The Washington herald., 1916-12-31
MANAGERS Will CHOP
WARTIME Salaries
Only Those with Contracts Forced By
Feds" viii Suffer.

New York, Dec. a--Major league
moguls are not going TO use the az
on salary lists with AZ much ferocity
as was at FIRST believed. AT least.
certain ones of them have 90 an
nounced, and others have come 10 the
front with statements that no cuts VIII
be made in their payrolls.
Capt. Til Huston and Manager BIN
Donovan, of the Yankees, have said
fatty that no salary cuts will be made
for 1871 On the contrary several mem
bers OF the Yankees, are due 10 get a raise
In pay. while others win be rendered con-
tracts calling for the same amount thsy
received last year.
The Yankee owners have O mighty
fair working basis for the apportionment
OF salary among their men. II a player
shows to better advantage than was e1-
pected Of him he 10 given q raise in pay,
but IL. as in the case Of 1916 Yankees,
players are kept out Of q number of
games through injuries and do not get
the chance to show their ability, the az
does not descend upon their bi-monthly
ghost walks and they are treated with
just as much Difference as the player who
has been in there working hard all sea-
son.
Another club which is not going 70
slaughter the payroll is Washington.
Manager Griffith has announced that
there will be no pruning Of salaries done
In his camp. Many other big league
owners will grant increases in salary 10
some Of their men and in some cases
make cuts. Players who held wartime
contracts will be the ones TO suffer, and
II is generally believed that many OF
them have been overpaid. In such cases
the magnates are justified in making re-
ductions, for II is not fair to the player
who Is making good and drawing per-
haps a much smaller salary. Such
conditions breed Dissatisfaction among
the players and hurt the chances Of
the club.
When the Yankees hike South in the
spring, tra-la, they will carry seven new
players with them. and out OF the seven
''Willyum" Donovan hopes to develop az
least three major league crackerjsclzs.
The seven new members of the clan Of
Donovan are: Pitcher Ed. Munroe.
drafted from Memphis. Southern Associa-
ton: Pitcher Bob McGraw. from the UNI
versity OF Colorado; Pitcher Alex Fergu-
son. from the Bloomfield Catholic
Lyceum Club; Pitcher Jack Enwright
who was with Che Yanks part OF last sea
son and later turned over to Newark;
Catcher Bennie Shaw, from Macon. Of
the South Atlantic League; Inhelder Bill
Knaupp, drafted from Shreveport, and
Outfielder Everett Banxston, who was
bought from Richmond.
Although he Is but q years old, Johnny
Dundee. the Scotch wop." has made
more than $4,000 in the ring. And this
has come to Johnny within the past two
years. Dundee now ranks with the lead
ing money-makers in the bifing business.
In 1915 It is claimed that he collected q
total of $4,000 for his services in the
rOped arena and so far this year he has
cleaned up in the neighborhood Of so. COO
Dundee has been in the professional box
ing field for over ave years. For his first
bout he received the sum OF S.
Gabby Cravsth. who is going to pilot
the Vernon Club OF the Pacific Coast
League next summer. VIII be missed by
the Phillies in more than one way Gabby
was always a prime fsvorite with his
team mates and he liked q good yarn as
well as anyone. Cravath tells one on
himself that is rich.
You know I winter in California .
spiels Gabby. Well, I lead the simple
life in the winter and I have always
been a mystery TO the nice old lady who
boards me. One day a stranger came ta
the door and asked about me.
| - don't know much about Mr
Cravath." she said He goes away every
sprphg and doesn't come back till fall. !
never heard OF him working. but he is
well dressed. and ! do hope he is In some
honest business"