Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

the masters OF the art to tack on to the
end Of their names. nevertheless the nan
die Of pitcher, catcher infielder or out
fielder will now admit their possessors 10
good society and will go a Ions way as
a recommendation.
Thus II will be readily seen that the man
who swings the willows and who toss the
leather sphere about do not find II over
difficult to secure paying situations during
that portion of the year when the bat,
ball. mask and glove lie dormant. Christy
M~athewson, the premier pitcher OF the
Giants. has recently branched out in the
insurance business; John j. McGraw. man
ager OF the New York National league
club. runs a billiard parlor. johnny Killing.
the Cubs catcher. is also ap enthusiast OF
the cue and ivory balls. and controls sew
ersl such psrlors. Roger Bresnehan is q
detective in Toledo.
Pitcher Joe McGinnity has an iron fouu-
dry in Indian Territory. and when he isn't
playing ball he devotes his time 20 mar
aging his business. Luther Taylor. also a
slab artist on the payroll of John T. Brush,
rum a general store in his home town, and
he is by far the most popular citizen OF
the place. Stony McGlynn, the 81. Louis
CCardinaD pitcher, spends his idle mo-
ments" as an officer OF the peace at York,
Pa, Addie joss, the Cleveland pitcher, is
a sporting writer. Harry White. a White
Sox twirler, studied dentistry at George
town university, and when he isn't pulling
teams out Of a hole he's extracting teeth.
He is not alone in this, fer Mike Powers.
the Philadelphia CAthlctic) catcher, is also
a dentist.
Fred Clarke, manager OF the Pittsburg
Pirates, owns a ranch in Kansas. Clarke
Griffith, one time manager OF the high
landers. also has a. ranch in Montana.
But OF all the occupations in which the
ball players engage, the Oldest is that Of
Roy Thomas, the Buccaneers center
fielder. While travelling around the cir
cult, and in winter as we'll, he s]olicits
orders for a wholesale undertaking estab-
lishment. Honus Wagner, admittedly the
greatest batter of the age, owns a farm
and passes much of his time thereon and
makes 1t pay we'll, too.
Fred Tenney, the first baseman OF
the Giants. is an artist as we'll
as an athlete. He spends most Of
his leisure hours in water color studies.
Some of his pictures are not only clever,
but show that he has made a thorough
study OF art. OF couse l know that the
profession of ball playing has not been
looked upon as one OF the higher profess
sions,' said Tenney the other day. MANY
OF our professions did not rank very high
at the start. Therefore, l feel that we can
do much more by trying to uplift the
game while we are a part of It than bS
deserving and allowing it to fall into de-
cay. 1 regard it as quite an honor TO be
among the topnotchers in any profession
that is honorable, and nothing pleases me
more than to know that I am generally
considered among those 200 ball players
who rank as first class ..e
Leon Ames, one of the Giants famous
pitchers, is a clever caricaturist and has
often been asked to allow his drawings
to be published, but he is timid
Criss, the utility backstop Of the
st. Louis club, leads. the American
league in batting this year with
an average Of 1854. He only took part in
siXty-five games, but nevertheless made
twenty-nine hits, which entities him to be
herslded as the champion swatter. cry
Cobb, the Detroit's fast outfielder, was
second with an average Of 1876, he having
made 1S9 hits out of 4S2 times at bat. Sam
Crawford, also of the Detroit club, finished
third with an average of .S12, he having
Ilaced out 1874 hits.
Harry Gessler of Boston came next with
.S11, while ]. Delehanty Of the Washington
club and Ira Thomas of the Detroit rcluh
| tied for fifth place with an average of 1903
Schweitzer was next with .29s, while Stovall
Of Cleveland, Rossman of Detroit and
Hemphill Of New York tied with .294.