Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1916 — BROWNS CARRY BIG PAY ROLL [ARTICLE]

BROWNS CARRY BIG PAY ROLL

President Ball Says It Will Amount to sl3B,ooo—Talent Bent to Minors Is Included.

President Ball of the St. Louis Browns, Is quoted as saying that his pay roll for players this year will run $138,000. This includes, presumably, a lot of talent sent to the minors, but which the Browns are obliged to pay part of the salaries on. Mr. Ball thinks his pay roll larger than that of any other club in the two majors, and there is absolutely no way for him to reduce it much, since all contracts are ironclad.