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Show EXPENDITURES INCREASE - Terhaps In no other sport Is there as much expense as In the running of a ball team, and the cost has Increased greatly since the early days of the game. There la an authentic record of receipts and expenditures of the Boston club for the year 1875. The total receipts for the season were $37,767.08 and the expenses were $34,505.99. which left a balance bal-ance of $3,201.07. A profitable season In those times. Now, figure fig-ure HcGraw's team as an example. ex-ample. Two players cost him $175,000 without figuring anything any-thing else. Babe Ruth's salary alone Is probably twice the amount of the total receipts of the Boston team back In 1875, and there were good ball play-era play-era la those days, too. f O |