Evening journal., 1892-10-26

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player ina NOtcid
~ "a IN bcr That solemn
~ period Of the an
nual cycle Of time Is about TO swoop dowl
once more upon the 'parfesh" The men
who make base bits, fiy catches and rims
In the spring. summer and early autumn
are, FOR the most part, improvident Par
ticularly is it the characteristic Of thos'
who came up from comparative poverty
within few years 10 be the commander
of g, ,00O, 5000 and a, 900 salaries
There are men who received 5000 cach
In baseball salary last summer who viii
borrow money before spring TO pay their
board bills Very few OF the $50 League
players, comparatively, will 20 home witt
enough money saved TO pay their winters
keeping. And yet these 100 men have been
paid in cash since the lst of last April not
less than 100000.
Winter to baseball player has more
terrors than It has to n hairless MeXican
dog. There was a time when he could all
ways "beat the game" and control some
advance money against the following sea-
son, but that snap is obsolete The foxy
magnates have him at their mercy lie
is now lucky TO get his salary when it falls
due, as was proved by the New York club
when they recently repudiated the last
half months pay Of their most valuable
player. Amos Rusio. It has come Co that
state in baseball business where the mag
mates, owing TO the peculiar constructor
of the players contracts, have everything
their own way.
What do baseball players do during the
winterf Mostly nothing. And they do 20
80 gracefully tool Their professional life
IS a school which teaches them the art Of
doing nothing with skill and ease.
Kelly has signed an agreement 10 start
the horses au a St. Louis winter race track
Hutchinson will go home Co Cedar Rapids,
Ia, where he usually gets some work todo
in a railroad freight Office. Arson plays
billiards and talks about some champion.
ship he intends TO win, probably next year.
he never talks about those he has won or
nearly won Comiskey hibernates in the
bosom Of his family at Chicago Ewing
gees to Cincinnati, where he gets fat
enough TO kill by butchering time Ward
stays in New York. whore lie hobnohs with
actors, among whom he is very popular.
John is dudish figure on Broadway and
Fifth avenue every fine winter day Those
players who have families join them after
the playing season. Those who have no
families beat their way through TO spring
as best they can.
Amid all the talk Of young blood .Anson
stands forth as the Napoleon Of the profcs
sion. It may not be true that he wears a
double set of false teeth and a wig, or that
he was the hrst white child born in Iowa.
But your uncle Adrian Is no longer in dan.
ger Of tearing the skin every time he lifts
a wing, nor is the tip OF his breasthon,
pure white cartilage. In spite OF his full
ness Of years, however, he quits the season
the most talked Of figure in baseball foi
the anticipated events OF lS93. Every
spring newspaper men write columns &
prove that Auson Is entering his last yea
of active service Every autumn they ar
prohigate with use of ink discussing hi
prospects 20 win the championship for Chi
cago the following season.
Anson is the only player who has beer
amember Of a League team every seasol
since the League was organized in 1876
What a contrast between horse racinl
and BASEBALL Recently sat among thou
sand baseball patrons who hooted, groaue
and hisscd at the umpire for half AN hon
because he blundered In a decision, which
however, did not affect the game Mex
day / was on the race track when ia
judges by a mistake displaced tbs hors
which came in third and named an oui
slider for that place, yet there was not
hiss, a groan, nor a loud word OF prote.
from the crowd Of 1900 spectators.
the ball game there WAS not n dOlla
bet on the result, but In the horse race tl
Judges hlunder caused the loss OF hui
dreds--maybe thousands-ofd dollars Go me
who saw their one-two-three horse dcnil
the place he won. In the first case it ~,
purely sentiment enthusiasm and partisa
feeling which was outraged; ia the lattl
case sentiment and local pride had nothif
TO do with the blunder. 1t was aematt
Of mere business.
Some Of the magnatcs have been
Europe this year and others are eoin
but the expenses OF their trips will n
come out of club profits This is the thi
successive season of "bleedn for bascba
baokers. They have gone down thr
times in successor. but every one OF tho
has expectations of riches for the tutul
This faith In the ITO be hlesacdn IN sol
instances is marvellous.
Take the case Of Mr.. Won der Horst,
Baltimore lie has been in baseball
seven years and never played to a winni
season. His six seasons prior TO the Pm
ent one had cost him $4,000. and this So
he will probably add $4,000 to The sn
Yet he is among the first to discuss
plans for 1898.
The old League magnates remind me
the hunter who always had a strong DIES
70 capture bear alive. One day hv cai
upon a brain which stood err e and b
his forelegs around the limb Of "a q
busily engaged at Sharpening his cla'
hlipping up on the other side The hun
Grnbbed paw in each hand and held Z
brute fast At first he danced with
light. Soon he grew serious. Anon
began TO perspire and grow red In the e,
Then be called loudly for help, and
cries attracted o second hunter, who ca
running up. "Why do you want hell
said he as he took ia The situation. "N
have caught the bear" ''Bet your III
have. painted hunter No I. Now,
Cots sake. help me 10 let him go"
Well, the sly old League magma
caught their American association beai
Indianapolis last winter. They chuck
over their capture an last spring. By n
summer they began TO sweat more FIRE
than the temperature was responsible
Now they are silently praying for hell
let their bear 60. y. p. CAYLoi
Orchestra Music on Fourth street.
The orchestra Of the Second Bap
church. under the leadership of Prnfe
George Hyatt. and numbering ia