The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-15
SPORTING
HOW BASEBALL PLAYERS
Will SPEND THE WINTER
The Wise Diamond Stars Do Not
Waste the Winter in Idle
ness, But Work.
ARE SAVING UP THEIR MONEY

Although i'm some Instances. base
hall players spend the winter months
of enforced idlcness at ease, spending
the money they have accumulated dur
ing the summer, the game furnishes
other examples who do not squander
their time and who make almost as
much money in the winter as in the
summer.
Matty in Lumber Woods.
After the wlndup of the season that
great and mighty pitcher of the New
York Giants. Christy Mathewson, Isl
back i'm the lumber business. In the
past he has dabbled in real estate and
insurance He is a thorough business
man and he is of value To the COM
munity i'm which he lives. There is
only one thing that distracts the lover
of good ball Mathewson may like the
business so well that he will leave
baseball, an irredeemablo loss. For
Christy is an artist and the game can
i'll spare him.
From last accounts Manager Chance
of the Cubs is running his orange ranch
out in California. He is producer.
Manager Sullivan of the Sox will HE
back to the stockyards in Chicago
and become factor I'm the producing
of meat. There's no lodging the fact
that men OF this stamp are valuable
citizens. They are the kind who be-
come men of affairs, leaders of the
business world and examples to the
youth of the nation. They are the men
who Roosevelt refers to as desirable
citizens"
Many Professional Men.
Some are doctors, some are lawyers,
and others are dentists. They follow
their profession during vacation time
and play ball i'm working hours This
is paradox that happens frequently
i'm the national pastime. The Nation
ais have an excellent physician In
Gcssicr. DR.. Marshall, formerly of tho
Cubs, is a graduate of the Rush Mod
ical college of Chicago and is an ex-
pcrt practitioner. Dentists are num-
crous. Take doc" G. Harrison White
the great southpaw of the Sox Also
Jimmy" Casey of the Eastern league
formerly of the Cubs. Lawyers are
also numerous.
Others follow insurance, others take
up the travelling salesman vocation
and others clerk i'm stores. The polic'
force claims many. There are SOM
who hold down political jobs. SO, in
stead of one grand, wild riot of Vaca
ton. they work all the time ever
more than the man who yawns am
says. Gee, / wish l were a ball play
err" For the diamond star who want
to make good has no time
yawn.
Must Work Hard.
When they are playing ball the
have to work hard. Their labor doe
not consist alone i'm playing before IN
public That is only a small detal
For they have to rehearse. Practls
makes perfect, and it hangs true
baseball, the same as in any oth'
line of business, only more so ina
many. The long hours in the morn
ing are drudgery. They have to d.
flies and catch them with no admlrln
public ready to give them the ga
hand They have to stand at the p'
and learn how to Zine 'em out. inc
have to learn signals and man
other things that are not apparent
the surface.
Then there is the class which AFFORD
or provides amusement for the pupIi
Among these is Mike Doniin, iorn'
captain of the Giants. Mike is
actor. and not half bad, either. He
producer, for every laugh that
tired. jaded business man gets ria
is so much more brain tissue resto
ed. Then there is "Jiggs' Donohue
washington. who runs a billiard ma
where cares can be forgotten. Inc
are many who have bowling alleys WI
dance and sing on the stage or IN
cent theaters. They have their pia
i'm the world of production and con
mand the respect of right thihkl'
business men.
Examples could be quoted witho
number hut these few illustratio
will serve the purpose. Baseball ope
mp way for many men VINO othe
wise would never get the chance
become real factors in the land. Wit
out the baseball skill, which eventua
lands them in league and then III
some business, they might have ian
uishcd in the mine. in the shop, or
the farm, with little hope for the
ture. miner" Mordecai Brown OF
Cubs, the rival of Mathewson, Is oil
ED Walsh of the Sox, forper &C
miner, is another And so IL goes
Baseball Is more than mere ire
for the onlooker. 1t is a school
developing men.