Evening journal., 1911-03-22
NO CHANCE FOR
The HOLD OUTS
Tri-StaterS Might as Well Be-
eide Now to Send in the
Contracts
HARRISBURG WOULD
TRADE BUTCH REMENTER

There has been a good bit said
around the Tri-State circuit concern
ing the salary limit Of the league. It
is $1,000 and believed by some TO be
about the right figure for the drawing
capacity Of the eight cities represent
ed. There has also been talk of play
ers holding out on the limit this year
and refusing TO sign their contracts.
The club limit effects the club owners
most, for they mus. figure on building
up team that Oh come within IT,
The players holding out and refusing
TO sign their contracts have no real
cause. managers say, for complaining
Of the amounts offered them, the hg-
ures being in many cases the indivId-
ual limit Of $175. There is no use in
them holding out for more for they
won't get II and might as we'll come
into the fold and put up a game that
will cause demand for their services
in leagues OF higher class and where
out players are not good enough to be
snapped up by higher class league
clubs or purchased by clubs OF some
league that pays more money than the
Tri-State, then they are worth only
the S175. the Tri-State limit, club own
ers contend, or the figures the club
owners can pay TO keep within the
club limit. All can't get S175 per
month I'm the league and for club
carrying IA men the average salary
will be $135.70 a month. It's up to the
manager to get his men lined up for
the season under the club salary limit
and its going TO be some job until the
middle of May, when the limit goes
into force. There are some holdouts
in the ranks Of the clubs Of the Tri-
State, but when il gets a little bit
warmer the players are expected 10
send In their contracts and report for
the seasan on the days scheduled by
the various clubs.
Rementer for StrOh.
Manager Selbach. Of Harrisburg, has
offered to trade Catcher George Stroh
to York for Butch" Rementer. The
proposition is not acceptable 10 York
and President Free will not agree
unless a cash consideration of 5000 ac-
companies the Senator backstop. Re-
menter is a much better man, and II
he will not play here for the league
limit. as he says, the local officials
fail to see how going TO Harrisburg
will alter matters. Rementer can be
sold or traded by York as well as by
Harrisburg. The deal will hardly be
consummated.
Stroh and Rementer have been mem
bers Of the Tri-State League for a
number Of years, and both are we'll
known throughout organized baseball
Rementer caught in 55 games for York
last season for a fielding average oi
1856. third among Tri-State catchers
while he batted at .247 Stroh partici
pated In n games for Harrisburg
batting at 1872 and fielding at 1915.
Rementer has thus far refused tC
accept York's terms for his service:
this coming season and intimated thai
the Tri-State League was not looking
for "ball players" at S175 a month
No further effort has been made to in
duce Rementer to sign the contract
sent him several months ago. and i'm
less his signed contract is in the
hands of the York club officials by ths
opening of the Tri-State League sea
son, May 3, the rule providing for the
suspension Of players not signing
within the specified time will go into
effect.