The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02
CHEAP JEWELRY
INSTEAD OF CASH
Was Used by Dan 0'Leary to Pay
Ball Players.
WORKED A JEWELER FRIEND
DAYS WHEN 1T WAS HARD SLED
DING FOR MANAGERS.

Many things have been written and
told by myself and others of celebrated
characters who were once in the game "
says the well known eX-bau player, Ted
Sullivan When a picturesque charac-
ter is in the sport, whether player. pro
moter or manager, we hate 90 see him
go, no matter what trivial faults he
had, as the game loses its flavor when
those people take to other VOcatiOnS of
life OF the men that have met who
got or the baseball train-neVer to
board it again-genial Dan O'Leary,
who is now in Chicago, but once man
aged the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
clubs, was one OF the most original and
resourceful. In the middle SOS, minor
leagues had no foundation, and the best
OF them would hardly live through TO
July. Better business methods, in
creased population and rapid transit to
the grounds have been the best asset
or the minor leagues in late years. In
1885 there was a Western league organ
lied. OF which 1 was the chief pro-
moter. The league consisted Of Mil
Waukee, Omaha. Kansas City. Cleve-
land, Indianapolis and Toledo. Tom
Lotus managed Milwaukee; Watkins,
Indianapolis, and genial Dan O'Leary.
Toledo, with myself at Kansas Cry.
Each club was financed in a different
way, but Dan had a real fan jeweler
in Toledo backing him, I had a crack
ing good club in Kansas City that year.
We made our first trip east about
June l.
When Omaha Blew Up.
While on the trip I heard the first
pillar fall out of the organization, when
Omaha disbanded. and IT made such a
noise heard il as far as Cleveland We
played one game in Cleveland and they
busted, thereby losing me two guaran-
oft
and they went under on the morning [
arrived, thereby losing three more 1t
was no fault or Mr.. Watkins, however.
as l always found him an honorable
man, but the hackers had sold to De
trc:t.
our next stand was Toledo. where
good old Dan O'Leary stood by his
guns. But he did il in the most anus
ing. novel and laughabIe way I ever
heard of. SO far. / was out five guar
anteeS, and 1 was a little sore Dan
was one of those patriotic IriShmen
that would take off his coat and sell it
before he would see a friend in need.
We played the three games in Toledo
before l asked for any guarantee That
organization was also TO fly To the sky
in the lofty realms of oblivion. but Dan
was at the hotel the next day with his
enthusiastic jeweler hacker.
Where JeweIry Comes in.
Before they arrived. however. I no.
uced Il great many of O'Leary'S play
ers wearing lots of jewelry on their
persons. which led me to believe that
they had an outward appearance of
prosperity, anyway. Well. my admira-
ton for Dan. however. was so great
that if he had not a cent to give me I'd
call ii quits, at least for him personally.
As he saw me in the hotel office after
supper. he and his jeweler hacker came
oil
social, on this occasion he was more
than social, and l knew from the
amount of jOllying he was giving me
that l would have to suffer a discount
on the amount Of my guarantee Final
ly he speaks up and says:
d" Ted, you have a great team. ] nev-
er saw such &, flock of batters in one
club before. Why. man, 1t il a big
league team in minor league ranks
Calling me to one side and uttering
the Irish phrase: Shin Fame he whis-
pered:
Backer Was Broke.
d" 1t is this way, Ted; this hacker Of
mine has no money. He had to paw
the lawyers off for the last fifteen davs
in jewelry and the German landlord
himself had to take the board bill of
some Of the men in the same way. Now.
what do you say, Ted2 Will you take
jewelry for your three guarantees ,
Look at him over there pointing
his hacker. who had a doWncast
look. Ted, he is shivering. This base
ball has cost him all the money he had.
The club busts tonight and his jewelry
store disbands tomorrow
This, indeed, was a new phase in
baseball guarantees and genial Dan,
with his 'pIamaseing' 0rish for jolly.
Well, my boy, l viii accept the
,1ewelry on one condition and that is
that the landlord takes it as equivalent
for my three days board for the team
When Dan heard this he said:
IN make the landlord do it. I'll
call him and my hacker over
The owner of the hotel was one of
those happy, generous German baseball
fans and he would go out of his way
to do anything for baseball So when
they came over, the three Of them to-
gether to talk to me. Dan began on the
landlord in this way:
Watches For Board Bill.
Mr.. Schmidt this is Mr.. Sullivan.
the squarest man in baseball today.
When the Toledo club played in Kansas
City we got our money in fun. and
there was nothing too good for the To
ledO club while there My hacker here,
Mr.. --, has no money, but has jewel
~ to pay off his guarantee to Mr.. Sui
Ivan. and Mr.. Sullivan is willing to
accept it, if you will take it from him
in payment of board for his team while
here. Have city pride, Mr. Schmidt
The name of Toledo is at stake in this
calamity of baseball The TeUtOn
looked up at Dan and myself and he
said:
'Mein Got, Mr.. 'Leary. am Il walk
in timepiece aIretty. Here 1 got five
watches in mein pockets, three from de