Clipping:George Wright on the UA and player salaries
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| Date | Sunday, March 23, 1884 |
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| Text | [from an interview of George Wright] “It is a good thing for the players that the American association was formed, or the salaries would range today $700 to $1500, instead of from $1200 to $3000. But it would result in as much harm to the players in a few years, inasmuch as the league and the American association, working together, would draw up an agreement to pay players an average lower scale of prices, so that the club would be benefited to the detriment of the players. I believe in paying players as good salaries as the treasury will allow. When the Bostons were short of funds, and I had a three years' contract, I voluntarily reduced my salary $600 for three years. When the game prospered, my salary was raised, and when again it waned in interest my salary was reduced. This is where the Union association will come in to save the player, and will do for him what, in its turn, the American association did. I believe in having strict contracts with players, compelling them to take the best case of themselves. If they get intoxicated, expel them at once. A man trying to play ball who drinks soon demoralizes his companions and impairs the fortunes of the team. |
| Source | Boston Herald |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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