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Show SALARY REDUCTION (Continued from page 8.) western league for the period of the war, and. If 1 am not mistaken, the Salt Lake club will do the lume thing." aaid Judge McCredle today. "If we are forced to go Into the Northwest league with our ball club, we will also be forced to observe ob-serve the Northwestern league salary limit, which is around $2SO0 a month for the team. This, it will be seen, will cause the players to lose almost 50 cents on the dollar, while It will enable the Portland and Halt 1-ake clubs to get through the season without further loss of thousands of dollars. "This situation has been forced on the Coast league club owners by the war, and H is no threat to make our players accept ac-cept cuts. It we are given entrance Into the Northwest league, and they would welcome both clubs In an instant, the ball players will have to sign new contracts. If they do not do so they must seek positions posi-tions outside of baseball. "If the players throughout the Coant league vote against accepting a salary cut, then there is nothing for us to do but clowe up shop throughout the league. The laws of baseball will give us title to the pis vers when we resume after the war. They cannot be given positions by other clubs. "Under ordinary circumstances we i would not think of asking the players to , take cuts In their salaries, but it Is a matter now of being compelled to ask J i them. It is up to the players to lend a ; helping hand to save the game for them -: selves, the fans and for the owners. ' "The operation of putting the Portland I club In the Northwestern league, after j being dropped by the Coast league, simply sim-ply means transferring the Beavers to i another company and sinning the agree- J mente txlsttng In the Northwestern ( league. 1 hope the players will not he stubborn about the matter, for It means life and death to class AA baseball in I'ortlnnd during the period of the war. and maybe after Its cessation." |