The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-31
|9| PLAYERS
| SAVED MONEY
| 1SserS Who Have Laid
AZ Coin for a Needy
Day. i

--sr, left an estate valued at 800
sow many other bail players
,,rtunate2 In the years Ewing
/ -s,ent on the diamOnd-fTOm 1880
--,fassional ball players were not
81 as they are now. Far from
.-s vere some few who saved their
~ tba majority of them were Oh.
vi go-lucky Mike Kelly order
& hooked for what the next day
5-.og forth. and they would take
~ advance money rather than
80 salaries would produce for the
" of a long. hard winter.
Peg, IN King Kel obtain a century
a,s W Uncle Bill COnant during one
5y.-0nal league meetings at the
ls me hotel. says an old timer, lay
4, Isr and leave il there until the
| -N Tor11d saw No change And
,9 feel insulted if there was any
49, were few KeIs in those days.
-s never produced any such pro-
- as the "Teu-ThOUsdnd-DOl-
~" He was i'm a class with John
r-rsn They were. in fact. pals.
~ they met money flowed like
srd the "iuice of the grape gurg-
,rn the threats Of COal-heavers as
men about town. Whoever had
nv mn AGAINST the bar at the time
-,rartiaIlv welcome. and Offense
/ bs taken unless everybody guiped
I Tsuv has gone to the far beyond.
sRio- Fellow is still in the land
/ living and coping the coin by
! sDsrrirg exhibitions at fairs in the
and middle west But for more
rineteen months John l. has not
"a booze TO pass his lips. This is
i15isnutable evidence. and the Big
- is on "easy street. again
to The ball players There are more
ave their coin now than formerly.
.5ma of the 0ldtimerS can buy and
u new geuerdtiOn-yeS. and by mill
All Shading. Al Reach and George
Il are muIti-milli0uaires They were
ate however. in having their lines
most advantageous times TO get
.Oney."
spalding and Reach.
jumped the Boston club in
M Ross Barnes. Jim White and
IcVev. making the first big four
IN baseball history. Spalding had
IS instincts at the time. He saw the
prospects of baseball and was con-
of the games future as the ma
sport. President Hurlbut of the
20 club was Just as optimistic as
Dg and backed the famous pitcher
ring a small sporting goods store
alison street, i'm Chicago, in 1876.
that small start the present firm
llding & Bro. originated, and it has
successful ever since.
4 il has grown to worldwide fame.
Reach started in Philadelphia at
the same time as Al. Spalding did
iago and Wright & Ditson in Sos
George Wright was in the early 'l0s
lNt famous ShOTtStOp in the COun-
Al Spalding was equally famous as
cir and Al. Reach as a second base
With the old Athletics OF Philadel-
THIS trio of Old-timeTs are now mil
rs several times over, but they are
Z s7ception, and they obtained their
I'D success through business meth
y players who have become wealthy
TRoBrke. the owner of the Bridge
lub of the Connecticut league, can
his check for more than any of the
ners. Jim has real estate holdings
dgeport as well as a law practice
us him i'm the qUarteT-milllOn class.
also PLAYING bali today, and he has
N the turf since 1873 as pro.
other Wealthy Players.
- o.. L. 1.,r-eo.. o,,d Iorc in
bury that put him in the 100000
without the least doubt.
NJ Ward has recently purchased a
.Ome on Long Island, has a trout
We and other cOnvenienceS that only
tune Of $1,000 can allow of. Mr..
also has an extensive law practice
rings him in a lucrative income.
]. McGraw has a fortune of at
s0001. McGraW makes q success
thing he undertakes.
BroutherS. although he has left
niger Falls for the metropolis. is
close on 10 $4,000.
ny Richardson has the biggest dry
store in the southern tier of coun-
B New York state, and six figures
bout name his wealth
White has a livery stable in But
nd farm of 100 acres. and Jim does
ave 10 WOrry about a hard winter.
worth Sj0000.
TX Bowerman owns pretty near all
-hem MiChigau-in spOts-and SJl.-
gut figures his bank roll.
bro has several farms in the Berk-
, and Griffith Owls a Montana
Their wealth cannot be far away
he G000 mark for each
as for Willie Keller, ne is the capt.
Of the eastern district. Wee Willie
~ N0000
lon is another old player who can
ne SiX-figure combination.
Kelley is another lucky ball player,
o. is FILLED in right in having a
ather-in-laW.
GcGuire owns about all of Albion,
, besides flour mills, hotels and dogs
Jim is worth $4,000.
Arson is city clerk of Chicago, and
can dig up S2j,0o0 without any trou-
oiem Lajoie should not be obliged