Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-15
BECK DOUBLING
UP ON BRASS, IS
REED OPINION
Albuquerque Manager Makes
Strong Reply to Public Crit
icism Made by Secretary OF
League,

Firing back al Beck--or Beckett
who holds down the two strenuous
Jobs of sporting editor and secretary
Of the Rio Grande association, Man
ager George Reed OF the Dukes last
night characterized his breaking INTO
print with league business as "doub-
| ling up on brass
Manager Reed was thinking OF the
utility man in Uncle Toms cabin VINO
PLAYED the part of the hounds CHASING
Eliza which was all bowling. and
doubled up BY helping out the orches-
ira at other times.
When Informed of the league sec
retary's attack on Albuquerque. Man
ager Reed said:
"He has no right to censure any
body through the newspapers espe-
cially when he is in possession OF an
solutely no evidence II may be thai
he has permitted himself to be nagged
on by one or two Of the managers IN
| the league. One manager has MADE
| IL n practice to fight me from the
! lump at other times This Is the
/ sixth year we've bucked each other
As to how we finished modesty forces
me to refer YOU 10 him for the answer.
Or you might refer to the record
book.
'The reason that they've started on
this team so early In the season Is
simply because we're off In the lead.
| think that the Albuquerque club Is
not costing any more than lei PasO Is
paying, especially with such players as
| Bliss. McGlynn, Mathes, Perrlne,
Dudd. Kitty knight and Jake Bauer
Also Penelon is not playing there for
a meal ticket. In view of this | think
| It might be a good idea for the league
secretary to start his pruning at home,
| Possibly, however, he knows more In
| his first year In baseball as league
| official than others who have spent
half OF their lives at it,
! "It's an old gag-bushers must
make themselves known some way.
| Here is what Brother" Beck OF
Amen corner fame had to say, which
occasioned King Georges retort:
! All clubs in the Rio Grande Base
/ ball association have been notified
that they will be required to get down
to the salary limit of 1000 before
| Thursdays games. At the meeting OF
the association last month all clubs
were TO be given IA days 10 cut down
to the limits both salary and player.
Each club Is permitted To carry twelve
men and q manager.
The official national association
contracts arrived from Auburn, n. Y,
on Wednesday and have been sent out
10 the various managers with instruc-
tons to have them returned to the
league offices as fast as they can be
signed. All the clubs. with the ex-
ception of Albuquerque. have already
filled their payrolls and the northern
club got Geographic notice on We'd
I; nesday morning that a copy of Its
payroll must be filed within "a hours.
The constitution provides a penalty
Of $3.50 and forfeiture of games where
clubs failed to get down to the salary
limit Reports from the north are to
the effect that the Albuquerque club
is a $4,000 team and if this Is the case
Manager Reed has not been acting
fairly and will have to do some de-
cided pruning of his payroll
One story from the north is TO the
effect that Reed Is going to take adj
vantage of the exception of the man.
ager in the payroll and put In one Of
his high priced stars as a nominal
manager and thus be able to get
around the salary limit to the tune
of about $500. Secretary j. II. Far
rell, of the national association, has
been asked to give ruling in such
a case I'm the event that the northern
ers do attempt it. 1t Is not likely TO
succeed
The very life Of the Rio Grande cir
cult depends upon all managers re-
specting the salary limit and the ma
jority of them have done SO. OF the
five clubs reported, only one was any
considerable amount over the limit
/ ana thatclub has promised to be down
to the required figure by Thursday.
The officers of the league are de-
termined that the constitution shall
be observed by all clubs.