The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18
PLAYERS SALARIES
HAVE BEEN DOUBLED
Big Increase in Their Payroll
in the Past Ten
Years.

Probably nothing better Illustrates
the advancement of baseball than the
manner in which salaries have in
creased 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 $4,000, and but one. Jimmy Col
Inns. then the kingpin of the Boston
outfit. drew that amount. Had some
one then prophesied that within a de-
caGe Honus Wagner would be receiy-
ing a $1,000 increase in salary the
citizens would have raised collection
to send the prophet to the bug
house
The following table OF star players
of the teams of the American and
National Leagues will illustrate what
we are attempting 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 e---Boston--Stah1.
$4,000; Criger. $500: Young. $4,000:
Collins, 10000. Baltimore-~Donlin
$500; Williams. $4,000. McGinnity,
$4,000. Chitago-Jones. $2,700:
Mertes, s2,70s; Griffith. $4,000: Cali
lahan. $4,000: w. Sullivan, $4,000.
Cleveland---scott. s270o: Bradley. $2.-
s00; Mccarthy, s2,50o. Detroit
Gleason, $4,000: Barrett, $4,000.
Administrations, $4,000: Hawley.
$4,000. Philadelphia--Lajo $1,000;
hard, $500. Carrick,
s2.700. Mercer, $4,000.
National League. --Roston--LOng.
$4,000; Demontreville, $4,000; Ten
ney and Lowe, $4,000. Dineen, 1920:
Nicholas, S2,700; Willis, $1,000.
Brooklyn--Kelley. Keller, Sheckard.
Dahlen. Farrell, Mcclure. McJarnes.
5000; Hughes, sa500. Chicago
Doyle, $500; Mccormick. $500.
Observation-Disclosures, $4,000 and .
bonus: Beckley. $4,000: Rusie. $4,000.
New York--Dayis, $4,000; Buelow,
$4,000. Philadelphia--McFa
$2.s60: Douglass. s2.700; Thomas, 81
TOO: Flick. $4,000: Deiehanty, $4,000.
$1,000. St Louis-BurkAtt, $4,000;
Heldrick. Wallace and Donovan, So
500: Padden. s2.7oo.
Nap Lajoie, then a member Of the
Athletics. drawing only $1,000, Is now
considered so valuable by his Cleve-
land owners that his life Is insured
for 100000. Cross and Fraser. others
of that aggregation have drifted Into
the minors. Cross played In the South
come years ago. and Fraser has been
outlawed because he has pereisteutly
refused 70 report to New Orleans. Blu
Bernhard, now Nashville's nanaGer,
was then q star twirler Of the Me-
aillicuddy tribe and drew $500. more
than he received now, IL n possible.
OF tho stars of the Boston Amerl-
cans. 8tahl Is dead. Young and Criger
composed the star battery OF that
period. and both are still In the
majors, though not exactly In the f1rsf
ranks. Collins Is no longer heralded
AZ the biggest-priced baseball player
In Anaerica and his name h seldom on
the tongue OF fandom.
Mike D0nlin. then with Baltimore,
at sa1ary of $4,000. is In vaudeville
and hans fade worlds Of money Mo-
Ginnaky. the star twirler or that ar
grexation, IL now managing d club in
the Eastern Newark and
pItrhink eseellently.
BARRETT. star outnejdAr. was Of
fBred 70 NJ ntgcmery some seasons
go and never reported. He ID Ia
Bfhn tiinors Bradley ii ptil1 with
C1ex11And. though his salary II much
1nfx&f than $1,000 DNmontrovf1Io
th6n with Boston, OF the Naflonaj
Io40n1. drew $4,000. h y now WITH
1SeW Orleans OF the Southern Loagne.
2iAsen. Of the Hcston Club. \ now A
teliey, then ii Hfosklyn, Iatsr ~ !.
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