the tho oarl early Wright tho then enormous salary of 01 1200 for a a. 57 game season The highest paid man In baseball today loday Is not a a. player but nevertheless nevertheless less a a. man whose position In the baso- baso ball world Is worth ever cent of the a a. year ear ho he receives Ho Ito Is the tho one man baseball commissioner Judge K IC JI r r. r Landis Team mana managers ers also draw heavily on the treasuries John McGraw for Instance receives as manager manas-er of ot New York and his stock Interests In the club net him many thousands more moro Ty Cobb as player manager of Detroit net a year and Tris Speaker also netted round as player man man- ager agel Earl Early this year It was announced that Babe Babo Ruth has las signed a n three year ear contract to net him a year though thought there has been considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable doubt on this figure In any event Ruth Huth Is unquestionably the tho highest paid player today Other I high salaried players of ot modern da day baseball are Eddie Collins who Is said to receive and Grover Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- ander antler who received About 25 years ears ago the tho salary limit limIt lim- lim It of the tho National league was 2400 a lL season while today the merest busher who goes to the major would not be bo satisfied with that sort of stipend sti sti- pend On the other hand the average salar salary of or a player In tho the majors toda today Is said ald to be he round per season The coming world series serifs will be another an another another an- an other big financial plum for the teams leagues and players but whether It will reach la last t years year's record remains to be seen lIeen At an any rate rats each of oC tho the winning players will each receive more than tho the entire salary limit the I I majors held to 20 0 years ago ngo |