The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06
NAN who KNOWS EVERYBODY
MORE BRIEF SkETCHES 81
BROADWAY FO1kS.

The Mise and van 90 . Baseball SaaBnate
--Fam@as Ptlehsr New IN cenBress
TMmmany Leader Once o Ftgheerp'
second = naclng 90 cuFe-Gsun aen.
When you road IL the big profits in
baseball yoI can't hello thinking Of the
days when that small. gray haired man
had a mint In the shape Of . big major
league club" remarked the man who
knows everybody as ne strolled along
Broadway Las; week. He had . little
tobacco store tWenty-a years ago when
an enterprisinE New Highlander got him
interested in the game. He put up .
few thousand dollars 20 secure the lease
on a plot II ground In q largo city which
vas not represented in any league and
an independen. club was established.
II vas q money maker from the start and
soon became q factor in the National
League. In the course OF time q pennAnt
was won and this mans share OF the coin
was SIoO. 400 for the season.
The nsxt year another big sum was
cleared and the tobacco business became
a side Issue; but luck took q turn lust
then and our friend had all kinds Of nis-
fortune. He lost 100000 in promoting
q weekly baseball paper and then his
players deserted him. That was In the
Brotherhood year. and loyal TO the cause
Of the old league. he stuck IL out rwstil
ne was compelled n sell part 81 t.is club
FOR ready cash. He was soon fro$en cut
and vent to the wall. His former friends
turned their hacks and he was In Q tight
lx when he suddenly remembsred his
tobacco business and decided 20 devote
all his time 70 Il. Hes getting along
fairly veil nov and has an interest In .
club that plays sxhibition gaines on sun
days over In Jersey. but he'll never forget
the inGratisude Of the players who caused
his downfall.
DO you Geo that big man. more than
siR feet tall3 He was q famous pitcher
in the National League. many years ago.
He 10 stall fan. but he doesn't have much
time 20 devote TO the game. for hs Ia up
IN his earn In politics. He was elected
70 Congress some time ago and his frtends
say they are going to elect him Governor
Of a neighboring state some Of thess
fine days. You may call him sslf-mAds
man. sure enough. because when he was
playing baseball for living he had moth
ing more than q head filed with gray
matter and q lot OF ambition. He has
not forgotten his former companions
on the diamond. however. and when he
meets one Of them he never fails 10 talk
over old times.
There's another former baseball man
who's made q success in mercantile life
He was an umpire IN the league when
some Of the fans Of the present day we're
boys When he was convinced that the
job Of an umpire vas q thankless task
he went 70 Pittsburg. where he became
Interested In the manufacture OF steel
He worked his way 20 the front with a
leading corporation and In nov one Of
the big guns az . handsome salary
i remember the time when this red
faced person was enthusiastic over prize
lighters in spite Of the fact that he bad
a profitable contracting business an Har-
lem. He san 20 many glove encounters
that he finally got hold Of . young Irish
fsathsrwesght who vas pretty nearly
champion n his class. He acted A. his
chief second in several important battles
and they soon became fast friends When
the fighter ended his ring career he was
taken In a. a partner in the contracting
business aud his sponsor went into poll
tios To-day he Is . TAmmany distr.C;
leader on the upper West Side and has no
time for pugilisn.
The well grooms1. powerfully built
man smoking the black cigar ascribsS
hia present good health 20 outdoor recrea-
tson az the racstrsck He has y money
making business downtown. but several
years ago because Of hard work hts health
began 20 fail. He Iost flesh rapidly and
he wAs on the verge % a nervous breal;-
down when a noted physician told him
that he needed plenty Of fresh air and eN-
element
CO down 10 the raostrack sad the
doctor. and see the crowds and the
horses Get INTO the game and bet You
can AFFORD 10 lOse 4 few dollars
so he went Ia Sheephead Bay On sub
urban day and Just before the bag race
was run he renewed a tip from a rich
Dlungsr on Nsalon. then owned by pOots
Durne!l The odds we're IS to /. and the
tho came so strong that he wAgercd 500
on the horse TO win Nealon, you'll
remember. was victorious and when this
supposed invalid slW him como home In
front he Uecame q confirmed horse player
lie has missed very few days since then
and haze made such q close study Of the
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Racing. however. has not provided
similar good fortune IN tho case OF this
comparatively young man who vaIks
with . limp and carries the heavy cane.
He comes from a rich family out in Ohio.
and ore Of his relatives owned some cracs
horses several years ago. OF course this
fellow chung to the stable for inside in.
formation and was soon betting on a
large scale. one day at Saratoga he
lost his head and overplayed himself
He bet on every race and whsn the day
vas over he found that he had lost So
40 He could get no assistance from his
family Just then, % he gave notes 10 the
bOokmaksrs and did not visit the track
again for more than year He finally |
began settling on the basis II % cents on
the dollar. and after some delay he man
aged 90 wipe out his iDdebtedness: haAt
when be wants 70 make bet nowadays he |
10 compelled to ssnaolIeh credit befors- |
hand.
sThers was \ time when this broad |
NhOulderod six fo0asr was one at the |
faster loo skatars In the world. r. won
aaVRrnI chAn0nkOnahipA h9fore ne rsfirad !