Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1919 — SALARY FOR BALL PLAYERS [ARTICLE]

SALARY FOR BALL PLAYERS

Amount Is Just as Large as It Always Has Been, but Season Is Month Shorter. The club owners of the major league baseball teams, explaining the new contracts, say the difference is simply this: The players will be paid a monthly salary for the playing season. This monthly salary in the majority ot cases is Just as large as it always has bden, but the season will be one month shorter. The season consists of 140 games instead of 164.