The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-15
Great Baseball Players Make
Game Popular and Owners Rich

Individual stars may not win PEN
nants in the baseball marathon but it
takes these same FASTENERS extra ordi-
nary to bolster up the gate receipts.
It's the real driving force. the gent be-
hind the big wallop or the pitching
marvel that brings tho golden shekels
.tingling into the box office. The same
condition existed thirty years ago and
today is admittedly one of the potent
reasons baseball stands alone as the
national game. s
Every club in the parent body of or
ganized ball has it's bright particular
headliner and in the American league
every club save perhaps the lowly
Browns. boasts some player who
stacks up among the truly greats.
Twinkling with some luster like the
light planted under the basket. Bert
Shotten Of the mound city troupe may
outf1elder who is touted to be the fast
est man in captivity over the route
from the plate to first base.
Tigers Rich i'm Stars
Lack of stars on a big league team
shows in the receipts. But President
LAWN of the Detroit club hasn't been
heard to murmur a word of complaint
along this limo in recent years. Happy
in the possession. of fan idols such as
Tyrus Cobb. Bill Donovan. DOME Bush,
Hughey Jennings. Sam Crawford and
Oscar Stanagc, the Tiger magnate can
we'll afford to ''mitt' himself on the
forecast for another season of pros
perity.
One day last summer Connie Mack
the slim sachem of the all-powerful
outdrawing his machine three to two.
Despite the brilliant record and daily
achievements of the pennant winners,
the Jennings clan continued to play
before great thrones.
Pressed for his solution of this phe-
nomenon. Connie opined:
THE young man in center field is
the main reason"
And so 1t goes all along the line.
What would become of the White
SoX without Big Ed Walsh. Harry
Lord. Jimmy Callahan. Doc White or
Billy Sullivan is a query oft heard.
aries without Walter johnson and
Germany S%chaefer?" Then again
Where would Brooklyn stand without
Nap Rucker and Jake Daubert?"
In Hughey Jennings the Detroit club
possesses a field general who has been
baseball's greatest card for many years
Unique with his whistle. never flag
ging fighting spirit n grotesque
feats. of grass eating. the speckled
warrior by his originality has added
several thousands to President Navin's
treasury.
Fans Follow Georgian
Ranked the most brilliant PLAYER Of
all time. Tyrus Cobb makes the best
kind of press agent for this club. No
matter where the Tigers travel the
fans turn out en- masse for a slant at
the Georgian. Since the presidential
days of Theodore Roosevelt the star
of the Tiger tribe has proven himself
by long odds the greatest publicity
man in these United States.
Great players on both the teams at
Philadelphia make the rivalry between
the American and National forces
there even more bitter than in any
other city under the major colors. The
champion Athletics on form should
shade the Phils for Mack has mold
ed his playing monarch from such
finds as Chief Bender, Jack Coonlbs.
Eddie Plank. Eddie Collins, Jack
Barry. Stuffy McInnes and Frank Ba-
ker all anne to conjure with.
On Fogel field. about five blocks dis
tant from Shibe field when the Quak-
ers are playing at home these same
Philadelphia fans derive much pleas