Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-20
PLAYERS RECEIVE
 PRETTY FAIR PAY
AAJoR LEAGUE MEN AVERAGE OVER sa.oco A SEASON FOR SIX
 MONTHS WORK.
TINKER DEFENDS MAeNaTEs
shortssop of Worlds champicn Cubs Admits He Could Make Nothing Like Present Salary Without Reru- tation to Fall Back On-Story of Jack Doyle.

The public never has had a very clear idea of just what the ball play CTS received in their envelopes on the list and 18th of every month from April until October. Many think that every welI,known player gets at least s4 600, and that the most famous stars draw down from s5 ,000 to s10.00o. And the public's sympathy has all been with the players until very lately. There have been so many phony hold-oa's. re- tirements and threats 10 jump 10 the outlaw league by players who neTsr intended to 6o anything but jump r.ght into the banG wagon when the proper time came that the dear old pubic has switched its synr2thy--or cuife a chunk of it--to the club owners. who have oatgrown the pYition 0; slave owners and barts-e7s in human chat tels.''
 Still others think tie players are do- ing pretty well 10 drag down as much as s3,20o for a season on the diamond. If all the big league pEyrolls were summed up and an average taken it would be found that the players re- ce!ved about ss.000 to s3.20o apiece for the six months work or play. which ever way one happens to look at it
 Does ss.000 seem like pretty fair remuneration for a seasons work? The public Is divided on that. but prob ably there are as many who would say that an average of s3.00o is just,
 Joe Tinker of the Cubs-and he Is one of the players whose contracts call to the defense of the magnates not long ago and said that they were more than generous in paying salaries.
 When think" said Tinker, of the way l used to work as father for SIS a week before became a professional baseball player I lave to stop and shake hands with myself for my luck in being able to draw major league money. couldn't earn the money the Chicago club pays me doing anything else if I didn't have my baseball repu- tation to fall back on. And want to say that the ball player has a pretty good time earning that salary. At least do, for I love to play ball. Being paid good salary for the pleasantest task or earth is what ] call a pretty fine arrangement. l am satisfied and l think right down in their hearts all the players have a good deal to be thankful for"
 The surprise given Jack Doyle's fla ther when he first saw his son Johnny play game typifies the light in which part of the fans view the ball play CTS life. Jack had been mighty good to his parents, ana every payday sent part of his salary to the old folks at Holyoke. Mass. They knew he was getting a big salary. and his father thought Jack must be working like a slave to earn so much more money than he had in the mills around Hol- yoke. One day when the Brooklyn club. which Jack was with at this time, visited Boston for a series Jack went down to Holyo%e to visit his parents and persuaded his father to return to the city with him and watch a game.
 The old gentleman went. His frs; shock was at the luxurious quarters which the players occppied-at no ex- pense to themselves. Then came the game. The elder Doyle was disgust ed. It wasn't what he thought it was going to be. He believed the thou. sands of fans utterly crazy when they got excited during the heated moments | of the play.
 With the game over-won by a timely hit by Jack-the senior Doyle was greatly relieved Not at Brook ! lyn's victory or al his sons fine base hit. but at the chance to consult his son on an important matter.
 Jack, do you really tell me that the money you have been sending us is honestly earned?" asked Mir. Doyle, ST, in great anxiety.
 Why. sure" said Jack, surprised that he hadn't been congratulated for winning a hard game. But why do you ask?"
 | Well, just couldn't believe 1t was possible for you to be getting all that money for Kicking up didos in those short pants. I am glad your Aunt Mary didn't see you" It was too easy | for the old gentleman.
 How many ball players would be able to earn s3,000 in other lines of endeavor? There are some, but mighty few. Fielder Jones is passing up a salary Of SIG, 900 to look after business | interests. but business interests made possible by judicious investment of the
 money he earned as a ball player
 Mike Donlin, with his wife, Mabel Hi,e has been making q 900 a week all win, ter, but merely on the strength of his
 baseball reputation. Take away the
 baseball popularity earned on the ball
 field. and few of the players could
 gather the shekels so bountifIIly as
 they do by playing ball.
 The ball player of to-day Is a bust ness man In the strictest sense as far
 as saving his money Is co.ce-ned
 With only a rare exception here and these the boys all save as much ol
 their salaries as possible. That is as
 1t should be. and highly pleasing ,c the club owners. who encourage taTift
 The ball players who save are the
 ones who stay in nights and the ones
 who have a clear eye the next day |
 | L. hovn boov. Conn.