Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1919 — FRED LUDERUS AND GEORGE WHITTED GET BONUSES AS CAPTAIN OF THE PHILLIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FRED LUDERUS AND GEORGE WHITTED GET BONUSES AS CAPTAIN OF THE PHILLIES

Fred Luderus, first baseman for the Phillies, lost his job as field captain of the 'Phillies this season v but it was not because Manager Jack Coombs thought any the less of him. George Whitted held out for SSOO more than President Baker of the Phillies was willing to pay. Baker adopts a sliding scale of salaries and nothing can move him from his fixed'determination about the proper wage for every athlete. Whitted Irreconcilable. AVhen Whitted proved to be an irreconcilable Baker compromised wdth himself by offering him the job of field captain, which carries a standard SSOO bonus. Whitted accepted. Then came Luderus. He had been promised the field captaincy, but Baker had forgotten 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 with himself by reflecting

that he intended to pay Luderus a certain lump sum, anyhow, and Luderus will get that sum. Thus Luderus receives a captain’s pay without a captain’s’ ' responsibilities;' whatever they are, and Whitted gets Ms price and whatever glory is attached tb the captain’s berth. Luderus From Milwaukee, Luderus was born in Milwaukee on September 2, 1886. 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 or two in 1909. He was thought to be about through when he batted .248 in 1914, but he took a new lease on life when Pat Moran became manager of the Phil 3 in 1905, and helped the Phils to win the pennant that year by batting .315. Luderus has always been a better first baseman than the public understood, a conclusion based upon observation and statistics.

Captains of Philadelphia Team.