St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-30
GRADING OF SALARIES.
John b. Day Says 1t Will Inure to
the Benefit Of the League and
PLAYERS as Well.

Players as Well.
New YORK, Nov. 29.-The grading
of salaries by the National league is
the all-absorbing theme of conversation
in base bail circles at present. In
speaking about the plan yesterday, Mr..
John r. Day said that the movement
was fathered by the indianapolis club
delegate, but that he had opposed it
BITTERLY, and his opposition led to con-
siderable modifying. LAS the grading
stands at present. said Mr.. Ray, lit
does not affect any of the players not
under reservation. There are many
players in the league who arc receiy-
ing far in excess of the highest grading,
$500, and they are the men who will
be exempt from the rule. They will
of course Che classed the same as the
other players, but it will not affect
them if the club officials see fit to con-
tinue the previous salaries" Mr..
Day is of the opinion that the rule
is good one and that time will prove
so. When shown Keete's strong pro-
test he smiled and said: ''You see the
players, like the public in general, do
not quite understand the object of the
league in taking this step" "Will it
affect the salaries of your playerS?"
Not in the least. There will be few
of fny men that will not receive the
same salary next year that they received
last season." I'm what way will the
rule have good effect?'' "In many
ways. For instance, there are certain
players who, though receiving very
large salaries, are dissatisfied with their
clubs and want their releases. This
new plan will serve to
HOLD THEM IN CHECK,
for if they are released they Will not be
able to secure their present high salary,
but will have to sign at whatever figure
they are classified. In other words, it
will have a tendency to make such men
as Denny and GlaSscock feel more con-
tented in indianapolis, than il they
know that they will have to accept a
very much smaller salary in case they
should be permitted to shift to any
other club in the league. The rule was
made to govern just such cases, as well
as to govern the young men who may be
brought into the fold from time to time
in the future. 1t will also do away
with the heretofore heavy competition
for the services of young players which
has been the means OF running their
salaries away beyond the limit OF the
highest class. There are some young
players who were in such great demand
| a wear ago Oh account of the fine rec
ords they made in minor leagues, that
they were
SECURED AT ENORMOUS SALARIES
before the officials of their respective
clubs had chance to see what they
were really capable of doing, and
i'm many instances it was discovered
that they could not begin to compete
with some of the old players that were
not receiving within $1,000 or 81, 500 of
their fancy salaries. There is one we'll
| known case where one Of these young
PLAYERS was held all last season at Il
| salary of $4,000 and was SO inferior in
| his work that he was not put in to play
more than dozen times. That young
| man was scarcely worth more than
| 81. 500 to his employers, but through the
! connection for his services and the lack
of rule, such as the League made
! this year for the grading OF salaries, he
was enabled to secure double the
amount 1T was this kind of work
| that caused jealousy among other
PLAYERS and made those who were not
| receiving so much money and being COM
PEELED to play every day very much
dissatisfied. and had tendency to
| make them careless and Indifferent
about their work. When the matter is
given due consideration both players
and public will feel better satisfied with
the new SYSTEM and they will then see
that it was not a movement for the
benefit of the league to grind down the
PLAYERS and enhance the clubs reye-