Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
FANS TO BANQUET
TOURIST PLAYERS
White Sox and Giants to Be
Guests of Honor in New
York Tonight.
SPEAKER GIVEN HIGHEST
SALARY TO ANY PLAYER
Reported That He Will Receive
$4,000 or $4,000 Yearly and
Bonus of $1,000.
By Ripley

NEW YORK. March THE banquet
tonight at which the White Sox and
Giants will be the guests of honor will
close the week Of base ball frenzy that
has reigned in New York Tomorrow or
Monday Manager McGraw plans to leave
with his tourist players for Marlin, and
Owner Con1iskey and the White Sox will
start for the west to join other members
of the team already in training Federal
League officials, who failed to sign a
player in yesterdays rush. but whose ac-
tivity served to establish a new high
water mark for salaries, also will leave
town.
More than 3UO guests will attend the
banquet to do honor to the world tourists
and enough base ball talk is promised to
give the fans food for thought and dis
cussion until the championship season
opens.
The salary Iris Speaker is to receive
from the Boston American League club
was today the subject of much specula-
ton 1t is understood that Speakers
contract calls for an annual salary of
$4,000 or S1S,..o and in addition to this
he got a five-thousand-dollar bonus for
signing. Before signing a Red Sox con-
tract Speaker listened to the federal Of
fers, but demanded a fve-year contract
instead of three years. He also demanded
the elimination Of the clause in the con-
tract which gives a club the privilege of
dropping a player at ten days notice.
Gets Highest Salary.
This record price tops all salaries
ever paid in the history of the ma
tional game. Joe Tinker has a con-
tract with the Federal League which
calls for $4,000 on a three-year con-
tract Miner Brown also will get a big
salary from the same league. and Otto
Knabe will receive almost as much
with the Baltimore outlaws. Evers'
salary with the Boston Nationals is
$4,000 a year, and it is stated that
Mathewson's new contract with the
Giants provides for a salary of at least
$4,000 a year. Ty Cobb receives a
like amount from Detroit.
Other players who failed to sign with
the Federals yesterday are Sam Craw
ford. who preferred to remain with the
Detroit club; Pitcher Leverenz of the
ST. Louis Browns. Lee Magee and Steve
Evans and Mickey" Doolan.
Evers Deal Stands.
The National League meeting result
ed in no decision with regard to the
Chicago-Boston club deal for the serv-
ices of Johnny Evers. and in finding a
new owner of the Chicago club. After
two lengthy sessions the board of di-
rectors announced that the final set
Element of the Evers trade had been
left to President Tener. AS the situa-
ton stands now Evers. Sweeney and
Perdue are all the property of the Bos-
ton club.
Charles P. Taft, who owns a majority
of the stock of the Chicago club, will re-
main in control until one of several Of
fers made to purchase his interest is ar
ranged. This announcement was made
yesterday by President Tener, who has
let it be known that he favors Chicago
people as owners of the Cubs. Mr.. Taft
has set price on his stock and Presi-
dent Tener said that the figure is large
and carries with it the stipulation that
the minority stockholders shall have the
option of disposing of their holdings at
the same figure per share as the time
the majority stock is sold.
Wants Stock for Syndicate.
CHICAGO, March John T. Con-
merry, coal dealer of Chicago, who
denied in New York yesterday that
he was trying to buy the Chicago