The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-10
WILL RELEASE FIVE men
In AND OUTFIELD WILL BE Az
FECTED BY STORM.
watkins Wants Men Who Can Hit
and Play Fast BalI-WboIesa1e Cut
i'm Salaries Promised.

''The total attendance for the season OF
1903 at Washington Park will be about the
same as it was last year." said Manager
Watkins last evening. Indianapolis will
stand about fifth in point of attendance i'm
the American Association, while Louisville
will lead. / believe Louisvilles attendance
will exceed by nearly 10000 that or 1ndian-
apOlis. Several things are TO be considered
in determining the reason why Indianapolis
does not stand as well as some offthe other
cities in the association The principal rea-
son is that We have been unable TO play
Sunday bah in Indianapolis. Another Is
that Indianapolis has not been In first or
second place for some time, and this has
hurt the attendance The poor Or, schedule ds lie
Fourth of July at home also had a proml-
nent part in the matter. as did the poor
weather early in the season..
Manager Watkins witnessed the game be-
tween Fort Wayne and South Bend yester-
day at Fort Wayne. He admitted that he
wanted to see the work Of the players on
the two teams. He said the game was
good one and fairly fast ball was played,
but admitted that he had made no selection
of any players for next season from either
team
There will be many new faces on the In
dianapolis team in 1904" said Manager Wat
kins. ST am determined to get good. fast
men who can play ball all the time and can
bat i am tired of carrying high-salaried
men that cannot deliver the goods. There
will be five changes in the in and outfield
next season. l Will not say just now who
will be released, but those who have fol-
lowed the game can draw their own con-
illusions / will spend the coming fall and
winter lining UP a fast team of good hit
tiers, and will be prepared to start the sea-
son with an aggregation that will set a fast
pace.
Several names of members Of the team
were mentioned to Watty as possible cam
sets was mentioned Watty said that the
third baseman would not be here next year.
Tamsett has played a good game i'm the
field, but his hitting has been woefuily
weak.
That there will be wholesale cut in the
salaries of ball players next season has
been known for some time. and Watty adj
mits that the Indianapolis team will be af-
fected- In some instances players can look
for cut of 90 to 90 per cent. while some
of them viii suffer a bigger reduction
Some of the players on the Indianapolis
team have drawn $500 and $3.50 a month this
season when, the management declares.
they have not been worth over $l25 or $50
a month. Managers expect TO hear a ter
rible howl when the salary-cutting crusade
begins, but Manager Watkins says there
will be little trouble in securing ffrst-class
talent. There is no war on now IN the
minor leagues. and the players cannot de-
mand the exorbitant salaries they did last
fall and spring Several leagues may fail
to organize next year, while others may be
consolidated, thus throwing a large sur
plus of players on the market. watkins
looks for a consolidation OF the Central and
Three / leagues and the Texas and South
ern Texas leagues. He believes the West
ern League will quit business after this
season. as it has been a losing venture
since IL was organized.