Clipping:The problem of high salaries; League finances; proposed collusion
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| Date | Monday, March 14, 1881 |
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| Text | At the League meeting held at Buffalo, the question fo players’ salaries was discussed, with the view of devising some plan by which the expense of the game can be made to bear more equally with the receipts. Chicago is the only city where the receipts are in excess of the expenditures; the other seven clubs lose in the aggregate $20,000 annually. The desire of each club to secure as strong a team as possible causes sharp competition for certain players, and salaries are forced up to a point far beyond the abilities of the club to pay. As a result these players receive a fancy price for their services, say $1800 or $2000 for seven months, while others equally as valuable to a nine receive $900 or $1000. The high priced men are often kickers and disorganizers and keep other members of a team in a state of discontent on account of their smaller salary. Several plans have been suggested to solve the salary problem, and President Hulbert proposed at Buffalo that 8 or 10 of the high priced men, who are known to be grumblers, be shelved by the clubs signing an agreement not to hire such players. The proposition met with the hearty endorsement of six clubs, and would have been adopted had not the two remaining clubs requested that the matter be left over until next fall, when they agreed to join in the agreement. In the meantime President Hulbert is to perfect a plan of arranging salaries, and it is safe to say that it will take definite shape next fall. |
| Source | Worcester Daily Spy |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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