Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
SALARIES
HAVE BEEN DOUBLED
In Ten Years There Has Been
a Big Increase in Their
Remuneration.

Probably nothing better illustrates the
advancement Of base ball than the man
ner In which salaries have increased in
the major leagues. and comparatively In
| the southern and all other minor circuits.
Ten years ago. for instance, no player
in the world was receiving more than
5000. and but one, Jimmy Collins, then
the kingpin Of the Boston outfit, drew
that amount. Had some one then prophe-
| sled that within decade Honus Wagner
| would be receiving $500 increase in
| salary the citizens would have raised a
collection to send the prophet to the
| 'bughouse."
The following table of star players Of
| the teams Of the American and National
Leagues will illustrate what we are at
| tempting to talk about and will serve to
show. too, how players. within that time.
| have been switched about at the will Of
the masters:
American League-Boston-Stahl. $500:
Criger, $500: Young. 5000: Collins.
$1,000. Paltimore-Donlin, $500: Will
liams, $500; McGinnity, 5000. Chicago
Jones, 81, 100; Mertes. $500; Griffith,
$4,000: Callahan. $500; W Sullivan.
$1,000: Mccarthy, $500. Decentralization.
5000: Barrett. 5000 Milwaukee-Gar-
vim, $500: Hawley, 5000. Philadelphia
Lajoie. $1,000: Cross, 5000; Fraser, $500;
Bernhard rnd $500 9, eoo Observation-Disclosures
National Neutrality-suspicious. 5000;
Demontreville, 800; Tenney and Lowe.
$500; Dineen, $500; Nichols, $500;
Willis. $1,000. Brooklyn-Kelley. Keller
James, 5000: Hughes. $500. Chicago
Doyle. $500; Mccormick. $1,000. Cincin-
nati-Harley, $1,000 and bonus; Beck
ley. $2.4O0: Rusie. $500: New YORK,
pnia1McFarIand. $3.50: Douglass. s., 100:
Thomas, $2.7OO: Flick. 5000; Delehanty,
81, 800. Pittsburg-Clarke. 200; Wagner,
$500. ST. Louis-Burkett, $500; Held
rick. Wallace and Donovan. $500; Pad
den, 81, 100.
Nap Lajoie. then a member of the Ath-
letics, drawing only $4,000. is now con-
sidered so valuable by his Cleveland own
ers that his life is insured for 100000
CATION have drifted into the minors. Cross
! played in the south some years ago. and
Fraser has been outlawed because he
| has persistentiy refused to report to New
manager, was then a star twirler of the
| McGilHcuddy tribe and drew $500, more
| than he receives now. 1t Is possible.
| OF the stars of the Boston Americans,
| Stahl is dead. Young and Criger COM
posed the star battery Of that period
| and both are still in the majors. though
| not exactly in the same ranks. Collins Is
| no longer heralded as the highest-priced
base ball player In America and his name
is seldom on the tongues of fandom.
| Mike Donlin, then with Baltimore at
salary Of So. 600. Is in vaudeville and has
made worlds of money. McGinnity. the
star twirler Of that, aggregation. is now
| managing a club in the Eastern League
Newark-and pitching excellently.
| Barrett, a star outf1elder. was sold to
MONTGOMERY some seasons ago and never
reported. He is in the minors. Bradley
Is still with Cleveland. though his salary
is much larger than $1,000. Demontreville,
then with Boston of the National League.
drew 81. 400. He is now with New Or
leans of the Southern League Dineen
of the Boston club Is now an umpire.
Kelly. then of Brooklyn later manager
of Cincinnati, is now manager Of the To-
| ronto team. MCGUIRE of the same team
Is managing Cleveland. but is too old to
catch Keller, considered the most expert
batsman In the world, has been released
by New York American League. He is
very wealthy in real estate and business
houses in New York and Brooklyn.
Amos Rusie, then one of the greatest
pitchers who ever stood upon a mound.
is out of base ball. as is Jake Beckley.
both of whom were with Cincinnati.
Davis. Connie Mack's field general. was
then a three-thousand-dollar star with
with Little Rock and Birmingham, was
then catching for Philadelphia. along
with Thomas, Mcfarland Delehanty and
Elmer Flick. the latter now in Cleveland.
of the American League.
Ten years ago Pittsburg had two stars.
Clarke and Wagner. the former drawing
S.. 600 and the latter s.. 500. Now Clarke
Is manag ing the world champions of Pitts
burg and drawing so much money that
no adding machine can figure the amount.
Wagner. in the worlds series last fall.
established himself as the greatest living
exponent OF the game. He is now re-
ceiving 10000 for his seasons work.
It causes one to wonder what the in
crease in another decade will be. Ten
years from now will $1,000 be the aver
age and $685. 900 the limit? If top price
marks have been reached. then the step
will be backward. No one believes base
ball is at the turning point of its popu-
larity.