Hide Article Text (OCR)
ersriesipse o£ Organization Makes Play-s Free Agents. Percentage Basis nly Alternative Left as Box-OfficeeceiptDwindle.DAfctBY,. - Pa.—Due to present conditions that have .caused the receipts from operations to' shrivel to the point where they axe Insufficient to meet the carrying charges to operate . baseball clubs ;|on a salaried basis, club! owners of the East-West League have abandoned the first-half schedule, discontinued payment of monthly salaries and adopted the plan already iri [ effectdent clubs of forming a working agreement on the percentage basiswith players.at a meeting ofj thjq own-nieans are‘devised ‘to playwith some of the leading iri^Iepen-J' “ ‘ * * (. rki......-fConcedes Hag to SoadUnless * ' J ers some________________out' the second haif.ithe league will be discontinued for;the season and the clubs that continue active will play independent ball. iWttn jbut another week left to finish the first half, the Baltimore Black Sox. being in the van,' will naturally be conceded the winner, and wlU be okeyed by Chairman Posey when he. calls the owners'together.Lack of patronage has hittire circuit from Detroit ington and not a single been| able to cover up on penses necessary lt;to promc games. With the change ! of ments with players and disc ing salaries there is no such as a1 player bolting the leagi instead of viewing it in the en-ash-has e ex-te the [; srree-ontinu-a thing ue. On a light,;lubs In cticelt;!the player is well within [hij;; rlghti in making a change wherever he can get better inducements.• r No Money In SighiDespite the fact that triethe* East-West circuit 1 p ______economy-in all lines and resorted U automobiles , for travel; jtne Ion*jumps between the league! citiei proved a decided handicap especially with so little money) irkt sight Owner Gus Greenlee of thd! Pitts burgh Crawfords Is stronglu in favor of the league; and with controlled parks at Pittsburgh :Balt! more, Cleveland and Philadelphiait is only reasonable that with fa vorable conditions the East-Wes circuit may be revised in a Satisfac tory manner.
Newspaper Details
Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Jul 02, 1932
Page 15
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
NA, 26 Feb 2023
Other Publications Near Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Daily Exchange
Baltimore Der Deutsche Correspondent
Baltimore Commercial Journal And Lyfords Price Current
Baltimore American Republican And Daily Clipper
