Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-31
John Chesbro, National Lacquer,
To Receive $4,000 a Season.
PERHAPS EARNS THE MONEY
His Wonderful Power OF Endurance
Could Pitch Every Day for Two
weeks tf Necessary,


National league last year, will receive
a salary Of $4,000 this season from the
New York American league club. He Is
the highest salaried baseball pitcher in
America, and probably earns his money
more easily, his employer believe. In
these days Of modern ball playing 1t is
considered q positive hardship for q
star pitcher, such as Chesbro is, 10 Off.
ciate in more than two games a week,
A twirler who Is asked to do more than
that complains generally Of III treat
ment and unfairness at the hands Of
his manager and II pressed into SER
vice against his viii is inclined "a
sulk in the box.
Chesbro IL he pitches on an average
Of two games week. will receive
SSSS,33 a game. Averaging SIX balls. in
Guiding fouls for each batsman, with SO
OF them at the plate In nine innings.
Chesbro viii receive N.S5 every time
he pitches a ball TO the catcher in the
game
With an arm OF steel and q physique
OF phenomenal power, Chesbro has
demonstrated again and again 10 the
satisfaction Of sharp-eyed baseball
cranks that he is capable Of pitching
every day for two weeks, e he so de-
slres but such a proceeding would be
impoliie and unprofessional 10 say the
least, according TO the views OF the
players, Pitchers OF renown and skill
built on Chesbros lines, believe that
they should save their SALARY arms as
much as possible They feel that the
less the number OF games they partic.
pate IN each year, the longer they win
be able to step IN 10 the captain Of.
tce and collect what is coming 10 them.
IL Is habit among them TO complain
OF the slightest soreness In the elbow or
shoulder and to petition the indulgent
manager TO be allowed 10 take q rest on
the bench, al the same time drawing
pay
1T Is a terrible strain TO pitch two
games a week. said well known Ma
tonal league pitcher recently. "Tha
box Is so far away from the homeplate
that II requires extraordinary skill and
strength 10 pitch winning ball II is not
go much great speed that eXhausts
ones stamina as the change OF pace.
the accurate control one must have
nowadays and the great activity 10 be
exercised In fielding the position. In a
hard game In which both pitchers keep
the hits and runs down, Il becomes an
Intense strain on the nerves toward
the close OF the contest before a final
result Is attained
What with the excitement Of the
crowd, the noisy coaching and the fact
that The whole game depends on him.
a pitcher undergoes an ordeal which
makes Il necessary for him 10 rest sew
eral days before he enters the box
again, Yes. two games a week. say on
Tuesday and Saturday, are quite
enough for any first-cass pitcher"
Looking back however. 10 the DAYS
when John Clarkson. Tim Keefe. Char
ley Radbourne, Ed Crane, Charley
Sweeney and other famous box men
were In their prime. one cannot help
feeling that Chesbro and the other stars
Of modern times are enjoying a com.
parative snap, When Radbourne was
a member Of the crack Providence team
In the National league ne was called on
TO pitch every day The box was only
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but "Old Rad" had the best batters be-
fore him day after day He had mar
Vicious speed when he wanted TO use II.
a wonderful slow ball, great curves and
a head filled TO Overlooking with gray
matter. Day after day Rad" pitched,
winning constantly and soon creating a
furore in the baseball world. Provi-
dence, as a result. won the league
championship IN 1884. and Radbourne
was famous all over the land.
Clarkson was another wonderful
pitcher. II was IN 1859 that the Bos-
tons were fighting the New Yorks tooth
and nail for the championship. The
Boston management called on Clarkson
TO pitch every day. John responded,
and his work In the box was a reyela.
ton. He had speed was dazzling and
control. But the tsrain told
on him and, though he remained in
league company several years longer,
he never recovered his grip. II was
nothing for Keefe, Crane and the other
star box men 20 pitch three and even
four games a week II was oompul-
sorry. too. for the big league teams did
not carry half a dozen pitchers In those
lays, but depended upon two or three.