The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-12

are many more who save every cent, and
the great majority put away something
every D11th- know SOM PLAYERS who's
BANK accounts must rIn well up into the
Z Thousands.
After t5e regular championship ssasou
begIDs. the nature Of t1e existence one will
I lead VIII depend largely I'll Whistler he Is in
{ 2 winning c. 2 losing team II t1e IKE
I fails 70 wln q fair proportion q Us games,
I everything GOES wrong. The management
I Is O1t Of sorts. the press pitcles into re
( team ard the pGatc turns i1s back Even
F ths PLAYERS friends a-e less cordial II tbeir
{ greeting, and II every way lie Is made 20
Z lee that he : a. Outczst. But l=t tie tea n
once Start 20 WIN and al Is charged. Tie
{ club officials greet him with e smile. rae
[ press / l1culg-n AID the pEb.ic encourages
a1d sVP.au3S He travels n firsc-class
style, stops al the best hotels. r-des 70 and
ron the grou11s IN earrings. the observed
and admired Of all As & member Of tie
leading team, he ! received On every hand
wiki the mos distinguished consideration.
he : the hsro OF TIE men and cils BET OF the
la4i@s, and, altogether, life looks very rosy.
Z he Steps 10 tie bat al c itlczi stage, and
BY Nel-placed hit WINS not olIy the
game, but the plaUdits # the nbled
thousands Ana # ne IS young IN the bus
ness. al this viii De very pleasing and very
fatteTIng 70 his vanity. But If be is not
- young, II lie has already been through a
season cr more, be viii know better now
much It ali amounts 20, ami he will not
nesd 70 increase the size Of his hat
And YET, after al. this change CT feeling
on the part Of the press OF public Is only
human nature and il affects the players as
well Or all lonesome PLACES. the dressing
room OF a ball nine that has jus. been
beaten Is tbs worst, The players come in,
each looking Is though &c had lost his best
friend. They make : e,T chang qu-e-ly
and the room Is filed wiki an air OF gloom.
Not word IS spoken But after a victory
tie scene IS reversed. Every one is in tie
best OF spirits, every one has something
pleasant % say. and the dizzy wells are
frightened by the smiles on every face.
The PLAYER dos not have 50 much time TO
himself as might az first appear. IL is true
the morning practice is discontinued after
the men are IN good PLAYING condition. but
each man Is expected 70 report and remain
az the grounds every forenoon. When "on
the road" the team Is either PLAYING or
travelling every day, and when evening
c'rnes the players viii generally be found
70 prefer an easy chair IL the hotel Office. 10
visiting around the city, as many people
seem % imagine. Players do not disslpate
nearly 50 much as sometimes reported A
glass or two Of beer after the game is the
greatest amount Of diss patton l have seen
this summer. But two or three players of
tie profession manage 10 smirch the repu-
tatjon Of the entire fraternity.
Playing ball is hard work while it lasts.
and, coupled with the state of nervous ex-
element in which one lives, it is very ex-
hausting. By long odds its most difficult
and dangerous feature is base running.
The quick starting and sudden stopping.
the frequent collisions with basemen. the
violent shock TO the entire system when the
body Is thrown recklessly along the ground.
and the continuous nervous strain soon
make one feel like an old man. WHY.
then, do players take such chancesF'
Simply because they can't help themselves
The man Of first who feels that he can aud
should steal second, is i'm 0elled by force
beyond himself to maze the attempt. He
who will not has not the heart of a thorough
ball player within him, though, fortunately.
there are bat few such pot-hunters in the
profession.
The player is exposed to some danger
from injury, but these are seldom fatal. and
the dash Of danger is a spice 70 the sport.
The element Of change PLAYS an impor-
tant part in the game, and try as one may,
he will oftentimeS play poorly. And when
he does. he usually hears from the specta-
tors, though If the latter could only know
the players own feelings, they would believe
that he needed no other reprimand
When the seas N is at last over, some of
the players go south TO New Orleans or
Havana, some west to California and some
to their homes. 1t is pleasant feature of
the life that one has the entire winter TO
himself and, if so disposed, can send him
self to college, or in some other way i'm
prove his time, with the money saved dur
ing the summer season. a number of
young men have educated themselves in
this way, who otherwise would have lacked
the means of DaymeQt 4 few Dlayers hava
professions, some trades and others do moth
ing at all until the return Of spring brings
them all together again upon the diamond
field.