The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-15
Economy Watchword
OF Baseball Magnates
Minor Leaguers Sound Note. of Legislation Which
May Be Expected This Winter-Today's Sport
orial Discusses Diamond and Gridiron.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.
Hark to the cry of economy from

Hark to the cry Of economy from
the tall sticks! .,...
President Sexton, of the National
Association OF Minor Leagues. comes
out fat-footedly for a change from
the loose and unbusiness-Iike"
management.
1T is time for our members"
says sextoh. particularly from
Class B down, to cease trying to
emulate the methods OF the major
leagues. Dispense with hlgh-priced
players and managers. cut down pro-
bills, extra park help. and ,double
umpiring. and get down to operat-
ing on a basis that revenues war
And the Joke Of It Is that. barring
the return to single umpires, there
isn't a suggestion for the minors
that the majors couldn't take for
themselves.
The Old Tallyhos.
Only the other day Ed Barrow.
head OF the international League. a
clever baseball man. too. was quoted
as saying that the major leagues
couldn't do better than to abolish
their club dressing rooms and return
to the old method OF riding to the
park In uniform In tallyhos."
There is now too much talk OF
dollars and automobiles instead Of
baseball whenever players are men
Toned" said Barrow. mo wonder
the public has a false Idea OF the
tremendous profits to be gained from
ownership In a club. II Ia time to
return to simpler CuHtOma.'
Remember those ancient days when
our heroes. all logged out In uniform.
clambered aboard their bus IN front
of the hotel and gayiy gallopsd to
the ball yard7 Them was the good
old days" crude ao they were. Then
the ball player was hero for his
ball playing. not because he drew
more salary than the president OF a
bank.
Game Has Advanced.
II is doubtful II the tallyho days
will ever return. any more than last
summers suns. Baseball has pro-
rressed from that stage. Now II IL
more complex. More money Is in
vested all along the line. Customs
have changed.
But ECONOMY SEEMS NEEDED.
Where will II come?
The minor leagues. almost all OF
which lost money last summer. even
when completing their schedules, are
starting the move ment for economy.
Next month II may be expected that
the same note will be sounded by the
majors at their New York sessions.
Cut Out Money Talk.
First and foremost. insistence on
the financial end OF the game before
everything else should be cut out.
When players In world series
squabhle over the division of the
purse Instead OF seeking ways and
means OF winning from their oppon-
ents as the Brooklyn club did last
month, II IL about time for the heads
OF baseball to take action. And there
are signs and portents that they will
this very winter.
The suggested new form OF con-.
tract may have a certain effect-for
the better. II Bill Smith. with
salary Of 5000 a season. is to re-
ceive monthly 500 instead OF $1,000.
az has been the custom to date, said
Bill Smith may not have SO much
money to fiing around during, the
short cricket summer. OF course,
Bill won't lose. for he'll continue to
collect his 800 during the on
season just for being Bill Smith and
refrainlng from playing basketball
or hockey or any other strenuous
But BASEBALL not DOLLARS
must be heard from. and that soon,
II the public Is to- retain whatever