The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-01
ONLY ROOMS WITH
BATHS GOOD ENOUGH
Major League Heroes Have
Every Luxury When on
the Road.
BY SAM CRANE.

New York. July 31.-Baseban play
ers of the two big leagues, the Nauoc-
al and the American. now travel IN
regal style. Nothing is too good for
them while on the road. They insist
on the best OF everything, and they
get IL, too
when players slept on their elbows,
are of the dreary past.
Railway magnates and mulu-mll-
ionaires with their private cars travel
in no better style or with any more
conyeniences furnished them than DO
the heroes of the diamond today. The
clubs, of course, pay all the travelling
expenses of their players, and IL Is a
big item, when il is taken into consld-
GRAFTON that nearly fVe months or each
year the teams are on the road-IWo
months of spring practice and TWO
months and half AT least OF the reg
ular championship season.
The players, too, are housed at the
best hotels in the country. The Ma
tional league Official hotels are the
Schenley in Pittsburg, Havlin in Gin
cinnati, Planters in St. Louis, Males
tic in Philadelphia, LeVoOrt in Chi
cago, and the COpley Square in BOs-
ton. While in New York and Brook
lyn, visiting clubs select their own no
tel, but they are always tirst-class.
The New York Giants possibly travel
in a shade better style than any other
team. because President Brush and
Manager McGraW both insist that their
players shall have the best accOmmO-
dations that can be furnished.
Two private Pullman sleepers are al
WAYS engaged for the Giants when on
railroad trains, SO that every player
can have a lower berth. There are
no ''uppers'' for the Giants, nor any
such things for them as doubling up
either on the sleepers or at hotels.
Every player, too, whenever possible,
has a room for himself at hotels fur
nished with a private bath, and there
is always an awful howl when this
luxury is denied them by reason of a
too crowded hotel or otherwise.
Bunk With Pals.
Many players have their own par
ticular pals with whom they always
room, and in that case a suite of rooms
including, of course, the bath, is at
their disposal While on trains the
players, as a general thing, take their
meals in the dining car, but that is
not obligatory.
Each player is given a dollar to pay
for his meal, or three dollars, for the
day if the entire day is spent on the
trains.
There are some Giants, though, who
do the old John Anderson" trick of
eating at restaurants, and frequently
a sandwich and a banana furnishes
them a meal, and the balance Of the
meal money is tucked away in their
pOcketbOOk. I have known players
during a season to save up a hundred
dollars on meals.
1t is only when ball players are
travelling at their clubs expense that
they look for and expect so much,
and when on their various ways home
after a season, L have known them TO
go back to the old sullivan" cheap
hotels and beef and'-and think
them good enough.
There are other players, however,
who with the habits of luxury imbibed
under the clubs expense. travel just
as luxuriOusly under their own.
While on trains managers allow
their players to play cards for money
poker and bridge are the most popu-
lar games The limit allowed at poker
is not over a dollar at the most. and
usually it is smaller.
Who wouldn't be a big league ball
player?