El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-26
SALARY LIMIT
To BE EMF RCED
Rio Grande League Making
Plans for Season With
Lower Expense Roll.
by @BECK.v


Just what the various clubs in the
| Rio Grande league of last year would
! have made from the sale Of players
| had it been possible to finish out the
| seasons somewhat OF a problem but
J it is safe to say that all the clubs
would have netted something
Sammy Beer, who started with Las
/ Cruces and finished with FL Paso, went
| to the Oakland club of the Coast lea que
and is now rated as one OF the best
| Fingers on the Oaks. Sammy would
have been worth $500 TO $1,000 at the
! close Of the season And now the
Oakland club has grabbed Sammy's old
team mate, Ray Kallio- He is to re
] port for spring training with "Rowdy"
I ElliOtts team.
Then there was Red" Fulwider OF
! the Tucson club He has signed with
the Portland club of the Coast league
/ There are half a dozen other players
from this circuit who have made good
/ in faster company
Contracts Worth $4,000 Cancelled
When the Rio Grande league went
up" last year. players contracts worth
at least $4,000 had to be cancelled
But things are shaping up nicely for
the new season Jimmy Dunn is al
ready in Colorado Springs and reports
, that things there are looking very
/ bright Jim Brown. former Tucson
magnate, is now at Miami and is likely
to head for one of the northern cities
OF the new circuit in about two weeks
John Falsken writes from Kansas
( City that he is already lining up a
I punch Of young players Tor Alpuquer-
que while Bill McGillvray is eommuni-
eating with Denever parties who are
prepared to back a club either at
Pueblo or La Junta-
VIII Enforce Salary Limit.
The big trouble of the Rio Grande
league last year was that two man
ayers refused to comply with the
league rules and the salary limit II
is unlikely that either Of these men
will be found in the new circuit More
over, steps are to be taken TO govern
the salary limit more strictly
In the first place. a proposal has been
made that the Rio Grande league adopt
the rule Of the Texas league and other
circuits which permits only limited
number Of players with more than one
year of experience in professional base
ball on the clubs payroll II the Rio
Grande league should adopt a Iour-
veteran rule this would mean that the
club could carry only four men with
more than one years experience in the
professional ranks and would have TO
use about eight youngsters
Can't Grab High SaIaried Men.
Should a team be sliding, the man
ager viii not have a chance TO open
the treasury and grab up high
salaried veteran to bolster up the club
but he viii have to look around for
promising youngster-
Such a rule viii mean that he clubs
are nkely 10 make considerable
amount from the sale Of young players
to leagues of higher classification.
The question of salary limit viii have
to be settled at the first meeting. A
proposal has been made tLat the in
dividual limit for each player be $3.50
per month and that the team limit be
$1,000 This is a safe and same limit
and all clubs should make money. The
towns in the new circuit can support
such payrOlls and the teams should
be evenly balanced.
Tentative Schedule Prepared.
Railroad expenses Will be about half
what the old Rio Grande league called
for All the towns are we'll punched
in the new league and as one railroad
line reaches all cities. it. is hoped TO
get a very fair club rat The rail-
roads have granted concessions to the
Coast league this year and there is no
reason why they should not do the
same for the Rio Grande.
A tentative schedule is to be drawn
in the near future and sent to the
managers in all the towns so that the
desires of the fans may be consulted
before the schedule is adopted at the
league meeting.