The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-25
SORE ON, HIS JOB
OBSERVATION IN RANKS OF ST. ST. LOUIS BROWNS.
Hedges,s Crowd are Very Perf sn he- portinE for suwnaer WoEk-
 Players Have Bsg Idea of
 OWE Value. fN5

The following from st. Louis pa per seems to make sout the fact tnat the boss of the St. Louis Americans is sore on his job: A
 "The time is rapidly approacnlng when a baseball magnate knows auss ! how big an idiot he is. rye naG good time in the game. l admit tnet when I originally aiighted here l thought it would be case CT WaAK- finanee fhs cesHih the 10 local club. make pfoflt ens So VIMDSTii re@Sri1sd President Hedges of the Browns while @ aPing S,1s me thouSnt nOnef would return to the carriags manufaes turing business, after getting out oK wf at Mr. Johnson and some other gen, tlemen got me into' am no" slA1
 SBasebalr has not only. grown to be great big business. but US as Dusy business as s1;y,noahs any osher ruess in mi it's E early days 1t may nave Deen "Vee rough. Eat no more.
 Hedges's Crowds Are Pert.
 My customers last summer @ repre- O. they will have new stands next sum mer, as much up to date as smart IelS lows and money can make mem, T dSn't dSnnidSt see con,s %ns on%t sGOte aEain. nS
 .T'm willing to bet that my average grandstand crowd, particulariy on sundays is aS tSsy Ssyytury as sny ycarrick @ ia
 sBmt I'm digressings What l start ed out to say was that the tlme is has good laugh at himself, and. in- cIdentally. finds out what & chump ne is.9 The reporting season is when you are up against 1t In this ouslness' They Are All Finaneaers. .eNyou, tbe niayers have a lofty idea of what they are worth. The one1year man who manages to last through IS the one you have the most trouDle good enough to hold on to his job be- some day he would, develop.
 This chap confides in you that, he only had a fair season, but watch his smoke next yeaE When you start to do business with him in the spring you marvel at his nerve; He wants his salary raised to the skies.
 You laugh at him: He comes back he always does that-wtth the crack that he has this or that job at his dis. posal; that. he can n make ,, as much @ +Sn Snt if you don't give him what he wants he will duck out.
 Easy to Hurt Ills Feelings.
 Then you laugh again. He has an- other comeback. If he is an inflelder he asks in all >seriousness just how many other infielders in the American League figure have it on him? When tell him almost all of them, his feel
 SWhy, do you think Billy Bradley or Danny Murphy has 1t on me?" he asks I tell him that am an honest man and that 1 think they have him beaten. Then he laughs again. His next come-
 |Knowing that he's weakening. and that his b1utf Is about oyer, start to reason with him. Now, if you are SC valuable remark, Ike tssds dasher o talk talk self for Bradley, Murphy or whoever the player may be. Pn throw In $2ssoo to 60Nt ana pEeseni. yGS to lauSb @ afs,n but the laugh Is a sad one.
 Always Can Hit 300.
 "Then he argues and tellS me what he is going to hit and going to field if
 kseeP him Es alwaEs, EH,ns talks ssS sSout .Is z you hit 800 and field as good as John- you want. but a whole lot more.'
 and take hfs chance on securing the Reporting day rolls around. Your SSS Seseys arFSi Sthers sGs sas % So % ta ana anky that you're afraid a good wind will blow them in half / You scratch your head .aSl snd net think; nH,; Sl, 500. not to count the railroad ticker from Portland, Ore. Who was 1t said he was CT l4A5oieE IT you can re- sight.
 "That prize innelder~ you had been building air castles about all winter | looks not unlike a bantam weight boxer or a lightweight jockey. Play | in the American League7 Whys if Ed Walsh or 'Bilf Donovan ever slip fast | one at him it'll scare him to death. Yes, and if the ball should crack him In the head he'll be killed. Then, Catcher Never Misses Em.' | from the O. K. League. whose winter l address Is Portland, Me. and who you i have heard so much about, looks about ' as athletic and lively as Jim Crontn 1 Stung again, you say. How was it you got him7 Who was 1t said he was an- l other Johnny Kling2sN
 l The "Vefs' for Robert Is And so on and so on down the list. Out of about two dozen youngsters, | whom you put up at good hotel, whose trip to town cost you . big pile of coin, eoEne fhEee or four lpok like