Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03
MATTY MAY LEAVE BASE BALL
"Big Six" Of the Giants Expects to
Enter Commercial Life.
WHAT WILL THE GIANTS DOT
Laid HIS Plans TO Manufacture
ote Railroad Ties, by which
rams He Expects TO Make
More Money.

DRIS, Oct. Allow would Il
g the Giants perform next sea-
I Christy Mathewson7 This
likely TO be visited upon New
~ r than expected. for Matty, the
itcher Of modern times, and by
.sidered the superior Of all box
{ and present, Is going to retire
BE ball at the end OF this season.
X Is not using this declaration
sver 10 boost his salary for re-
< with the Giants, az he never has
gle over his base ball compensation,
merely his decision 10 close with an
tunity to 20 into business and make
- fnore money than he can In base ball.
sople thought Mike Donlin was bluffing.
he wasn't; and as Matty is a fellow
vho seldom leaps before he takes a look
4 looks like curtains for him this fall and
4the passing Of q great athlete into the
marts OF trade.
Matty accidentally dropped this lnforma-
tion and when pressed for particulars adj
mitted that his career in base ball is draw
ing to a close. For two years he and a
former college mate, now in the employ Of
a big railroad concern, have been working
on a manufacturing project, and both are
about ready to strike out for themselves.
MRtty will invest quite a sum, as he has
laid by and Increased the savings of years
OF big salaries. He says this is the right
.AHme to take a chance. and II the enter
prise does not pan out as he anticipates
he can return to base ball.
The business which will claim Matty's
time and money is the production of creo-
sote railroad ties, and he and his partner
Aexpect to operate a plant in Nova Scotia,
where the ties will be subjected to the
creosote process, and already they are In
on the ground floor on a number OF big
railroad contracts in Canada. These ties
are big savings in railroads and can be
manufactured eheaply enough to insure a
big profit II the business can be located
near big lumber tracts and contracts car
be executed. Matty's partner has the ex-
pperlence and the capital is assured. Both
Matty and his partner are practical fores.
ters, and both expect to give their entire
attention to the business.
May Name own salary.
The New York Base Ball club will &c
q long way to avoid the loss Of so valu-
able an asset as the great pitcher. who
has drawn thousands Of dollars to the gate
in New York and other cities. Matty in.
sists that this Is not a matter of salary
and he will not allow sentiment to stand
in the way. He has never kicked up 6
fuss over salary and he has never made
a habit of disclosing his hand until hC
was ready to play It. 80, now he is ready
to go ahead in his new venture.
big Six" is not only a good pitcher. but
he has a long head. Outside of base bal
he is 4 shrewd fellow with an aptitude FOL
figures, excellent judgment, and a readi
!. ness to take a chance. In the years thai
ne has been with the Giants he has Jude
iously invested his money and can write
his check for $4,000, II not more. Fur.
thermOre. he is one who is confident Of his
ability to run this sum up many times
that amount.
Base ball has laid the foundation fol-
many fortunes, for example. those of A
G. Spalding and Al Reach, and MAtty
thinks he's capable OF carving out a Goot