The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-03
SALARY QUESTION
WILL NOT DOWN
nANvILLE CLuH Is IN DIFFICULTY
ovER PLAYERS HOOKER,
sCHRADER AND CASTOR.
WAY TO SOLVE MATTER
MAGxATEs PROBABLY WILL TAKE
WISE COURSE AND AGREE WITH
RICHMOND CLUE TO RAISE
LIMIT s2se.
WAY TO SOLVE MATTER
BY JAY LEWIS.

DA aat LEWIS
Fans are beginning 20 learn what
experienced baseball men like W. II.
bradley could have told them from
the beginning;
1t is impossible to run a Class c
league baseball team on $1,000
monthly salary limit and give Glass c
base bali
II is possible TO run a tidewater
or a 1erkwater league, perhaps. on
such a salary limit. but not a Glass Z
organization.
The talk of fast young players
working for sic weekly--juvenile Ty
Cpbbs. iris Speakers and Walter
Jchnsons III Class g company for less
than $Ioe is becoming a real Joke or
even an Englishman. And baseball
joke Ia the last thing that an Eng
lishman can zee.
The Richmond club has wanted an
Increased salary limit ever since the
Norfolk club changed owners.
President Bradley made no protest
when Norfolk yelled for $1,000 lin
II. the dropping Of Danvllle and the
formation OF a sort Of Central Sir~
Einia league. He WAS willing TO go
any distance for the sake of harmony
President Bradley has favored an
increase of the present salary limit to
S1.soe. and what is more. this in
crease is likely to go through AT the
March meeting OF the magnates.
Trouble I'm DanyiIle.
The recent trouble in Danville is
enough to show the folly of trying to
run Class & league on a 81 200 sal
ary limit. Hooker. CASTOR and Schra-
der. three stars " tbs, champion Dan
VILE team. have received a cut In sal.
aries, and they are making a holler
that can be heard all around the cir
cult, and 1T VIII probably reach the
National Commission before il dies
out.
These three men found their salaries
&iasfied TO meet the pe@ limit. They
have to take the money offered them
or drop baseball. They were not al
lowed to go and better themselves.
They are little better than slaves for
that matter, under the working of the
national agreement.
or course. the big magnates would
like to see the players get justice. but
what can the commission do?
The Danv!lie club would like TO
rive the players more money, but
y what can the club do?
The players would like to get the
ID
what can the players do?
Nagnates Were Fooled
The $1,000 salary limit is a joke
Al has been a joke from the start
Few of the magnates would have
voted for il had they reckoned that
II would be enforced by Presiden.
Williams would enforce the rule to
the letter the magnates began to ge,
uneasy Richmond, Roanoke Nor
HxSI1
promptly that the sally limit would
have to be raised in the Virginia
League IL the people were 10 have
baseball TO which they have become
accustomed.
Now the Danville owners find out
that the limit must be raised If the,
expect to get anything like decen,
work from their players. And the
team will not get decent work from
men who have had their salaries cut
Tor no other reason than that the Viz
kinia State League teams are paying
tank town salaries.
A resolution will be introduced a,
the March meeting of the Virginia
State League to raise the salary limit
to s1.4ee. II will probably be in
froduced by Roanoke. but even II the
Roanoke representatives are silent on
the matter the resolution will he in
troduced by the Richmond club.
II will not be surprising If the
resolution is adopted either. Glass
q baseball cannot he given at Claas
u salarfes.
Following is from Culpeper:
Mr.. Berry Lee Burgandine, the
pitcher whose success ON the slab
Tor the Cuipeper Baseball Associa-
t3on made that club the champions
Of Northern Virginia last season. has
signed with Dsnvilie 10 take the place
0f Bussey. who has signed with the
Nationals.
BuYgandine is heady player and
il good in any position on the team
Some class there,
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