Evening star., 1908-01-19
WHAT THE PLAYERS OF THE BIG
LEAGUES DO IN THE WINTERS SOME
KEEP SHOP, OTHERS BOWLING ALLEYS

| game as winter pastime and money
| maker.
| Case Patten. the star left handler of the
/ Washington team. is a hotel keeper dur
! ing the winter. Case rms All inn at
/ Westport. n. V. 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 dia-
! mond. and he knows quite a few. Travel
| ing men who make Westport claim that
! Cases stories are the best things in the
| burg.
| Winter has ball in Florida appeals To
| a number of the big leaguers. During
the months of January aud February
teams made up of big league talent en-
| tertain the guests of the different swell
winter resorts. The teams represent the
different big hotels. The players work
| this they receive Il fair salary and all
| their expenses. Mike Mitchell of Cincin-
! natl. Flick. Turner and Wakefield OF
Cleveland and Delehanty of Washington
are few of he star ball tossers who will
enjoy outing in Florida and incident
ally pick up a little money and get lot
OF good things 10 eat.
Barney Petty the clever pitcher OF
the ST. Louis Browns. is busy man
during the winter Petty runs "a book
store in Pennington. Mo. All the books,
stationery and the like used in the public
schools have To be bought at Pelty's place
Of business. for he runs the leading es-
Ia blishment
Johnny King OF Chicago has a tine
pool and billiard room in Kansas City.
Kings place of business is the base
ball headquarters for the city. He is
one of the cleverest pool players in the
business and is regarded the champion
among the ball players. There are many
who believe that he is without a superior
in the country but King has always re-
fused to compete for the championship
title.
Roy Hartsel of the ST. Louis Browns
spends lns winters on the plains of Colo
| RADIO. Hartsel and his brother own d
big ranch. The breeding of cattle is their
chief business. and a handsome income
is realized each year Hartsel is fond
of the western life. and every year he
insists will be his last. There is fasci-
nation about the game. however. that
h. can't resist. and when the bell rings
for the spring practice he is always back
OH the Job.
Fred Glade OF the New York team is
a miller, but Fred doesn't do any of the
hard work. He is interested with his
brother in several big -four mills in the
northwest. The mills are all big payers
and Glade's retirement to look after his
business interests is annual winter
story.
Tommy Leach. who is being mentioned
prominently as the manager for the Gin
cinratf team next year. puts in the win
ter i'm Cleveland Leach runs a billiard
and pool room there and his place of
business is one of the most popular in
th.. city. Pittsburg fans are up in arms
ov-.1. the rumored transfer and it is prob
abl, that the management of the team
WI refuse TO part with him.
Fred Clarke is the owner of big ranch
in Kansas, which is known as the Little
Pirate farm. Clar,S is said TO be as good
farmer as he is manager. and if
sucn is the truth the Little Pirate must
be a thing of beauty.
Base ball has taken a prominent place
in college athletics. and the rivalry be-
tween the ball teams of the different
colleges is almost equal 10 the foot ball
feeling. In order to make their ball
teams all the better a number of the
colleges employ a professional bali play
er to coach the teams. He receives a
fat salary for the same and an oppor-
tunity to enter the college if he SO de-
sires. Hughey Jennings while coaching
the Cornell team took the law course
and vas graduated from Cornell severa!
years ago. Quite Il few bail players are
already instructing the different college
teams. Billy Lush the former Cleveland
player. is at Yale. His salary is such
a good one that he has given up the
prcfc ssional end of the game entirely. He
looks after both the base ball and basket
bail candidates.
There are a number of dentists and
GOctOrS III the profession, also rev law
yers. The playing of base ball has made
it possible for Il number of men to take
up different professions. A number OF
players now attending colleges dur
ing the winter, made possible by their saw
ngs from the base ball salary during the
summer. They had cherished the idea
be fore. but lack of finances had prevented
them from carrying out their desires
These are hut few examples of the
different big league players VINO make
things hum during the winter. In the
day; OF old the ball player did nothing
bat loaf. but it's different now.