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Show BERRY TO TAKE ON M'CREDIE M Berry Says Mac Must Eat His H Words Coast League Di- H rectors to Vote on H Salary Limit. H San Francisco, Jan. 31. Henry Ber- H try. height five feet seven, weight H ,165, and Walter McCredic, height siv j I feet four, weight 190, will he the H principals tomorrow in the most sen- H sational contest staged under the an- H spices of the Pacific Coast league in Hl many a day. It will be confined H strictly to a conversational bout and, H judging from advance notices, it will H iuot extend over two or three rounds. H Officially the directors of the Coast H t league will be called, to order at the H 1st. Francis hotel at 2 p. m., to vote on Hl the question of raising the salary lim- H it from $4,500 to $5,000 per month, Hl 'hut the controversy between Berry H and McCrodie promises the big topic. H tit is practically assured that the plan H -to add to the salary limit will be de- Hl Heated. F. S. Murphy, president of Hl 'the Salt Lake club, has advised Pres- H Ideiit Baum that he will put in an H appearance and this will give four H 'Clubs representation at the meeting. 1 Interest centers around what action H will be taken by the league directors H over the remarks credited to Walter H McCrcdie to the effect that Henry H Berry is interested in the San Fran- Hl Cisco, Lob Angeles and Vernon clubs. Hl Berry today reiterated his plan to H force Walter McCredie to apologize H for his statement or get out of base- H) hall. The big fight will center over H that point It is probable that Pres- H ident Baum and Directors Murphy and Hl Leavitt will attempt to smooth over H the trouble, but Berry is still fighting H mad and says he is going to force the H Issue. Berry says he has conducted H liis affairs above board and that slur- H ring assertions must be retracted for Hl the good of baseball. |
