The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-23
SALARY LIMIT
 S2,OOO MONTHLY
Cam. Leagne CIuh Managers Decide Players Get Enough as Rule Stands.
Heavy Penalties Provided for yieIatisas, Games Won't Csasi, Players May be Declared Free Agents.

The championship season of the Con- nacticut League of Baseball clubs for 1910 will begin on April % and end on Sept. 10. This was decided upon yes
 at the Hotel Garde- The season will
 be shorter than the present years. which began on April 2s and ended on September IL
 Managers Keller and Edwards got together and made an even swap. Zel- Ter giving Edwards Bnl Luby for Ira Plank. the human dynamo By this deal it looks as if Luby had a good chance for the place. Luby has played upon nearly every team in the league. while Plank has only played upon four. Luby started i'm Meriden. came to Hartford and then went to Springfield He goes further north whenever he
 makes a change and now has got as far as Northanpfon- Bis Bii has bur
 town where, he played and his north |ern Journeys i'm time win probably bring him to the zteenth, parallel This trade of Luhy for Plank was the only one accomplished although there an offer was made to Bully Hanna for one of his nttle caDs-
 The principal business transacted was the raising of the game guarantee from 90 to GO and the rain guarantee
 It was decided not to make any change i'm the salary limit. s2.ooo a 'month This does not Include the managers salary Each club iss limit ed 10 fourtsen piayers n there is a cd In the fourteen, but the rule does not include a bench manager in the iist- steps will be taken to enforce the rules, about the salary dmR and carried A team that violates either rule win be subject to a fine of Si0o and lose the game played while the rule is being violated A player who makes an agreement for payment oth- CT than what is provided for in his fl he gives proof that he receives more than his contract calls for Manager Wlnlxler of Holyoke said he believed the salaries in this league were as high s, S ess sssndlns Ra,a and R sSoash, 0 the were very we'll peid- While 1t is pro posed to enforce the salary limit rule it ls expected that there will be some evasions. Manager zeller said he thought , that msnsssr n would De De talk 1a,Ss as he would ee Rf the mercy cf a player to whom he offered extra i'm ducements- The contract of every player must be in the hands of the lea to n Secretary Farrell of the National Board This must be done before a player can take part in a game Here tofore, the players have had lee way of fifteen Jays and some have played without signing a contract The new rule about the contracts was pas sad at the recent meeting in Memphis
 The selection of the holiday dates was left to President Tracy.
 The directors got together at the Hotel Garde at ii o'clock had a recess at noon, dinner and a session in the Afternoon that ended about o'clock All the directors were present except Harold R. Dprant of Waterbury who gave his proxy to Secretary o'Rourke. Chief John F. Kennedy vas guest at the dinner President Tracy pre- sided at the meeting. Manager Cam eron Of New Haven. Clarxin of Hart ford and Winklar of HolyQkf were ap- pointed a schedule committee. g. W. Challenger was authorized to prepare the schedule and he will have it ready in March. when Chairman Cameron of the schedule committee vii eau . lea sue meeting There will be no league meeting until that time.