The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-04
IN BASE BALL
BY Tip Wright.


tween amateur and professional
athletes is vast; but when you
come down to copper rivets 1t isn't.
Once the glory hunter regarded
himself as the gentleman, and
looked upon the pro as sort Of
hired hand.
But it's changed now. The shek-
lei hunters are men of a caliber
ltoo large for anyton to look down
upon, and the distance between
the men in sport for sports sake
and those in 1t for what they can
get is not noticeable.
Many who have made good in
professional sport have accumulate
ed wealth and have reached a po-
sition of prominence because of
their ability to command big
money for their services.
For IA years Hans Wagner has
been playing ball. His first con-
tract was for $35 a month. Now
he gets what he asks for, and it is
no less than $4,000 for seven
months. He has drawn this for
years, and is worth 100000. A
circus he owns is expected to do
big business because Hans>the idol
owns 1t.
John McGraw of the Giants gets
between $4,000 and $4,000 a
year. He is advertised every day
in the papers, and a billiard hall
he opened in New York has been
bonanza from the start. McGraw
began baseball where they all be-
gin, and went to the top through
sheer ability.
John Killing saved $4,000 from
his salary and invested it in Kan
sas City real estate. Also he open
ed a pool and billiard hall. The
realty sold for $4,000 and the
lpool room, with Killing as All added
ATTRACTION, profits him $4,000 a
year.
Willie Keller invested in Brook
lyn realty, and today is reputed to
be worth more than 500, 900.
Hugh Jennings went to Cornell
with money earned on the dia-
mond. He coached the varsity
nine and graduated in law. He
was admitted to the Pennsylvania
bar and enjoys a large practice
during the off season.
John M. Ward, once a Giant,
lplays golf for diversion now, and
lpraetices at law in New York.
Both he and Jennings owe much
of their success to the fact that
they were we'll advertised players.
Roger Bresnahan. manager of the
Cardinals, and one of the high
priced players, owns realty. Roger
used to be a sleuth, but he quit
lit. Joe Tinker and Mike Donlin
receives salaries of four figures
weekly on the stage. Addie Joss
writes newspaper stories in the
winter. Christy Mathewson finds
| It easy to sell Insurance to fans.
Napoleon Jajoe owns a chicken
farm, and Frank Chance invested
hts surplus cash in an orange
grove in California. Z
Take other sports: VIM. Sher-
ring won the Olympic Marathon
at Athens in 1906 and when he re-
turned home his friends gave him
a $4,000 purse, house and lot
and found him a government job.
Johnny Hayes, winner Of the
last Olympic Marathon, sprang
from obscurity in day and after
igoing on the stage at $1,000 a
week for a short time, accepted a
position with sporting goods
house at fat salary. Incidentally
he won several thousands for run
ming in Marathons In this country.
Dorando Pietri came over here
and defeated not only Hayes, but
a lot of other good distance men,
and took home something like
s25, 900. He won't have to work
in the bakery any more.
Henri st. Yves was getting IS
or Sc a week in a Paris restau-
rant before he won fame as dis
Itance runner; he won enough as
a professional athlete to retire.
The professional cyclists OF
wealth are legion. Tom Cooper
Harry Elkes. Eddie Bald, Barney
lOldfield, Major Taylor, Bobby
lWalthour, Floyd Mcfarland
Frank Kramer and others made
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually
with their muscular legs.
Football coaches get the money
l''Hurry-up' Yost, Prof. A. A
lStagg and Glenn Warner receive
Ifrarn 60 00n ~ G6 mn for taach-