Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-08
virginia LEAGUERS
Trouble Ahead for Managers
Who ignore Salary Limit.
MUST KEEP WITHIN $3.50
Organisation Hopelessly Split Over
Election Of President Of
League.
MUST KEEP WITHIN $3.50
By HERBERT r. MuEY.

LYNCHIBURG. Va. January 8.@Trou-
BILE Il brewing for some OF the managers
In the Virginia League II they have al
ready secured the signatures OF prospect
i've players for the coming season at a
figure prohibited by the salary limit for
already the new regulations of the Ma
tional Association are in effect. l.se clubs
have just been supplied with the new
form Of contracts for 1912, and woe to the
manager who has signed . player at more
than $50 Q month. That tho leagues
constitution declares to be the limit for
an individual player. Il this limit has
been disrogarded and tho player has been
induced to sign UP at $40 Per. with the
promise Of an outside bonus not stipu-
lated by the contract. tho trouble IL to do
all over. for In tho new contract the
player, as well - the team officials. will
b required to Sign IN ironclad afhdavtt
that tho amol-st indicated In tho contract
II his salary. = more and no less. no
matter from Whist source u ID to come.
There u not the slightest doubt In the
world that the player limit was broken
last year BY q majority Of the Virginia
League clubs. OF course, statements to
the contrary have been made. and. indeed
there hsve BEEN afndavits to back these
up, but Il 10 Just a. much an impossfbaHty
to ret the fans to believe that some Of the
players In tho league last year did not set
moro than $50 . month as It 10 to try to
make them believe some OF the teams DID
not break the fourteen hundred-dollar
team limit a. we'll.
If the club salary limit was broken last
year. a the fans believe this was the
case, then some Of tho managers didn't
hug clo6o to the real facts In their am-
davitA Certainly. tho spirit Of these
oaths were broken. II they were not bro
ken in tho letter. But with a dozen or
two players making afiidavits to q state
q different proposition. even II there Ii a
possibility OF q manager or two jumping
tho traces, for q vast majority OF ball
players would hardly swear to something
they know to be . misstatement Of facts.
MIGHTY few men: even M NJ .ea que. oai.
the sake Of q few dollars more than al
lowed them by the limit.
II looks - though there Il war to the
finish In the fight over tho presidency Of
the leaeue, for Mr.. Williams has refused
pointblank to drop out OF the race. de-
spite his statement made some time last
year that he would under no circum-
stances serve the LEAGUE unless he had
the league. At q meeting held here sew
eral days ego Mr.. Williams refused to
ten down and out when Bradley and
Wiikinson OF tho Richmond ana Lynch
burg clubs offered to withdraw Mr.. Whit
nan name and permit the clubs to get
toTether on Q man who would be accept
go 10 all Of them. Upon his return
homo Odr. Bradley declared he was un-
able to get IN agreement because Mr..
williams seems not to want . compro-
mieo. Just where the fight between
Lvnchburg, Danvllle and Richmond
aSainet the present administration, and
Petersburg. Roanoke and Norfolk for 1t.
viii land the league and those concerned
in its future e hard to'teI. some Of the
generally to resign. and outside Of Roa-
noke he does not seem to have the sup
port q any Of the papers excepting In
Petersburg and one OF the Richmond