Clipping:IA to divide gate receipts equally

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Date Sunday, February 24, 1878
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[reporting on the IA convention] The most remarkable and stupendously foolish thing in the whole legislation seems to be the division of the gate receipts equally between the clubs in each game. It works a rank injustice to such clubs as Buffalo and Syracuse, and every other good-paying city, as compared with the smaller towns and villages. Buffalo will give, very likely, $150 or $200 as one-half to such clubs as it can never hope to receive more than the guarantee [$75] from. Reduced to practicability, the scheme is a graceful one on the part of the best clubs to help support their poorer brothers.

Source Chicago Tribune
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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