The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-04
LUCKY NEAL BALL
GETS HIGH WAGES
Three Fruitless Healthies in
Worlds Series Net Him
SI,34I a Swing.

II ever d baseball player was born
under q lucky star Neal Bal, now a
member OF the word : champion Hed
Sox, may claim 10 be that person
Dame Fortune took Ball III tow at
an early age, and she has been iook-
ING out fR ann so well ever sance
that he must have nearly enough
money TO build a library for each OF
the sixty-seven odd towns in wAioh
he had played bail. and still keep
enough TO buy himself u new auto
mobile every season.
Neal probably holds the worlds rec
ord for getting a lot OF money ior
doing q very little bit OF work. He es-
tablished this mark in the recent
worlds series, when. for taking three
healthy swings at q Baseball he received
s402i and d few odd cents That mahes
$l,34I swing, and, assuming that
he consumed = minute in MS calesshen-
les with the bat ne was receiving COM
pensation At the rate Of ss04,0Vo Day
Compared to this sum of money, ~
Cobbs modest demand for $1,000
year seems like u postage stamp fund
The only trouble is that Neal cannot
strike out every minute for a CORE
spending reward.
Ball has been shunted around the
American League fer several years,
but always has managed 10 land right
side up, and finally he contrived to tall
into the softest o. soft spots. the Bos-
ton Red SOx. who were practically as
sured Of the championship before ne
joined them. First he was with New
York and later with Cleveland TIE
Maps wanted 10 send him to the Pa
80
90, and hung around until finally Jake
Stahl decided that he could use him
though for what nobody seemed to
know-and he went to the budding
champions.
He did some good work as q subsu-
tute second 5aseman for the Boston
club by way Of earning his salary.
getting into the game when Y.rkes
was hurt and fielding in sensational
style. lie never could hit enough to
cause opposing pitchers any distress,
but his defensive play Kept him in
Boston Just as Il had kept him in
other cities.
Il was rumored short time prior
70 tie ending OF the season that BAL
had felded 50 well that ne was to
displace Ycrkes in the big post-seascn
battles Then Neal got his anger
broken and Yerkes returned 10 the
game. Getting that busted digit prob
ably was the 81 thing that Ball ever
diG FOR Boston. as Yerkes was one or
the tire. zig heroes Of tho worlds Sc
r.es both 1t bat and in the heid II
Ball had been used IN his place the
llltiug e-ntl,n.atic Of creations cham
rionship might now be rePosing IN
John M~'5.aw-s locker Instead OF
>taars
The .-cky IL Ball was tee hero OF
az au-ss.s.ed triple play while IN
- Cleveland. one - the few ever 20 q
% rr 80 t.- major leagues. Luck was
factor is that. too. for nothing bu,
B. stances ro.ll set THE sface IN sch
manner as - max thrce-piy Kill
f"r possible. r1 matter how skilfEl q
> player uirht De-
800 q raH est SL1sI FOR striking
orr. De- wasn't arr better paid than lr-
t-ilsr Martin Nrul. 90 the same club
uan old absolutely nothing IN the
] worries series. and eiiH eot s-s CT
90 fre cash The e-.sfis-tc WIS trs
rriv e-' % thc Eed Sex who's laoors
consisted solely in doing much heavy
tak.a- Tf. ..tra pitchers either
warmed 20 cr pitched % hattc-s i-
= practice. f.f cafchsrs Harmrd gp a.
frf .if.l.-e or coached. and several
90 tfe utltv uen either pinch hf'
orr rar fo- som. 30 the slow footed
fraternity Krur merely SAT on 90
bench ard looked wise.