Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15
NOT so MANY SHAGGY LOCKS
Pa VIII Be Spared ,CohsiderabIe Ex-
pense in the Barber
shop Bills.

All the old crew Of Pas team, and there
are not many left, are on to one fact which
the others will not be slow to learn about
the spring custom in Omaha. A ball player
is proverbially supposed to be broke when
spring arrives and all managers know
how they keep at the till to try for a little
advance. Pa has always made 1t a practice
to arrange with some barber in the spring
who will cut all the boys hair and shave
them at his expense until the, regular
season opens. Last year this custom
brought Carter back with long shaggy
locks, but Carter will not be here this year
Ivan Howard learned the gag from his
brother Del and Bassey caught on
intutively. Pa may be able to save little
this spring because there are so many
youngsters who are not onto Pas gen.
erosity.
"Ducky" Holmes aspires to being a
humorist- He Is out with the statement
that he VIII win the pennant pueky Is
fans like to see a good team at Lincoln.
1t is thought Dublin, who was the star
wSom comisRey took from ' Holmes in S ex
change for Holmes release, will be sent to
Minneapolis this year. Robe made such
That Connie probably will give him an
other chance.
President Barney Dreyfuss now estimates
his spring training trip will cost him $50
in addition to the gate receipts to the eK-
hibtlon games played The salary list for
the Pittsburg team last year was $SO'CO'
Bob Simpsons one of the recognized top
liner golfers in America, has been secured
as golf Instructor at the Omaha Country
club for the coming summer and will report
March 20. Simpson was in Memphis last
year and the year before In Chicago and
- el.aN o.. WaaNmr
With the raise In the annual dues which
was voted by the club this winter the golf
committee gets more money for expenses
and has wisely decided to spend some OF
this money in getting one OF the best golf
instructors in America Under the tutelase
Of Simpson the Omaha Country club boys
from the Omaha Field club.
Doesn't the Globe-Democrat lay. little
too much stress upon the Importance OF
star players when II says one star can
make or break team3 There are ex-
is an excerpt from a long dissertation on
the subject by that paper:
Gas for the Browns, last season McAleer
would have had the chance of his life for
pehnant with really high-class man lat
third base. Suppose, for instance, that
for the Browns 1t would have been better
than even money that 81. LOUIS would have
finished in front. That was The weak point
on the team, both on defense and on Of
Tense. and H. was the one thing which finally
stopped the winning streak which developed
during July. with the same conditions this
the field and with the bat, ID will take some
playing on the part of the other clubs to
stop the Browns"
Who is the richest prize fighter in the
world1 This question has often been asked
Some have said II is Jeffries, Tommy Ryan
has been mentioned as the champion Of
finance; Britt has been proposed; Jack
O'Brten has been suggested, Charlie Nit
chell has been in line; Tom Sharkey is
known to be very wealthy. and so on down
the line
The latest claimant to the bank account
belt is Reddy Gallagher, who won and lost
battles on the coast in the days OF Young
Mitchell Ike Weir, Peter Jackson and
George Dixon. Gallagher married a San
Francisco girl and later moved 10 Denver,
where he has been located ten year, or
more. He saved his money while a fighter
and, after he retired, was successful as a
boxing promoter He pulled or several
OF the nights Kid Parker and Young Corbett