The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-10

John X. Tener. Of Charleroi. "a,
who was graduated from the pitch
,er's box to a bankers desk and alter
ward was elected to Congress to rep
resent his home district, was nomln-
! ated for Governor Of Pennsylvania
by the Republican State Convention.
The State of Pennsylvania has, how
ever, other men who attained proml-
hence through baseball. Harold NJ.
Mcclure. who caught John Montgom-
cry Ward back in the seventies, was
elevated to the bench and is now the
presiding judge Of a district court.
Addison Gumbert, who was a mem
Der Of the Chicago team at the same
time with John Tener. was elected
Sheriff of Allegheny County, n IS
slated for a higher position. Tener
was a pitcher on the Chicago Club in
1889. In 1890 he joined the
Brotherhood and played with the
Pittsburg Club, retiring that year to
follow the banking business.
Many e~x-baseball players and men
who were identified with the game
have been, and are now, prominent IN
professional and business life. The
late Senator Pue German was a mem
Der of the Olympics, Of Washington,
in 1857. Senator Morgan G. Bulk
ley, of Connecticut, was the hrst
president Of the National League IN
1876. Justice Moody, of the Supreme
Court, was formerly president of the
New England League.
Albert G. Spalding and Al Reach,
both professional baseball players of
note in the seventies, have become
immensely wealthy as dealers in
sporting goods. Spalding pitched for
the Boston Club in 1872, 1873. 1874
and 1875. In 1875 he pitched sixty
three games with a winning average
of .S99 per cent. This record nev
has been beaten. Reach played Sec
.ond base for the Eckfords, of Brook
lyn, and afterward for the Athletics,
of Philadelphia.
Now A. G. Spalding is a prominent
candidate for the United States Sen
ate from California. where he has re-
sided of late years. The candidate
against him is Governor Gillett. whose
popularity in California was not in
creased through his action in forbid
ding the Johnson-Jeffries fight in San
Francisco.
Ward a Prominent Lawyer.
Many baseball players, who were
favored with large salaries during re-
cent years, spent the better part OF
their money in fitting themselves for
professional careers after their use
fitness as players had ended. or
these John Montgomery Ward is an
example. Ward was for many years
one of the stars of the New York
Giants. He retired from baseball in
1895 with years OF profitable service
ahead of him. He took up the prac-
tice of law and has been very success
full. OF late years Ward has been
prominent as a golfer.
The late Michael J. Sullivan, at
one time a pitcher for the Giants and
other National League teams. retired
to become a member of the Boston
bar. He was elected to the Massa-
chusetts Legislature, and later to a
judgeship shortly before his death.
Judge Harry M. Taylor played first
base for the Louisville and Baltimore
clubs while studying law at Cornell
University. When he was graduated
from college he also was graduated
from baseball and took up the prac-
tice of law in Buffalo. Two years ago
he was appointed District Judge on
the Western Circuit Of this State. He
is also a trustee of Cornell University.
Orator James O'Rourke, while he
has only recently retired from active
baseball, has been a practicing attor-
uey in Bridgeport for many years.
Captain Adrian c. Arson. Of the
Chicago Club, was elected City Clerk
of the Windy City through his con-
nection with baseball. Dick Cogan.
who pitched for Chicago and other
clubs, was an Alderman in Paterson
and afterward was elected City Clerk
of the Jersey town.
Fultz, Too, q Lawyer.
David Fultz, who played good ball
for the Baltimore, Philadelphia Ath-
letics and New York Americans. is
doing we'll at the practice Of law in
this city. Fultz also shines as a
leader of prayer meetings and is a
very popular speaker. He never fails
to say a good word for the national
game. In a recent lecture Fultz said:
Baseball is usually undermined by
those who know the least of the mer-
its of the great game. 1t teaches a
man among other things to be fair.
He acquires the habit of self-control
and the virtue of perseverance. He
muk not lose his temper; if he does
he cannot be a good ball player. He
must learn to repress the temptation
which often confronts him Of doing
injury to his opponent; he must &C
cept the discipline dealt out by UNI
pire and manager, and he must keep
in mind the rules. If he fails in these
requirements he becomes mean and
unmanly. Religion is IN aid to good
ball playing and good ball playing
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