Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-09 | Page 18 | Cub Pay Checks Boosted

CUB PAY L CHECKS 01 r Member of Chicago Every I Squad Will Get Increase In Salary for or 1936 6 W Work ork j By PAUL 1 Associated Press Sports Writer CHICAGO Jan an 9 The D-The The big Wrigley bank roll roU once the p Pr pride d dand and joy of the winter winte ivory marts marls caused a great celebration a at t Mt Ida Ark Ark and all aU other winter headquarters of the Chicago Cub champions Thursday Instead of ot being used to buy a player at five ve or six ab figures s the Ithe famo famous bank roll was M being used used to Rive give every everyone one of at 23 Cubs Cub a pa pay boost for 1936 Elated over the proof of ot his baseball baseball base base- ball baU theory that if f- f rewards reward to hustling hus hus- i f r- r rJ players are more J important ta nt f i. i j to a n teams team's sue suc cess than the purchase pur put ft f year chose chase Owner of a star tar Phil a 63 b t K announced an an- z fh no u n c e d last t w m night that all aU ll his hI t rc-IJ rc U players player would woud re rc r A raise in salary next next sea sea- Warneke son Except to lo say that no player would be disappointed the tho youthful youth youth- ful Cub owner refused to discuss 3 the tho range of wage increases Owner Vr gley's action probably marks the first time in major league e baseball history that a whole club from tram manager down down downto to the lowest I paid regular received a pay boost at one time Colonel Jake Ruppert of the YanKees and the late lale Frank J. J Navin of Detroit have been lIbera liberal liberal lib lib- lIb lIb- eral era but neither went as far tar as Wrigley has gone i When young Wrigley took control control control con con- of ot the Cubs Cub after his lathers fathers death he warned his assistants he was against spending big money for C 1 ball players like Ilka his Is father h had bad done t Get young oung pI players ers develop them reward them liberally a athey as they improve he said Such a a system will do far tar more good and III bring far greater success than to toJO togo JO go out on tho the market with OO and buy an established lt tar stAr r. r t He weakened I In the fall of at 1933 buying Outfielder Chuck Klein from tho the Phillies for approximately 75 j 75 but buthe he did so pr probably b in defer enco ence to the memory of his father who sought Kleins Klein's services for tor lor years year As it developed Klein hu has been of little use We to the Cubs CUb wh who whA i offered him back to the Phils last Jast December for lor Pitcher r Curt Davis j and nd were were turned down because th Phils wanted cash t to boot 5 Lonnie Warncke pitching ilar Itar f who won the two Cub victories ln In the world series serles l t fall WI was expected ex- ex i eX-i to bo be the chief beneficiary of ot the tho wholesale wage wase increase Catcher Leo Gabby Hartnett Hartnett J Outfielders Augie Galan and Frank Franks Demaree arid and Pitcher Bill Leo Leis also alo were known to be in line for lor exceptional ti nal good goodnews goodnew news new I Under Wrigley's bonus system whereby a players player's salary 1 raised month by month or 01 lowered to the contract figures figure in accordance lance with his play during that period j Gai Galan n was wan reported to have re received re re 5 cel ed a anti and kept four tour salary salay boosts durl during the 1935 lea season Benson on jJ