The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-10
ABOUT BASEBALL PLA YERS
By Frederic J. Haskin,
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 White sox one of the biggest factors in the league.
 Charles A. Comiskey. President and owner of the Chicago White Sox, has been a ball player all his life. He was a famous first baseman in his day, and was one of the first men to play away from the base, or play deep" as 1t is called. Eis ability to cover so much ground caused the fans to marvel greatly in those days. He ac- quired his greatest reputation as a player when he was a member of the St. Louis Browns in their champion ship career. He became owner of the St. Louis club and took the Chicago franchise when the American League was formed. He Is said to clear $150.- 900 a year or more on his club.
 John McGraw. manager of the New York. Giants has had a varied career. When he started in the game he was a typical wondering ball player, his en- deavors extending from the Pennsyl. vania mining country to Florida. He sprang into fame as a member of the Baltimore champions because Of his good batting, daring base running and his phenomenal ability to foul off balls and thereby drive a pitcher to dts. traction. His brainy work made him one of the most talked-of players of his day He has the rare faculty of imparting his knowledge to others. As a side occupation. McGraw operates billiard rooms and similar enterprises in New York. "a.
 John Kling of the Chicago Cubs Is one of the best pool players in the country. Frank Isbell, the Chicago White Sox second baseman, is a plum Der and part owner of one of the larg- est establishments in Wichita, Kan, where he also owns a billiard hall. Roger Bresnahan, the New York Giants brilliant catcher, started as pitcher. became something of an out fielder, was not a bad third baseman. and wound up behind the bat. In the winter time he busies himself as a de- tective. ferreting out crime in Toledo. O. His reputation suffered a sad blow in St. Louis year or two ago, when a thief stole the only pair of street shoes he had, forcing "Sleuth" Bresna- han literally to go gum -shoeing until he could equip himself afresh.
 Stony" McGIynn, who has done such great pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals this year. is policemen in Pork, Pa, during the winter months. John Anderson, the Chicago White Sox outfielder, halls from Worcester, Mass, where he held a berth as "cop." An derson also does odd jobs in refereeing boxing and wrestling matches.
 Roy Thomas, the outfielder, disposed of to Pittsburg this year by the Phila- delphia Nationals, has probably the most unique side line of all the ball players When swinging around the circuit he takes advantage of the free transportation to hustle orders for a wholesale dealer in undertakers' sup plies.
 Fred Clarke, manager and outhelder of the Pittsburg Club, is the owner of syA, i, A Anlr his club for part of its training last spring. Clark Griffith, until short while ago manager of the. New York Americans, is also an extensive ranch owner. Kis place in in Montana.
 Addie Joss, Cleveland's star pitcher. Is sporting writer in winter. Harry White of the Chicago White Sox, one of the greatest. pitchers today. is a graduate of Georgetown University dental department and another famous player who does dental work during the off season is pr. Mike" Powers. the able catcher of the Philadelphia Athletics.
 As with managers, so with umpires. They have usually, but not always, been good players in their day: Torry Connolly. silk" O'Loughlin and Billy Evans of the American League um pires, never pretended to be high-class players. Hank oDay and Bob Emslie. National League umpires. were both pitchers. s. .>
 All men engaged in a business where the issue of each days labor is In doubt are superstitious. Baseball players are no exception. Many fre-. auently get the, idea that some par ticularly outsider with whom they come in contract brings good or bad luck. Three years ago. when the New York Giants were in a slump, one of the greatest newspaper photographers in the country had the hardest kind of time persuadipg Manager MeGraw to allow him to take snapshots of the players in practice. The fretfuI G.ants were not accommodating Finally he told of some strange yet true coinci- dences of how his photographing teams had forecasted victories for them. This carried the day. He did his work and curiously enough, the Giants suddenly struck a winning streak. The same photographer was at Marlin Springs, Tex, this year and the Giants posed for him faster than he could change his | plates.
 | Copyright. 1908, by Frederic J.
 Haskin.)
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