The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
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VARIED OCCUPATIONS OF BALL
PLAYERS IN THE WINTER MONTHS
Large Portion Of Major Leaguers Adopt Other Pur
suits at Close Of Season on the Diamond.

What do the big league players do dur
ing the winter?
For six months the ball player is promi-
nently before the public. His perform
paper every day and his name Is a by
word with every baseball fan throughout
the country. His period of activity starts
in the middle of April and ends the first
week in October. Then he drops out OF
sight.
Few of the big league players reside
In the cities in which they play. Just az
soon as, the final game is over most OF
them hike to their winter nests. Many OF
the players lead a quiet life and. do lit,,
tie or nothing that interests the baseball
fan. Consequently the doings of a NUM-
Der of the stars during the winter months
is a mystery to the fans.
The big league players of the present
are a thrifty lot, and most of them have
! a bank roll that would make some of the
patrons of the game turn green with
or envy York r 6arinr PLAYERS aye wl Gfmt amG could u 't taRe
things easy il they 50 desired. Some OF
them spend the winter resting, but a ma,
jority of the players prefer some KIM
of work to idleness.
The fact that most of them have money
enables them to engage In, a business ot
their own. Some of the players have 30
established their places of business during
the winter that they make a prof.t tnat
compares very favorably with their sal
AIRY during the summer months. -
The doing of some kind of work Is the
best thing in the world for the player;
according to those who engage in cold
weather work. The players claim II Keeps
them busy and also helps them get IN
condition. The most pleasing feature,
however, is the fact that it makes Il
pay day every month when the snow is on
the ground.
Popular Occupations of Players
The managing of bowling alleys, the
writing Of sporting Nmatter, ana the SAFE
of sporting goods appears to be the moss
| n0nt1lHr forms nf winter WORK. IiidfiEN
hickman and Doc White run a swell
sporting goods store in Washington, while
Bill Bradley and Charley Carr are inc pro
Addie joss and Dode Birmingham, OF
Cleveland, and George upp, of Cineinnatl,
are a trio of players who have taken up
the newspaper game as a pread Wlhi'er
during the winter.
Nap Lajole for the past three years has
been a successful publisher, His baseball
guide is getting more popular each year
and will soon take its place as one OF the
best sporting authorities In the country
Honns Wagner, of PittsburS. one OF the
greatest players the game has ever. pro
duced, is taking things easy this winter.
Wagner lives in Carnegie and the hardest
exercise he takes during the winter Is on
the first Of each month when he collects
the rents from his many tenants. Unul
this year Wagner has always played pas-
ketbull during the winter with the Car
Dogie team. regarded as one of the pest
fives in the country. Rheumatism has
been bothering the great player OF late
and he has spent much OF his spare tllhe
opening letters from different doctors Who
feel certain they can cure him. There has
been a runior afloat that Wagner would DC
kept ont of the game for a year at leasl
because of his Illness, hut it's dollars tc
cents that he will be back at his old posi-
ton when the bell rings.
Stone Takes Life Easy.
George Stone, the wonderful hitter Of thu
st. Louis Browns, takes things rathel
easy during the winter, looking alter nj
interests in a department store at core
bridge, Neb., his home. Stone Is wen nxe'
{ financially, but just as long as he con
tinues to a fat salary he VII
remain one of the celebrities of the game,
{ Billy Sullivan, the premier catcher o
fthe White SoX, is a salesman for Armou
q Co. during the winter months. Thel
say Bill is just as good a salesman as n
Is a receiver and II such is the case; IN
increase during the winter. The latest re
ports say that Bits better half is to In
herit q fortune Of $4,000. If she does
''Sully" will nave so much money he won.
know what to do witt it.
The bowling game appeals to many
Jiggs Donahue Is the manager Of III
Donahue has made a big success. Tn
Drexel alleys are the most popular in Chi
cago and "Jiggs'' Is reaping a big buncl
of money out of the venture. Charlie,
Hemphill has charge OF alleys in Youngs
town and Earl Moore in Cleveland. Thes'
are only a few of the players who have
taken up Inh DOHllIE kulfle dS Il Wiillti
, pastime and money maker.
} Case Patten, the star left handler OF TIN
I, Washington team, is a hotelkeeper durint
the winter. Case runs an inn at Westport
,. N. Y, wherever that is. When the snow
is on the ground Case makes the guest
} of the hotel forget where they are by tell
ing them stories of the diamond and h
knows quite a few. Travelling men VIII
make Westport claim that Cases stories
are the best things in the burg.
, Winter Baseball Gets Several.
Winter baseball in Florida appeals TO
number of the big lenguers. During thu
months of January and February team
made up of big league talent entertain TIN
guests Of the different swell winter re
sorts. The teams represent the dilferen
hotels of the Flagier system. The player
work from two to four games q week, ant
for this they receive n fair salary and al
their expenses. Mike Mitchell. Of Cincin.
natl; Flick, Turner and Wakefield 0
Il Cleveland. and Delehanty. of Washington
are a few of the star ball tossers who VII
enjoy an outing in Florida and incidentally
pick up "A little money and get a lot Of
Barney Petty, the clever pitcher of tht
st. Louis Browns, Is a busy man during
Pennington. Mo. All the books, stationery
and the like used in the public schools
have to be bought Mt Pelty's place OF busl'
: ness, for he runs the lending establishment
Johnny King. of Chicago. has a fnt
pool and billiard room In Kansas city
Kings place OF business Is the baseball
headquarters for the city. He is one of tht
Is regarded as the champion among ms
ball players. There are many who believe
that he Is without a superior In the coun'
try, but King has always refused to com
pete for the championship title.
Several Are Ranohers.
; Roy Hartzell. of the ST. Louis Browns
spends his winters on the plains OF Colo
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