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Show SACRAMENTO PAID HIGHESTSALARIES Six Thousand Dollar Limit Now Reduced to Five Smaller Squads Go into Training. That th" Sacramento ball club paid the highest salaries last season and thai San Francisco was second, with Portland trailing off in the dim distance, dis-tance, was the assertion made by a veteran (.'oast leasucr now wintering In Los Angeles, says the Los Angeles Examiner. "Roy Moran will get an awful bump when he looks over his Beaver contract' con-tract' be said. .Moran was one of the highest salaried men iu the league and drew down a roll of between 12800 and $3000 for the season. Arel-lanes Arel-lanes wah another hich salaried player, play-er, hl8 Balar for several years was $500 a month. Lush and Harry Krause were the only two Beavers to receive bettor than $300 a month. "0'Lear of the Seals reeeiod a salary of close to $500, as did 'Lefty' Leifield. Until last season Bill' Rodg-ers Rodg-ers of Portland received less than $300 a month Last year he was given a raise to an even $300." These figures are interesting in view of the change from a $6000 a month salary limit to one of $5000 for the coming season. Walter Mc-i'redie says he will be ablo to keep under tho limit If he does he will be the only magnate in the league to successfullv work it. with the Fed raids and losses in other ways to face. President Maler of the Tigers says he will make no effort to keep under the limit The league ruling calls for the pay merit, into the league treasury, to he divided among the other clubs, ol an amount equal to the excess paid In salaries each month by any club. In thin way it was thought the limit could be kept down and at the same time a magnate would have a loophole if he found it necessary' to exceed the limit. Manager McCredie. if he lives up to his promise, should he the one to profit with the other clubs going well over the $5000 mark The new limit allows an average salary to each player under th eighteen man limit of $277.77 a month, or less than $2000 ,i yenr As an average of five plaers will be given between $300 and $500 on each club, the other thirteen will I nsemge less than $250 unless the lid j is raised |