Fred Van Ness, New York Herald, September 5, 1918, bemoaning the “greed that has developed in recent years”:

Another day will dawn for baseball when the war is over and it will be a day that will mark the end of exorbitant salaries and will once more place the sport above the financial features of the game. …

Stars in the olden days didn’t make as much in a season as the players on the present world series clubs will make in a week, and they played real baseball with a real spirit.