Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1918 — JONES NEVER SIGNED CONTRACT WITH BALL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JONES NEVER SIGNED CONTRACT WITH BALL

Fielder Jones, who recently*’quit his job as manager of the St Louis American league team, was one of the high-est-priced managers in base ball; in fact, ranked second, perhaps, to John McGraw of the Giants. When he came to St Louis to manage the Federal league club it was reported his salary was $15,000 per year. He continued to draw this sum until the start of the current campaign, when he voluntarily accepted a reduction because of the war conditions confronting baseball. How much his salary was reduced is not known, but it is stated on reliable authority t’.at it was cut to $12,000. Jones never signed a contract during the four years or more he worked with Phil Ball. They worked together under a “gentlemen’s agreement**