The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-03
1InvLlE FAvORs
PRESENT LIMIT
tsxrn BELIEVES GOOD TEAMS CAN
NE MAINTAINED AT
sizee RATE.
ACTlNG ON THAT BASIS
lxCREAsE Will. WORK HARDSHIP
ON FANS VINO SUPPORT RED
sox TEAM nv SUR
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AcTlNG ON THAT BASIS

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
DANyILI.E. VA. Feb. S.-The man
agement OF the DanriIie club and the
peopie OF Danvfile generally are well
satisfied with the ST. G0 salary limit
Tor the Virginia. League. the iimita-
ton OF the club to thirteen men, in
Guiding q player mas and the
individual salary limit fSed by the
league. The $I,aeo salary limit does
not. OF course, in~fnde the salary of
the manager, SO that a club can spend
xL,4a0 In salaries, Nor does the limit
efther as to number of players and
total monthly salary apply
to the preliminary or tryout season.
With thirteen men. inclusive OF a
player manager. each team can have
two catchers, four pitchers. four In
f7elders and three o~utfielders. with the
pitchers n Change catcher capable
NJ substituting an infielder or OUT
xeider when desired. The salary linz
1t will allow six players at SIS each,
fou at si08 zach and two at $3.50
cAch. The six high priced men will
provide the nucleus of a strong team
of seasoned men, while the six at
lower price with be able to fil in.
Six years ago. when this league COM
pAct was originally made. the man
ayers found no difficulty In picking
NJ excellent material at a lower price
than that 10Y fixed. and many of the
lower priced men developed into stars
and were sold TO higher class leagues.
Al good manager ought to be had for
$500 per month
Benefits Of Low Limit.
Dne Of the great benefits OF the
low salary limit, the Danyille nam
Agement believes. In that IL will make
the clubs select young material cap
able Of development. in which event
such players Will be easily sold. The
hig league scouts do not look for the
older players. They are after young
blood. promising years of usefulness
and further development in the event
they make good. For the last three
seasons the Virginia League has been
eagerly SELLING old players who have
dropped out in the major leagues and
who generally have proved indifferent
players The ex-big Lacquer. or has
been" who has dropped back to a
minor league. seldom comes back"
but almost invariably they have a
major league estimate of their value,
nevertheless. -
Last year the Danviile team sold
FHnweil. Mayberry and Priest to the
taajor leagues. all of them youngsters
1AtM ET41AE ok ilGtfl NiE n-ediAItEd men.
~ the older men nom was sold and
sxsiy Bussey was drafted. Rickert was
recently sold TO the Albany team OF
b south AtIantic League, the local
management being unable to retain
him on account of his high price.
kfekert had been up to the big league,
then in the Southern League at New
Orleans and then In the Virginia
League. He was not among the lead
Tag batsrnen of the Red Sox. though
he was fast on bases and perhaps the
star outielder of the league.
Danvtlie Within Limit.
Secretary John W. Carter. of the
Isxnyille team. who. in conjunction
with Manager Joe L.aughlin, has
charge OF selecting material for a
team, has proceeded on the under
standing that the $1,000 salary limit
MSS = settled affair. He has signed
NJ many youngsters at salaries that
viii enable him to keep within the
limit, and Is hopeful that he Will be
abb 20 develop some saleabie ma
ferial. The wood are full of am
bilious VI ng ball players. who need
sssfskss eSSfFssTiue II 4 little training
nadsr y seasoned player to
N&vaIop then into valuable men. The
Semt-prOfcssiona1 and amateur ranks
around Washingtt.a. Baltimore, Gin
Philadelphia and other citiea
embrace many valuable men, some OF
whom are "comera,. and most OF
them III be employed at legs than
per month.
ne lDAnvflle. team As, net a money
making proposition. On the contrary
4 is = sort Of community affair, main
tanned D the pleasure of the people.
When the large proportion of the
Z !. 0Oo people here are employed dur
anE p day and cannot see games and
Abofit two-afths OF the population are
negroes 1t can be realized thai IL II
no easy thing to secure paying
patronage. Several thousands are mNi
7opef1tfves and their families who are
enpioyed during the afternoons or are
snhahae to AFFORD the luxury of base.
hAlf games. With a $1,000 salary limit
local management hopes 10 nav
Gut. without having to call upon the
peOpie Tor a public subscription, m
savas necessary last year durigg the
Acng rainy season. A si,400 iimf-
NEOuld mean simply that lovers of the
ap0rt would have to contribute 5000
more per month 10 avoid a deficit.
\ proposed increase Is an unneces-
%matv fnw I'm thAlr ir~<rt&,.