The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-06
PLAYERS WAATPAY
DURING TRAINING
They Object to Giving Up Time
for Nothing on Southern
Trips.
MEANS BIG FINANCIAL LOSS
Club Owners Are Disposed to
Agree to Reasonable
Demand.

New Yerk, November 5.-when the
new Players' Protective Association
feels strong enough to sit up and
demand more nourishment from the
club owners. one Of the frst matters
% be adjusted will be that Of remun-
erA&ton during training trips. ma
jority Of the players are n, favor ct
demanding half pay for the time spent
In preparing for the season.
%Nons but major league performers
are greatly ino0nyenienced by the
spring training trip2 Minor league
teams usually report late In March q
early In April. but soms Of he big
lsagus teams hit nhs Southern trail n,
february. All are ia camp no later
than the ffrst week In March.
A players contract calls for salary
for six months, beginning the first
week of the championship seaSon-
usually around April 12-and ending
on tho Same day Of the month In Ooto-
Der. For the time he spends It the
hard labor OF getting In condition ne
rscsavss nothing. Only has bare living
expenses are paid.
In recent years these long t1Asn.ns
trips have bssn bones OF oonfeofaon
between clubs ard star players. Up 20
ten years ego there were no in1dwantes
invasions OF the South. The big league
eea.on started Late In April and the
players did not assemble until after
April !.
Take Loag TT10s.
Tha training season has now become
\ Atstinct feature in the practios OF
big league teams. Manager AcSfaw'
Of the 0iaats, has his new players re-
port each year 1t the Texas training
camp two weeks before the regulars
arrive. McGraw therefore meets AIS
"rookses" about February 20. The reg
uJsr players come struggling in the
frst week Of March
Than there 10 q month Of hard work
with more or less travelling. some-
times the weather 10 cold or rainy, ano
Il is difioult for team to obtain good
hotel accommodation In many Clues
and towns in the South
Even when a team remains In ono
camp, as the Giants do. tho squad 10
split up and sent to nearby cities Tor
exhibition. games Saturday ana Sum
day. Then comes a week or ten days
of slow progress northward A team
usually Jumps a few hundred miles
each night and plays a game every
day. Finally the players. who have
been playing q month or six weeks for
nothing, arrive at their home city and
indulge in . few more exhioation
games
Not until the nrst day OF the cham
pionship season does the player 90 on
the pay roll He Is paid twice
month: therefore the first real pay day
rs April 80 BY that time some OF the
men have been actively engaged Tor
more than two months Few OF them
especially the beginners. have any
other source Of income. Therefore they
touch the clubs bank roll for pocket
money. The strength Of the tap" de-
ponds On length OF service with the
team and prospects for remaining with
IL The nrst pay day for big league
players usually consists In the return
Of sundry II. o. Us" to the athletes.
Have Coed Aeeoa0odaf1oHs.
OF course. the clubs take good care
Of the players during the preparatory
season. They are put up at the pest
hotels-And that is not saying much IN
some sections Of the south-asstgned to
rooms with bath. and even their laun-