The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
BIC SALARY FOR
PITCHER CHESBRO
New York Twirler Will Draw
Salary of 5000 Il Season.

s'tICll ' wi -'t7.'Nh' At s'NsN.'i.
john cl,aoro. ,n. star pitcher Of the NJ
ti"uai L"1gus Last year. will receive = 81
airy "f ESiHD this season nom thr Nc" York
American League 'luh. He j. The high st
s~alarj"'i baseball pitcher in America. ard
~, baby earns his money more easily. hi"
employers believe. In thes" day. Of mod
tru han PLAYING it is eonsiderei . 2'Sit.y'
hardship for Il star pitcher. such A. thes-
lrp is. 10 ~oft.ctat. In more Ihan 1870 game
q Neck. y tw!rirr VII" il asked to ~ moI"
mcut and uNfa!gncrs at tE" hands ~ his
MANAGE. ana Il pressed into service against
his viii. is i~nclirei TO snlk in the box.
Two games a week. VIII receive ss;a.ss a
game Avrragiua six balls. including fouls.
"a. each hatslnan. with th:rty-SlN 81 them
~ The plate In hUls innings. tllr>Hto VIII
receive s.s5 every time he pitches = ban 70
tho ratcher IN the game.
with an arm ~ strei ani = pEYsi9ue 81
phenomenal power. t~'heshro mas demon
>iralrd again and again 20 the satisfaction
NJ >harp-eved hs.ehall cranks That he il "a
p;:hle u pitching every day for two H'-sk-
would he imp"liti" ana rnpioftss!onai I"
-ay the least, according Il the views Of the
players. Pitchers NJ renown and skill. bull
ol th-sbro's lines. believe ttat they should
save their .ss!ary arms" AZ much as pos
sibl-. Thsv feel that III. Iess the nunber
~ games they participate in Zach year IN"
l'iA3eI my "i'I W v ~ 10y 'F' ~ w
captains office and collect what IS coming
"a them. II Is II habit alnors them tn com
pain Of IN" sits ht-st SORENESS III t!+ elbow
-" shoulder and 70 petition he irdulsrat
nnsnaser l.. b. allowed 10 rake = rest an
the bench. al The sam. time Ira wing pay.
\ TERRIBLE STRAIN.
q Week' 'rs .sfs a a we! Z T.,vn ~" Ssiioa,i
Leasue pitcher ~~ecently. The box is 80
rar away from the home plate ths: i; r.
anires extraordinary ssi!i aud strength I"
ti..h winning tlyli z n IL. tttI = a. ! n,frl prEtf
speed that tNhauSts ones Stami:a as The
chang. o. pace. the accurate control one
must hav- nowadays and the great nc'iv-
iry /" be exercised Ia fielding the position.
III a hsr,i game in which both pitchers keep
the hits and runs down IL becomes an in
t-r,se strain un the nerves toward the close
or the contest hefole Il nnal result il at
tanned.
What with The excitement Of the crowd.
the noisy coaching ard the fact that the
whole game depends on him. a PITCHER IN
dersoes AN ordeal Which makes II necessary
for him to rest seyeroi days before he en-
ters the box again. Yes. two games Il
week. say IN Tuesday ard SATURDAY, are
quite enough Tor any figst-ciaSs pitcher"
Looking back. however. 10 the days when
John tiarkson. Tim kecta. Charley Rad
hurre. Ed Craue. Charley Sweeney and
other famous hoXmen w.ie III their orin..
one cannot help FEELING tnat Ihrsbro and
the other stars OF modern times are enjoy
ing a comparative snap. When Rndbournr
was - member of THE crack Providence
team in the National League he was called
- - 49, 49,
nifty ieet from the plate. 10 be sure. hut old
Pad had the best batterS in America be-
speed whsn he wanted to use II. a wonder
fully slow ball. great curves and q head filed
10 o~verhowins with gray matter. Day after
day Rad pitched, winning constantly and
soon creating u furors in the na sehall world.
Providence. as 4 result. won The National
League Championship in 1884. and Raj
bourne was fauIClis all over the land.
Ciarksou was another wonderful pitcher.
II was in 1883 thar the Bostons were fight
ing the New Icrks TOOTH and neil FOR the
championship. The Boston management
called on Clarkson TO pitch every day.
John RESPONDED. and his work IN the box
was a revelation. He had speed that was
dazzling. and miraculous control. Buy the
strain told on him. and. though he remained
in league company several years LANCER. he
never recovered his grip. Ii was nothing
tor ktefe. Crane and the other star box
men to pitch three and even -four games a
week. Il was compulsory. too. for the big
league teams did not carry half Il dozen
pitchers in those days. hut depended on two
or three.
IRON MANS HARD WORK
As LATE as 1891. MCGinnity. the Iron Man.
consented 10 pitch every day for the Brock
lNuS toward the close Of the season. for
Hanlgn thought he had a. chance to win the
pennant. McGirniiy did not appear I" he
affected By the extra work, but on the con
IrHIy appeared 10 relish II. as he received :,
bonus FOR the job. But ever since then the
Iron Man !las not been the same in point III
Effectiveness.
In 1894. when the New Works were MAX
ing q great hid for the DeInant. which WIS
won that year by the BalinnD!es, Mana grr
Ward during the last month of the cam
paign induced Amos Rusie aud JoIett
Meekin 70 pitch every other day. Both
were giants i'll build and depended chiefly
on speed. They pitched phenomenal ball.
and, with another week added To the srlei-
ule. they would have la nded the penrant
here. As il was, though. the New Yurhs
came second. Rusie and Meekin practically
won the series for the famous Temple Cup
by heir fine work In the points. But tina;
was the last year either showed the form
which had brought him 10 The front rank OF
pitcher.
Managers Of top-notch reputation have
pruiited by tiIes,. Incidents in baseball his
Tory. They want To preserve their waltz
able pitchers az long as possible, so they
readily consent 10 the -sa-Des-a-week
proposition ana proceed TO hire half a dozen
hnSrnet.
Give me two pitchers like thesbro and
,iifith." said Charley tnTniSkey. one da?
last week. and IN bet ] wont lose Il game
the whole season because Of poor work or
The Slab. But they must h. carefully han
died. for they posses qualities that can
not he pressed too mach into service
when "A pitcher feels u pain in his elbow
or a peculiar binding up Of the shoulder lie
* scared through aud through. Disable
nlrnt comes in both places and it * gener-
ally impossible 10 get well. So with &.Ws'
salaries IN sight. which call for s@S.@' for
one game OF bali. it is not at all strange
that "salary wings receive so much caro-
and consideration.