The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-23
SOME TALK OF
SALARY QUESTION
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the support OF the other seven clubs
in the league and his course in ignor-
ing the slight violations OF the regu-
lations governing the salary limit is
nibal this month is not settled. AT
the meeting seven of the eight clubs
were In favor of raising It, Jackson
vile being the only city to oppose
such course 1t was reasoned that
1t would cripple nearly every team
and ruin t.le prettiest race the league
has yet had if every manager would
have to come down to $1,000 a
month. If this should happen in
Iterest In the game would drop and
with it the attendance would be cut
off and as seven were in favor Of
raising it.. nothing definite was done
in the matter. The Kewanee sport
writer called the action of the Jake
sonville directors disgusting and
this brought long letter from that
city signed by A. +. Franks, who in
sinuates that President Justice "has
not nerve enough, nor backbone
enough to enforce the bylaws and
constitution and thinks he ought
| to tender his resigna ION. President
Justice has performed his duties in
a very creditable manner. Instead
of being the ruler, he is the chief
executive, or in other words the first
servant of the legaue. Because he
did not obey the bidding Of one club
4 to injure the other seven and the
4 whole league, he is insulted. Jack
sonville papers are going as far as
to say that the matter will be taken
before Secretary Farrell and that tie
directors are going to flight 1t out
along the line upon whicl they have
AIKEN rtand If it takes ALI summer
and part of next fall and winter"
Surprising the other seven directors
say to Jacksonville at the close OF
this season, You can't play in our
back yard y Manager Egan and
President Hofer can get under the
limit with little trouble and were not
fighting for raise, but other clubs
have had hard time Of it and 1t
would be selfish to cut them down in
the middle of the season just when
/ they are beginning to help make tie
race interesting. Without a race for
the pennant league ball would be OF
no more value than independent ball.
1t is the fight for position which
makes every game count far more
than simply a victory, that creates
| the intense interest which keeps the
i game alive.
Justice States Position.
In the foIlowngi letter to a Jackson.
vile baseball man President NJ. E. Jus.
tice states his position which Is one
endorsed by seven clubs in the cir.
cult, excerps from the letter being as
4 follows:
i There is no question about the sal
airy rule being violated, and as stat
ed at the meeting in Hannibal, / call
ed the meeting for that purpose SO as
to get this matter adjusted, and have
always been firmly of tie opinion that
rules and regulations were made to
| be followed and were considered for
the good of any organization or leauge
and that | expected them to enforce
them; that wanted this salary limit
adjusted so that they coul, not make
any statement at the end of the season
that didn't enforce the rules.
"Of course, Mr.. Ledford explained to
you tie action taken. seven directors
being in favor of letting the matter
stand as it was, giving al clubs the
option of increasing their salary limit
to the maximum figures given at thai
meeting, which was s1,445. 1t was the
opinion of every representative the
everything was going along SO NIGEL,
that the race was SO 6even that Il