Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-12
OF BALL, PLAYERS
 DURING WINTER
LeaguerS Accumulate Bank Rolls Which They Invest In BuSinesS-BOWling and Bil- Hard Halls Their FaVoriteS.

What do the big league players do during the winter.
 For six months the ball player is prominently before the public. His performances, good or bad, are exploit ed in the paper every day and his name is by-word with every baseball fan throughout the cOuntT. His pe- riOd of activity starts in the middle of April and ends the first week in Octo- ber Then he drops out of sight. l Few of the big league players reside in the cities in which they play. Just as soon as the final game is over most of them hike to their winter homes and quite a few of them live in the smaller cities. Many of the players lead a quiet life and do little or nOth- ing that interests the baseball fan Consequently the doings of a number of the stars during the winter months is a mystery to the fans.
 The big league players of the pres ent 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 envy. These players don't need to think of work during the winter and could take things easy if they so de sired. Some of them spend the win ter resting, but a majority of the play CTS prefer some kind of work to idle ness.
 The fact that most of them have money enables them ,to engage in a business of their OwnN Some of the players have so established their places of business during the winter that they make a profit that compares very fayorably with their salary 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 it keeps them busy and also helps them get into condition. The most pleasing feature. however, is the fact that 1t makes a pay day every month when the snow is Cn the ground.
 Popular Occupations of Players.
 The managing of bowling alleys. the writing of sporting matter. and the sale of sporting goods appears to be the most popular forms of winter swOrk. Charley Hickman and Doc White run a swell sporting goods store in Washington, while Billy Bradley and Charley Carr are the pro pTietOrs of a big winner in Cleveland. Addie Joss and Doe Biebinglam, of Cleveland, and George Upp of CIus'H- nati. are a trio of players wnO I3ve taken up the newspaper game as q bread winner during he winer. Nap LajOie for the past three years has been a successful publisher. His baseball guide is getting more pOpu- lar each year and will soon take it's place as one of the leading sporting authorities in the country.
 Hans Wagner, of Pittsburg. one of the greatest players the game has ever produced, 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. Until this year Wagner has always played basketball during the winter with the Carnegie team, regarded as one of the best five in the country
 Stone Takes Life Easy. George Stone, the wonderful hitter of the St. LQEis Browns, takes things rather easy during the winter, looking after his interests in a department store at COlebridge, Neb.. his home. Stone is well fixed financially. but just as long as he continues to command a fat salary he will remain one of the celebrities of the game
 Billy Sullivan, the premier catcher of the White SOX, is a salesman for Ar mour & Co.sSduring the winter months. They say Bill is just as good a sales man as he is a receiver and if such is the case, the business of Armour & Co. enjoys a large increase during the winter.
 The bowling game appeals to many. DreXel alleys in Chicago. Out of failure Donahue has made a big sue cess. The Drexel alleys are the most popular in Chicago and "Jiggs", is reaping a big bunch of money out of the venture. Charley Hemphill has charge of alleys in Youngstown and Earl Moore in Cleveland. These are only a few of the players who have taken up the bowling game as a win ter pastime and money maker.
 Case Patten, the star left handler Of the Washington team, is hotel keep CT during the winter. Case runs an inn at WestpOrt, N. Y, wherever that is. When the snow is on the ground Case makes the guests of the hotel forget where they are by telling them stories of the diamond, and he knows quite few. Travelling men who make