South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
RETRENCH IS THE
WORD NOW GOING
AROUND LEAGUES
American and National Leagues
Expect to Save About $780,
600 by Turning Some of
Their Veterans Adrift.

NEW YORK. Feb. 4 p. The mag
mates of the two organic MAJOR
leaEUes have welded the aSe to- such
an extent that they aa Whitfield Il
total Of over 100000 from 'hc iJ1 Z
Iay-Clis. And the axe swinging
hasn't ceased.
The agnates must rctreuch They
lost money in 1914 and they don't
want to duplicate it in 1914. There
was hue one way Opeu--thc trim
ming down Of The payrn,is. The
Boston Braves alone viii Jerate with
an inCI eased salary list.
he Athletics payroll in l9l5 viii
be smaller, propOrtionately. than any
other club in either the American or
National leagues. The Athletics have
turned loose Eddie Plank, Jack
Coombs. Chief Bender and Eddie Col
Inns. Collins, IL was reported, got
$4,000 and Bender and Plank aver
aged like $4,000. If not more.
The release and sale Of that quar-
tet has reduced the Athletics payroll
by $4,000 other releases or sales
OF high salaried Athletic stars may be
made before the season opens.
OF course, the Athletics have gath
cred in Lajoie and his $4,000 con-
tract. but the story is that Connie
Mack and his crowd Will pay only
half of the great Frenchmans sal
airy The other half will be paid by
Lajoie's former boss-Charles Som
ers.
Maps to Pay Less.
The cleveland Maps hope to Oper-
ate with a payroll that will be about
100000 less than it was in 1914. The
first move was the sale of LajOie.
Some of the other Nap players. who
were charged with attempting TO dis
rupt the team in 1914 are slated to
go Most OF them are high-priced
players. Furthermore, the Maps III
tend 10 operate during the 1915 sea-
son with the minimum number of
men-a mere figure around y or %.
In other years the Maps carried about
so men.
Steve Yerkes. a high-priced gent
who used TO play second base for the
Red SOX has gone. "Heinie" Wagner,
the shortstop with his $1,000 salary.
is slated for the discard. The Red
SOx owners plan TO cut adrift at
least two other high-p priced veterans.
Last year the Red SOx carried about
80 men. This season they will Oper-
ate with less than %.
The Phillies Will affect a big saw
ing in 1915. Charles Doom, one
time manager. who shook down the
Phillies for $4,000. has gone. Hans
Lobert, whose salary was around
$1,000 and Sherwood Magee, draw
ing about the same amount, have
fitted onward. Pitcher Marshall,
with his $4,000 salary is with the
Phnlies no longer. Several young
sters. whose salaries totalled around
$4,000 have gone.
PhillieS to Save.
The Phillies. through the sale or
release OF their 1914 stars and young
sters, Will affect a gross saving Of
$4,000. Through trades they have
acquired Milton Stock, third base
man: AL Demaree, pitcher. and a
catcher named Adams. The total
salaries for these men Will not go
over $4,000 make the net saving
about $4,000.
The Braves is the only team in
either league that VIII operate in
1915 on a salary schedule higher
than that OF 1914. The Boston play
ers deserved n boost in pay for their
1914 shOwing-and owner GOffney
gave It TO them Salary boosts will
add about $50, 900 to the Braves pay
roll i'm 1915. The Braves acquired
Sherwood Magee and in doing so they
acquired n man who viii add another
$4,000 TO the payroll.
The Chicago White SoX expect to
operate at a cost of about $4,000
less than they did in 1914. kid"
Gleason, coach of the club; Ping
Bodie has gone back TO the minors.
and Berger, Slight and Blackburne