The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-19
SPORTING.
Tho National League and the Salary
Limit.


Tho National League and the salary
Limit.
The Nstiona, Lssgue OF profssslonal
bate bali clubs will hold i,s. annual
meeting On tho 18Th, gays tho New
York World, and those intor-
cased in the na!ionsl same, look for
ward to the result Of i,s sessluu With
intsreat, La tho faca OF psss syon.s il
10 folly to predict what Will Ds done.
Tnere axe indications, no wever that
Buffs will drNp ous nov; thar c,.ber
w ashingtoa, Pitr,hurG OF Clncinnatl
VIII b0 elected 10 tho vAGanny. Sach
change has been promised f,r mGnths.
aud tne probability IL that IL wsti be
consum ,sats d st the coming men4ng,
should DuTm0 drop ous ina iusauo
could thDn Oust D..roit aud prtvi.
dencs, bur there is no longer auv1 ape
ser of It's doing W. This Lsan,ly aas
ahnus resigned ilsalf to tna lr sunfrr 10
Detroitot the "bix faur,p nsld Proyi-
deuco viii not bs nalestsd. els iust
probable that SONS auisuaulnnt tushe-
$1,000 aelarY limit viii 90 mads. All
tao olub prasidsnts douy ANY such In
teniions, but donials made BY them
previously amounted 10 very little.
Soae of the advocates uf ths 81. 900 SAL
ary limit havo sought to auulhila ato
Lh5 rule by Argulny chat ~ only a
players reosived mora thsu $4,000 ssi-
sry last soason, u minority OF tue play.
0rs only Will ba tnjarsd by Lhs ruio.
rho argums snt, like ell othors uaed by
these people, " fallael0us, chinkine
people VINO are not interested nnan.
cislly will aee very little equity or Iis.
ttee In = rule that Injuries cvsn 4 few
without hsneliting oIners. Tue advo-
oates OF tne ruls ssy tnAt la tue twc
associations there are lo2 plavers, of
WHOM 1870 we're lset sess)n paid iasU
than ~ 900, white 90 wsrs oiii moro
than that smeunt Tho 81 rsfrrrad to
BELONGED W tho Nav Ylrk, Cuicsgo,
Bpst0n and Ss. Louis Lsa-ue tosnn6
and the Cincinnah American teams.
The NOW YORK CLUB lsrs ssss0n msdo
more thsa $4,000; tho Caiosgo ciub.
mAd0 nearly tnAt amouut; the Baton
ub made $50 ono; tue b.. Louis Lsaguo
team ana CinclnnAtl Cub msdu moro
than expsn ses-All thus beiug ABLE %
last. Now, the qleatiOn IL: Why should
va tootn1 Wutcu UlUQd y
great deal Of money IN she aggf6gsto.
whose abilities as players enabled
ihem to command sslSries IN exceas e
players mob their equsls, be forced y
accept the sam0 reinu nsration 90 the.
general run Of plAyersf Men with,
extraordinary abilities la Aay pro.
fossioD, tredo or bnsinssz are entitled
to aud receive higher rafnunarauion
tupu xxon uf Ordin Rrv n u1AliNan r.
only 81 man ON OF 70 30 aols 70 earn
more thaa $1,000, they sh1ulf bo paid
the iall value VI their services. The
other players are not usne2,ed by
the loss of the 81, aud In
deed the argunents OF the sd-
vocatss OF tho measure show
that clubs which make thousands OF
dollars under tho high .sslxry fuie are
to bs the only ones benefited. In con.
travsntson Of this argumsnp they will
say that the high-os sry rule op.
pressed the poorer slaps; but thay are
unable to point out how tts abolition
bane6.s those poUrer clubs. rhs poor
clube, which last vear paid individ.
ual salaries OF less than 81 0De, will pay
the Same salaries this year, and they
cannot streug hen thalr ranks by hav.
Ing too pick OF the high priced Iuon s
at the existing rates, bee su,e the 70.
serve rule prevents. 6ntrly the sal.
ary.limlt rule is farce, and the now
q aEreement y hugo piecs Ut vol pulled
vyor tho oyes ef tho porer club and sns
pl ayers.