Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
BALL PLAYERS ENTITLED TO
ALL THE MONEY THEY CAN GET
Umpire Evans Makes This Assertion and
Backs 1t Up With Two Good
illustrations.

, can for his services when he Is an at
| traction in the eyes Of the fans, for the
| base ball public is mighty tickle. When
| he fails to deliver the goods 1t will! quick
| ly forget all about him.
| When the season Of 1910 opened the
cleveland club placed more dependence
! in the great Addie Joss than in any other
twirler on the pay roll. Joss was one mar
ways a careful liver, a pitcher who used
his brain, as we'll as his Drawn, there
was every reason to believe that he
would have great year. He was In
perfect condition when he reported.
Early in the spring Joss went along
nicely; it looked as If ne would again be
the same old stumbling block that he
had always been to opposing teams In the
, past He had his old-time speed. his
quick-breaking curve ball, and change
of pace that was decidedly pulling
Some time in June he was working a
game in Boston. The score was close,
and in his anxiety to win Joss was put
ting all his stuff on the ball. Boston
at the bat, two men were on the bases
and two out Joss realized 1t meant
everything to retire the batter Using
everything at his command he finally
he sneaked over the unexpected, a 1ast
curve catching the batter fiatfooted tor
the third strike and retiring the side
he 1t differed costly tSe e ba his right 0s
dropped helplessly to his side. 1t paineo
him dreadfully, and Joss knew In an IN
slant that something serious had nap
pened- He went to the pencn, 1 fnn1',
the game to the clubhouse to have the
arm treated. All summer the arm was
cared for by the best of specialists: Late
in the fall Addie gave 1T ,.h sl%.lhh, ing
arm appeared weak. Not until next year
will it be known whether the great eHor.
loss made to strike out the batter ana
save the game cost him MS hVehioou do
big league pltcher.
In the spring of 1910 Joss was one OF
the Cleveland clubs best assets. valued
in the neighborhoOd of S1OOOO ana dple
to command a fancy salary Tor MS serv
ices If his arm is gone he is practically
worthless to the Cleveland owners as d
pitching asset and his breadwlnner IS OF
no further use to him. That one strike
may cost the Cleveland ciuo dhu '"o'
thousands of dollars.
These are but two striking instances
of how quickly and how easily stai
player may put himself out OF the run
ming by taking some desperate cnance.
scores of lust such incidents happen
every year in the major ana mHior
leagues. ,.
II is the ambitious. aggressive player
who is valuable, and it is always sucn
nlayers who are most liable to injury. Ine
career of the ball player Is snort at tie
very best; he must get the money VIM.
his services are in demand, consequently
he is not to be blamed for pickering each
year over a contract that Will get nun
the best inducements. He mas not the
slightest idea whether next year Will ma
him in a position to do the debating. so
he must make hay while the sun shines.
It does seem as If the player gets ms
money easily, but when all other Things
are taken into consideration he earns
every cent he gets. 1t is well known
fact that few ball players die rich, and
benefits for some. unfortunates are very
frequent occurrences.