Howie did not pay 20gs weekly. Thats just not true, they shared some rackets and divided it up between the 2 groups.
A couple different sources contradict that.
http://books.google.com/books?id=jsIEDH_...ter&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=RlKzNMT...ter&f=falseOf course you are a local boy and I'm from Philadelphia so I don't have personal knowledge. But I've seen this said before and from more than just these two sources. Just raising the possibility.