The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-28
NO SALARY CUTS
IN BIG LEAGUES
New Scheme For World Series
Fund May Be Adopted
BY Majors

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be no curtailment Of the playing sea
son, no slashing Of the player limit
nor limitation of the training season
In the major leagues next year. The
club owners of the National and Am
ericau leagues decided at their joint
meeting here today that there was nc
cause for alarm in baseball at present
They agreed that If the war forces
them to retrench IL will be time enough
TO adopt war policy when they &C
tually face conditions next spring.
The two leagues decided TO open
the 1918 season on Tuesday April 10
week later than last year, and "a
play a l54 game schedule, which has
been the program for years. The Ma
tional League agreed TO the American
League plan for the collection Of the
federal war tax. It was decided u
collect only what the government inn
poses--three cents on bleacher seats
Ave cents on pavilion seats, eight cent.
on grandstand and ten cents on box
seats, The leagues also decided to col
lect a ten-cents tax on every free ad
mission. h .tm .,9lf.
viii Adopt New Plan
There is every indication that the
plan for new division Of the world 4
series prize, which previously had beer
opposed by President johnson Of thf
American League, win be adopted
President johnson and August Herr.
mann, president of the Cincinnati Ma
tionals and chairman of the National
Baseball Commission, were empowered
TO decide on the advisability Of adopt
ing the scheme, which provides that
the four first division clubs in the two
leagues shall share in the purse.
81 was much impressed with the
thought, - President johnson said to
night. 81 came from Hermann and
] believe l shall vote for It. We pro
pose to pool the worlds series money
and also the receipts Of city series
which will make a rich prize
Chairman. Hermann believes the
plan will produce a more spirited
race in both leagues.
Others To Share Also - 4 IT,. e.. II.
There will be something for the
second club, and the third and fourth
clubs to fight for If they are TO share
in the price, Hermann said. HPen
nant races usually are decided month
or so before the close of the season
and interest in the clubs out of the
fight usually lags. am convinced
that If the plan is adopted there will
be no tagging. The clubs will strive
to increase their standing, knowing the
higher they finish in the race the more
money they win receive. ".'D-H =.
saeing my figures on the world 7
series receipts last season, the player
on the club. finishing second in tn,
race win get approximately 5000 each
The members of the fourth club viii
receive something like $500 each. 4
is proposed that the prize shall be di
vided on q sixty and forty percen
basis. Sixty percent of the winning
share will, of course, go to the cham
pionship club. The remainder will b,
split up among the other teams. -
The fight Cor a 140-game schedul,
next season comes principally from tn,
American Leaguers, MS its alor'i"i
has been advocated by President John
son. The Junior organization, how
ever, was strongly opposed to any pro
duction in the player limit. 1t wa
contended that the National Arm,
draft might cut deeply into the club
before next season, and under thes
circumstances it would be unwise T.
make any changes. Some of the Ma
tionsl League club-owners sought t
have the two leagues agree on limi
of twenty OF twenty-one players. TIL
present limit of twenty-five players i
the American League and TWENTY-FIVE
in the National will be maintained.
President johnson said the subiec
of paying the $4,000 debt to hacker
of the Pittsburgh, Newark and Brook
lyn clubs Of the Federal League wa
not brought up at today's meeting
He said the issue probably would b
settled by the individual leagues. Tn
American League is ready to paw II
share-$550 00-any time, he said.
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