Clipping:Chicago Club finances; reduced admission for children

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Date Saturday, December 11, 1875
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How well honorable play in professional contests pays may be judged from the Chicago Club's appended financial exhibit of ninety-one championship games played in 1874 and 1875 with the first first-class Eastern clubs. Division of gate receipts on the basis of give and take 33 1/3 per cent., valuing all tickets at 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children:

IN CHICAGO

Philadelphia, 10 games; we paid them...............................$2,168

Athletic, 7 games; we paid them........................................ 2,010

Mutual, 8 games; we paid them......................................... 3,118

Hartford, 8 games; we paid them........................................ 1,846

Boston, 10 games, we paid them......................................... 6,585

Total—43 games...................................................$15,725

IN EASTERN CITIES rec'd

We played in Philadelphia with Philadelphia, 10...............$1,008

We played in Philadelphia with Athletic, 9......................... 920

We played in Brooklyn with Mutual, 9............................... 1,134

We played in Hartford with Hartford, 10............................ 591

We played in Boston with Boston 10.................................. 2,136

Total—48 games.....................................................$5,789

Philadelphia, with two clubs, 19 games, $1,928

Boston, with one club, 10 games, $2,136

Hartford, average, $59.

With an expense of over $30,000 during 1875, the Chicago Club closed the season with a surplus of receipts over expenses of $3,170. The club pay $2,400 a year rent and taxes for their grounds. Things are different in Louisville, where the club has their ground rent free. The Boston Club lead all others on receipts for 1875.

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