Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-10
SALARIES HIGH
:: DESPITE DROP
Ba1Eball Magnates Fail to Cut
Compensation of Athletes as
= Much as Expected.

SuVuBU ~ Woo RAS0ASSVN AASSAS
thSrend Of tho season that there would
be q general reduction In the salaries
Of the baseball players. this dream OF
thassclub owners has not come true.
The. holdouts this season have been
morn or less successful, with the ex-
ception Of the Brooklyn and Boston
players, who probably will be forced
to receive cuts in their pay. The
signing Of Grover Alexander. the
Philadelphia pitcher. for s12.500 Is
an example OF how the club owners
or they want to or not.
There 10 no doubt that last season
was tho most costly in the history OF
the game. It is estimated that the
sixteen major league clubs paid out
about $1,500,o0O in salaries to play
era They have tried hard to reduce
this heavy expense. but>in dickering
with club owners over salaries the
players have a decided advantage. for
good ball players are not to be found
on every bush.
Cub Payroll Over $4,000.
One Of the highest priced teams
cost just as much to keep the New
York club intact this season. New
York's salary list last season was in
the neighborhood of 100000, not in
cluding McGraw's salary. It is esti-
mated that Brooklyn paid $4,000 in
salaries. and according to President
Weeghman the Cubs payroll was
more than $4,000. The Braves re-
ceived $95, 1000 and the Phillies drew
down about $4,000 in salaries. Bar
ney Dreyfuss had one of the most eX-
pensive clubs in the history of Pitts
burg baseball, and he is said to have
paid out more than $4,000 in SAL
aries. Cincinnati's salary list amount
ed to $4,000, and the st. Louis Car
dinals paid out something like $4,000
In the American league the salary
lists were even higher. The Yankees
cost the owners s125,O00 in salaries.
and the Red Sox payroll amounted to
about $115,000. Owner Charley Com
troit's team was paid about 100000,
and the Cleveland Indians, with Iris
Speakers high salary, were paid $685.
900. Washington's salary list amount
ed to 100000, and the salary list Of
the st. Louis Browns footed up to
100000. Connie Mack's club was the
cheapest in either league and his SAL
ary list did not amount to more than
$4,000
Stars Salaries Not Cut.
There has been no cut in salary for
e~AAyF> "a IAAS SSSA1 P4aySAS l1iAS oSoSoii'
and the fraternity's strike increased
the number of holdouts. The Giants
suffered no cut in salaries, neither did
the Yankees. The White Sox will cost
just as much as last season, and. al
though the new owners of the Red
Sox have made an effort to reduce
salaries. it has not been altogether
successful.
Just as many high salaries will be
L,S~l
wero4paid during the Federal league
war. In spite of the high cost of the
game last season 1t prospered, and the
PLAYERS are not inclined to stand cuts
witH the price of living going up all
thertime. It is stated that Manager
John McGraw Of the Giants receives a
salary Of 100000 year, while George
Stanings gets 100000 for plotting the
Braves. Ty Cobb draws down $4,000
from Detroit. and Alexander $12,50O
from the Phillies. iris Speaker gets
johnson s12,50O from Washington.
Frank Baker gets more than $4,000
from the Yankees, and Lee Magee
gets $4,000 from the same club, Clark
Griffith, the Washington manager, and
HUGH Jennings, manager at Detroit
each, get more than $4,000 a year.
Christy Mathewson dra1fs close to
$2VsOOO for managing the Reds.
Charley Herzog gets $4,000 from the
Giants and Joe Jackson gets the same
amount form the White Sox. Eddie
Collins receives $4,000 and Walter
Maranville draws $4,000 from the
Braves.
The Brooklyn club is the only or
ganization in the major leagues which
has semade wholesale cut of players
salaries, and there are now ten Of the
players who have not yet signed
These include some Of the clubs best
players. President Ebbets has re-
peatedly stated that he will not pay
the players a cent more than the
amount stipulated in their original