Show FRANK CHANCE RECEIVES HIGHEST WAGES OF ANY PLAYER IN ORGANIZED BASEBALL I I I TEAM WHICH DEFEATED I CUBS POOREST PAID IN INTHE THE THE THE-MA MAJORS JOBS Now ow that they have annexed a world a championship it is doubtful if the athletics will any lon longer er stand for being one of or the lowest salaried clubs in either cither of the big biJ leagues Though such matters arc are generally considered as being being boing be- be ing of too confidential a nature to bo be made public it is understood that the Philadel Philadelphia phia American league clubs club's pay roll did not not exceed this season if it went that high A year ago or during the season 91 of 1909 1009 tho the white whito elephant officials paid out something in the tho nei neighborhood of in salaries Only one ono other club in the American lea league got on as cheaply as that 1 As 5 a rule salaries ran range c considerably higher in iu tho the National lea league than in inthe in th the tho organization Of course there is no noway way ay of o-f getting at atthe the real figures j hut but eti estimates by men who have been and are aro close to the tho management of tho clubs place the tho cubs and pirates quite a few dollars ahead of all other clubs in both lea leagues ues It is supposed that the tho pirates drew down not less liss than in salaries in 1909 and it is not likely that they were willing to play any cheaper after i winning a worlds world's championship than I they were before they copped the premIer premier premier pre pre- mier mIer honors Hans Wagner for instance is commonly commonly com corn supposed to draw something between between be bo- tween and a season The former is probably a lot closer doser to the I w tJ 4 d t. t I o 8 c 25 PRANK FRANK CHACE real figures thaI the tho latter One prominent prominent prom prom- member of the Pittsburg club says gays Hans gets less than Of all men actually playing baseball eliminating Connie Mack manager ol 01 of the athletics who owns stock in the club Frank Chance manager of the cubs is considered to bo far and awa away above au aJl other active players in his earnings s from baseball This too is because because because be be- cause Chance also i is is a stockholder in the tho Chicago club owning a tenth one inter inter- est cst i- i I Prior to the season of 1909 1900 Chance Chanco received re re- re- re a salary of a year which was augmented by hv his dividends and I AS LEADER OF THE CUBS HIS EARNINGS AVERAGE ABOUT A YEAR the share of one pla player er in post season and exhibition game gamo am receipts Chance then thou signed a year four-year contract at a year but a dispute arose between be be- tween him and Charley Chancy Murphy pre prep prep- id ident en t of tho the club and ho announced that I ho he would not play with the cubs A Chicago man man was sent to California to arrange a truce between Chance Murphy Murph One of the conditions of the truce was that no party to it should ever reveal the salary part of the deal whether raised or continued the same But with his dividends on his tenth one interest Chance earns between and a year ear probably a year on an average Because of the national commission commissions a 8 decision in his case sentencing him to play pay for his contract salary it is known that Johnny Kling signed a year three ear contract for 1500 Brown Overall Tinker and and Evers probably receive amounts varying from to Fred Pred Clarke of the worlds world's champion I pirates is is reported to receive annually annually an an- for services as player and manag man man- ag ager r. r Ty Tv Cobb of Detroit is reported to receive receive a year Christy Mathewson Mathew Mathew- son is supposed to be drawing about with a big bonus if he wins two two- thirds of his games Tho The average player of experience on ona ona ona a winning club considers himself as asworth asworth asworth worth from front 2500 to while one with pretensions to being a star estimates estimates estimates esti esti- mates himself as worth from to 0 |