The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-21
Doesn't Look With Favor on
Twin States New Salary
Limit
FANS ARE IN FEAR OF
WHAT 1T WILL MEAN
Sporting Writer of Meadow City Says
That All Teams viii Finish Behind
if Limit is Held to $500 a Week
Plans for Raising Money.


Now that the major league teams are
finishing their spring training, North
ampton fans, says the Gazette of that
city, are beginning to talk over the
pl aspects of our own little league. An
nouncement of a salary limit of 5000
week, including manager, whether he
be Il player or not, agreed on at the re-
cent meeting of the Twin State league
directors. has caused no little discus
sion. The salary limit last year was
$3.50 but most of the up-river teams
| went far ahead of it during the season
and Mort hampton during the last few
weeks was forced to forget salary linn
| its and get good players in order to give
| the fans first class ball. Practically
| every team in the circuit lost money
| last season and should they abide by the
! $500 rule they are sure to lose more
money in 1913. The first thing man
ager has to do to be successful is to put
a firstclasS ball team on the field. The
next is to have the people attend the
| games and with a good team, playing
| good ball, the crowds Will come. The
| announcement of the $500 salary limit
was a big disappointment to the fans
| of this town. Our team of last wear
| played fine ball and the people were
pleased with the Twin State league
| game. We started the team off last
| year "a month ahead of the league open
ing and played independent teams from
this section. With one or two excep-
lions the visitors were not up to the
standard and after few farcical
srpt, a IL
| fans to attend the games
We played through the month and
lost 5000 before the league season start.
ed at all. At the game with the Ha-
waiian team Manager Luby hurt his
ankle and was out of the game for the
remainder of the season. There : $500
more.
The league started. and like every
other enterprise it cost money to keeI
up the standard of the attraction. The
first month showed about an ever
break. Then came the carnival, attend
by $500 people at 80 cents apiece
which wiped out the deficit caused 10y
the month : practice playing indepen
dent ball. Then another carnival wa
arranged. This time an airship fiigh
was to be the attraction. The day Sc
proved to be one of the raiuest of davt
|
airship fight. Then came Labor da,
which was the one last hope of the iii
rectoIs, for on this day crowd of , ,5Ot
was expected, which would wipe on
the losses contracted during the previ
Gus month. Again il rained. Then tn
following Saturday Bellows Falls faile
TO show up for the final game and tn
association went 5000 in the hole Wa
1T hard luck Well rather. After al
the hard work and the winning of tn
championship and the faithfulness O
the fans.
1t is hard to see where We can get
baseball team here for 5000 q wee
that would satisfy our baseball public
We surely would have to have a man
i ager and at least II players Put tn
manager 5 salary at $40, which is a
low as could be offered a playing man
ager. That leaves $50 for the remain
1 ing IL men. which gives them a week.
salary of less than SIS. Who woul
: come and play in the Twin State leaeu
for that? High school boys wouI
want more. \ ball player of any abb
ity could get about as much playing 0
shop teams.
; But in spite of last year 5 losses, an
= IN spite OF what appears to them sa
airy limit far too small, the director
I are going ahead. hoping some way OF
? of it will be found, and making ever
effort i'll their preliminary plans to 5,
t. cure a team that will not dim the ia
II fame of the Meadow City in baseball
Single handed and unsupported the
t cannot do it, but with the generor
/. backing of the fans and friends of I'll
national game to which they are ent
. tied they will win out and Northampto
- continue to occupy place on the has
y ball map.
They are making stirring campaig
y to sell 5000 tickets for the openir
game. giving the holder of the tickle
Id chance for r. c. II. touring c;
worth 5000 and 16 other prizes. Let Il
fans get together and do their part al
ar we are promised IL baseball team equ
s. to if not better than that which broug
the bacon here last year.