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Show FRED LUDERUS AND GEORGE WHITTED GET ; BONUSES AS CAPTAIN OF THE PHILLIES: IF 75 Captains of Philadelphia Team. Fred Luderus, first baseman for the Phillies, lost bis job as field captain of the rtiilltes this season, but it was not because Manager Jack Coombs thought any the less of him. George Whitted held out for $.100 more than President Baker of the Phillies was willing to pay. Baker adopts a sliding scale of salaries and nothiug can move him from his fixed determination about the proper wage for every athlete. Whitted Irreconcilable. When Wbitted proved to be an irreconcilable ir-reconcilable Baker compromised with himself by offering him the job of field captain, which carries a standard $"00 bonus. Whitted accepted. Then came Luderus. He had been promised the field captaincy, hut Baker had forgotten for-gotten the fact. Luderus demanded to know whether the club president was a man of his word, and Baker naturally asserted that he was. He again compromised com-promised with himself by reflecting that he intended to pay Luderus a certain lump sum, anyhow, and Luderus Lud-erus will get that sum. Thus Luderus receives a captain's pay without a captain's responsibilities, whatever they are, and Whitted gets lis price and whatever glory is attached to the captain's berth. Luderus From Milwaukee. Luderus was born in Milwaukee on September 2, 1S86. He has been with the Phillies ever since he joined them in 1910, prior to which year he was with the Chicago Nationals for a minute min-ute or two in, 1909. He . was thought to be bout through when he batted .248 in 1914, but he took a new lease on life when Pat Moran became manager man-ager of the Phils in 1905, and helped the 'Phils to win the pennant that year by batting .315. Luderus has always been a better first basenxin than the public understood, under-stood, a conclusion based upon observation obser-vation and statistics. |