The chronicle=news., 1912-11-15
UNION LEAauERs FINALLY
AGREE ON SALARY LIMIT

tied last niGht after a long and talk.
atlve session Of the maKpAteS with
tbs adoption Of the following sched.
ule per team In the various leagues:
Class A leagues. S3.500 q month.
Class d. S?.a0O except In tn,
Northwestern league. which BY rca.
son OF Its sise. In allowed $500 lin.
IL.
Class c. 1850 excluding manager.
Class D. $500.
Class A 4 limit was not fixed but
will probably be agreed upon at &c.
600.
Tho penalties for violation Of the
rule was still pending at 0 O'Clock.
but the report OF the committee IL
likely 10 be adopted. by which the
players are suspended sixty days for
receiving more than the limit. man.
sssrs fine Of 800 and the clubs u
fine Of 500 70 $500.
Tho agreement 10 limit the pay.
rolls was reached with comparative
ease. but II took nearly three hours
Of discussion to decide to postpone
until today the penalty phase Of tho
eomm!t,ee report.
Tho fight over the salary limit for
the minor leagues started Nm soon as
the convention assembled yesterday
morning. The early session was de-
voted merely TO the reading OF the
report BY the special committee and
the fight was taken up In earnest
late In he afternoon.
r. W. Resdc OF Columbus. Ohio.
and Owner Justice Of Rock island.
submittsd the report on tho salary
limit proposition. They were ap-
pointed u year ago al the Sun Anton
10 convention.
AMONG other things this commit
| ten makeA Recommendation that
caused lots OF discusion.
The COMMITTEES recommended that
q player who was found to be party
to an illegal contract should BE- sus-
pended for sixty days. Iu addition.
the conspirina manager and owner
Of the club should suffer heavy
fines.
The national commission. OF which
Garry Hermann Of Cincinnati In the
chairman. wants u word to say shout
the salary limi, In the minor casucs
After President Sexton read the ie-
| port Of the committee he read let
tier from Mr.. Hermann. In which the
latter Says that tho national conf ais
Sion desires approve Of the salary
Nmits placed upon minor lraRu.
clubs. OF course. that means that
the meme higher up stiil desire to
dictate Just . little IN 10 what the
miners shall DO. still. before the
subject ever reaches tho national
Iemniasion the national association
must approve OF the new agreement.
chasiss W. Murphy sad Manager
5eha J. Evers Of tho Cubs aroused
The interest Of The visiting maAnates
iAd Managers BY trying to pull off
the biggest gasesall deal OF tho year.
The Cub president and manager
sst Manager Miller Huxgins OF the
CArdinais into corner and attempt
- U take Arnold Hauser. his younE
shortssop. awsy from him. Hukxins
took the tradc up with Mrs. Helen
Hathaway Britton. the woman owner
! oS the 81. Louis club. and she has
not been heard from a. yet.
Here II the trade and tho facts
Which led up 10 II. Tho Cubs need
shortstop. both President Murphy
and Manager Evera realize that Joe
Tinker has gone 70 far that II Is
likely he will 30 tho limit and that
. successor must be found. They
Cont want to trade Joe for Grant.
ehsisn and Nike Mitchell OF the
Reds unless they can see where they
can trade the fellows for u short.
stou.
Ther srs just two shortstops In
the National league that Murphy
and Evers are willing 10 take.
liauser " one OF them and Mike
Doctan Is the other. Tho chances
Of getting Doolan arc remote. They
have attempted 10 get Hauser. They
| will give al least two Of the men they
| act from the Cincinnati and may be
all three OF them for the ST. Louis
player. II Hu9xins Is willing to
trade along these lines In the deal
villa Garry Hermann will go
through. Tinker will 80 TO the Reds
ana be made manager. But II this
proposition IL rejected then tho Cubs
stand willing to trade Tinker to St.
Louis for Hauser.
| N. @. Wotells. y Chicago boy. who
played with Syracuse last season.
was signed by Henry Berry. OF the
Los Angeles club. Any time that
Berry doesn't sign ut least one bail
player u day he figures that he is
loAfIns on the Job. He has made
more trades than all tho other mag
nate& who have attended the meet
Ing. ,.
Jack Hendricks, who manages
nanYer In the kiIInmcr aul liXeR In