The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-06
BASEBALL MAGNATE
SOME or THE HEADING MOWERS IN
THE NATIONAL CAME.
Richmond VIII Have "A Fine Club Next
Scason-Bricf sketch of the Men
who Promote Base-Bali.

baseball is a delicate subject 20 spring
upon the public at this season OF the
year. when the ground Is covered win
snow. but as there Is TO be frst-ciass
club In Richmond next season, WIN
Manchester man as owner, the s""J'''
ought TO be interesting all the year fou"''
Both Manchester and Richmond are oA-
ee,lent baseball centres, and thoy "po"""
in Judges OF good ball. The games Oh 'he
big clubs are always watched win ''-
t,rcst and IL may not be amiss TO slVe
a brief history OF some of the prime NOV
ers and leading lights IN those leagues
These powers behind the throne ana III
,hc background are In the main prosper
Gus. far-sightcd men Of business VINO
have accumulated fortunes OUTSIDE -
baseball.
A. II. Sodon. tho president or inc hos-
ton club. is in the tar pitch ana 'ui
tine business In Boston. "a Mh'.e9"t' i',''.
that nets him more every 4,ai Una" , re-.
stock In the Boston basc-5H" 'i'n.
partrcrs. Conant and BILLINGS are t"-
',~rcd IN mercantile pursuits. They are
The oldest club owners bon the league ""g
in ttcir business dealings are IesaIutu
as sharp. closc-nsted Yankees.
AL Reach. who owns about ID per cent
NJ The stock Of the Philadelphia cruz WIS
a professional ball-playcr IN ms go"'"
and after his retirement from inc "'"
mond. he became manufacture -,
sporting goods This industry me
and became so profitable that hcach
fortune is easily $4,000 "a goodiy portion
OF which was derived from the fhiiaHe 70
mia club. Ills partner i'm the clup Is
John l. Rogers. "a lawyer by profession
whose hall-paycrs made hlm ooiiiS 10
the dimes he derived from BLACKSTONE.
Andrew Freedman. Of the New YORK
club the Junior member OF the poafd OF
League magnates. was In the ieal estate
and brokerage business IN New NoiN ne
fore he came into possession OF me 1i-
ants Mr. Freedman. % IS limited. is not
the sole owner of the club, but controls
some OF its stock and receives salary
of $4,000 q year for conducting ihe affairs
Of the club
Gus Abel the affahlc proprietor of the
BROOKLYN club. realized q fortune from
a swell gaming resort in New York "a
sort Of Gotham Monte Carlo The club
president. Charley ByIne. receives
princelv salary for his services. Char
len Is a thoroughbred. slick. and dead
game and can dimcrontiate as 10 deuce
and an ace. stack Of blues and white
check.
Harry Wonder Horst. the Baltimore
macnate is n millionaire brewer and
genuine sportsman. lie sunk thousands
Of dollars I'm his club before Ed. lianlon
gave Orioletown q team of champions.
Tianlon the clubs president and the own
or Of a large block OF the stock. is am
old player ana was captain of the De
troits when that team of heavy-hittng
mon I.
tie worlds championship i'm 1856.
George and j. Earl Wagner tho own
ers Of the Washington club. accumulated
a fortune In the cattle business. Their
father. Jacob Wagner. who died last
spring. WAS an extensive dealer i'm live
stock. George and Earl were among the
first to espouse the cause OF the Brother
hood in 1890
John T. Brush. the Cincinnati club own
cr and the most prominent of the mag
mates in the Western circuit. OWLS the
largest clothing store FIR Indianapolis.
Brush is a power in baseball. shfrWd
manipulation and conservative advisor.
and his counsel is much sought nj league
meetings. Brush 10 was whose ideas re-
suited in the perfection of the National
Agreement and he is the author Of the
draft and classification system.
Frank DcIlass Robson. the Cleveland
owners. is of an old and aristocratc fam
lily. a society man and sportsman. and is
In the game more for the love Of the
sport than tho dollars and cents consid-
Grafton. Mr. Robson is millionaire and
the owner of a valuable strcot-raiway
plant in Cleveland.
OF course everybody knows a. Spaldng.
the owner Of the Chicago club. AIS
Tnouthpiecc is Jim Hart. the nominal pres
ident Of the club. Al. pulls the string
and Jim spiels. Spalding was a profes.
sicna' base bah pitcher. and i'm 1876 pitch
90 the Bostons into championship.
Spalding. Jim White. Cal McVcy and
Ross Barnes were the big four that lcft
Boston In 1876 and joined the Chicago
club. AL grew up with the Windy City.
became the principal owner of the club.
ana established big sporting goods
house. lie is worth a million.
President Kerr. of the pittsburg club.
Is Of the Robson stamp OF men. wealthy.
- sportsman. and q prominent business
man In tho Smoky city.
Dr. Stucky. who owns the INA ioritv or
stock I'm the Louisville club. is physi-
can with am enormous practice a Ken
tuokian of the hospitahlc type, and a so-
Getty man with credcntal that takes
HIM across the threshold OF the toniest
Grawine-rooms in the Bmc-Grass state.
Chris. Won der Abe of ST. Louis. whose
dialect mdlapropoiams and ruddv yisace.
painted 10y tho flowing brush of Bacchue.
heVe ecilpsod the gayetv of nations. has
been conspicuous and comic figure IN
baseball these fifteen years Chris. kent
corner grocery with wet goods annex.
IN 81. Louis before his entry into base
ban. lie was one of the founders of fine
American Association and the st. Louis
browns. the four-time winners OF that
organization. built q large fortune for
'hrls. Reverscs came to him when Co
miskey deserted the Browns for the
brotherhood I'm tho fan of $50. and since
then ms club has not been paving ven
lure. chris has an uneovCrnabio tenn
per and often roasts his brother mor-
rates IN the fire of his Feasibility ana p
'einan dialect that was never oxccfod
~ Dutch comedian But he IS never
"k'h seriously and his sins are washed
cut by bcw'ldering bottles OF wine whom
NJ meets MS confrercs no the league meet
Ing. -Evcning Leader.