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Show PLAYERS' SALARIES MUST COME DOWN ' l.lf ao, Nov L' Representath es of organized baseball and the Federal league have reached one mind on the subject of players' salaries even though they an- not ready for a " D.- rai pi ace proclamation, according to a statement tonight by Charles jWeeghman alter a long session with August Herrmann, president of the national commission "Club owners have tired of putting; lip outlandish contracts in order to j hold their stars Take for instance. Walter Johnson's latest demand that, he be paid $20,000 for a signature on a Federal contract That means $700 a game assuming that be would np-i I es in thirty full games . "The baseball men I have conferred With arc unalterably opposed to these fancy salaries. Not only will the new contracts of th' stars contain lower HgureS but the clubs will cease to number as many players as last year.'' I Cincinnati O. Nov. 2 August Herrmann tonight said that he bad no comment to make on Charles Weeghman's statement as to the sizo oi players' salaries but declared that he kiifv. Weeghmao had an option on the Chicago National league club. |