The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-25
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Ou th. diamond. as an oil u5uSpsclor IN
Syracuse. Hc already owns uil wells va
ned 9t S-geo He IL she Rockefeller of
the team. and may become 80 rich a. 20
rrfuSe TO play ball any more
rv Young the famous 'N. owns an OK
tsuSIye farm in PcoE. III. and With MrS-
rom Hughes owns a large ard prosper
ZorvrSI ,iibsIn lives o." miles from
CFIrlEu- and will some dav print the hu~i-
ness card. Norwood Gibson. Attornsy-aJ-
Ti,D-na Winter halls from lancaster.
Pa. and h-. too Is deIving IN the mys-
t,Tiss n blackstone
Lou CrlE'r ~ partnership with George
CuUuv. ih" uld-ttme pitcher. runs the
largest pool. billiard and bowling empuri-
lm Tu EsEh4rt. Ind. CriErr j. "a great
NinlruI ard will take To the woods next
week and r.rIsin there until the snow
Jake StahI lives in Chicago and passes
the winter az college.
A'riluro j. the home "t ihe genial
ChaFIDr Farrell Keeping up his record
makrS a.. winter "a busy time Tor him.
Jack O.BrsvE comes from New York
safe O'Brirn j. large truck farmer.
and sIvs there l. nothing like farming o.
isssr uU- tn shape
PTTTSRURG WILL NOT BE FEARED.
The other teams in the National I,aru,
believed the Pittstu5as inviucibIe until
they saw them defeated. II has been
shown tGst Pit,Sbur=s sta= aggregation
can be- beaten. and this fact will give the
other leans 0f the National League NOR.
coDhd nee next season. and 10 wUu!G not
surprise me IN ihe least Or the t'irstsS
IA Ted tu finish az Jhe TOD 81 he heap next
year.
The players are not going O, FORGET that
Boston victory. and every lime the Pirates
are iu a tight pinch the fact sn1t they
were easy game for the BGstuns Will hs
hurled al Them from the coaching lines.
and that certainly cannot have good ef-
feet on them Incidentally. the P.t'ShuTc
players will not forget their defeat and
this. too mIy have its effect.
HOUSErOP CRITICS OF CHICAGO.
There are a few baseball enthusiasts iu
Chicago whose actual knowledge % the
sport Is probably confined 20 what they
gain from seeing a couple Of game. "a sen
son from one 81 the h0uSetOpS near the
West Side grounds. who Cauuu; b. con
WINGED that the series Of games between
;ke Colts and White Stockings was not
played for the gate receipts. instead ~
the championship OF Chicago.
Ihey say the West Side team could
have won eight straight games. ncCauS.
IL won the first three straight. But they
add. the players strung the series out for
tho purpose or increasing the financial
returns. To the average enthusiast who
knows baseball ls d is played this Is al
iummyrOt. Cf course. To the dyci-in-thp-
wool 'rOOtsr." who knows not only the
game from \ TO z. but many Of the play
o NNH
There always was. and probably always
will b.. a small number OF baseball pa
irons who can see only CrooksdussS in
the glorious uncertainties which give that
sport its great hold on the American
public
There are so few OF them that they can
do little harm. and their imIgininEs are
beneath contempt as rule. But in the
case n the local series OF games they
are almost ludcrOus 10 any one CONVEX
SAINT with the conditions under which the
games are being played. In the first
place. the players OF neither team pTUut
in the least by the attendance receipts.
10 makes absolutely no difference To them
whether there are ten or ten thousand
spectators at game. Every Cue OF them
Is anxious 20 get the series finished and
return TO his home.
Gratitude is no part ~ the average
players makeup. and the members Of the
two Chicago teams are no exception. The
only advantage q b. gained from the
series l. hy the Colts. who have been
offered q reward FOR winning and this Is
to be Increased by 500 for every DAY they
can shorten the series and win. In other
words. every time the White SoN win A
game the Colts lose 500. should they win
out eventually. Yet the d0uhter doubts.
II would have been DC Cssible for the White
Stockings TO quit after losing three
straight ard let the Colts win the next
five. 50 that all hands could get aut 1f
harness and go home But they didn't.