The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-01
SKEP1|CAL PERSON
TALKS BASEBALL
BIG SALARIES AND BIG AT,rEN.
DANCE FIGURES GIVE HIM
CHANCE TO ARGUE.
REBATES ON PLAYERS
PITCHER O~TOOLE COST PITTsnURG
CLUB ONLY $500 ACTUALLY
AND MARQuARD SOLD
FOR $4,000 HE SAYS.

A number of the gentlemen who
are interested In the United States
League were having a fan fest when
the talk turned upon the availability
Of players.
''Pshaw.' said one of the direc-
torate. Il an go to New York
now and get Christy Mathewson and
four other National League stars for
$4,000. II i should plank down
$4,000 in front of Mathewson he
would come down here and pitch
four years more for similar amount.
Don't take so much talk In that high
salary talk 40 magnatc Is paving
$4,000 yearly to the best OF THESE
baseball stars.
can 60 10 1,fttyhurg ard hire
Hans Wagner for $1,000 a year right
now. And want to tell you that
-Pitfshurg neyer- paid &22 900 for the
release Of Pitcher o'Toole, You want
10 stop and remember that $22, 500 Is
some money. What barney preyfuss
did actually pay was $500. He may
have made out check for $500.
but there was a rebate,
Rebaees on Players.
1oHn i. bTuSn 8Ot ISoatS VA
Rube Marauard. He never paid SILL
500 for him. The most he gave was
$4,000 here Is just as much re-
batting in the purchase OF bail play
ers ~ there was by the railroads be-
fore Teddy Roosevelt got busy with
them.
And don't take too much stock in
these half million dollar stadiums they
are putting up. Believe me. some
stadium can be put up for $4,000.
and when II comes TO d stadium cost
Ing 100000 more you can chuck In
a few plush seats and brussels car
pets"
TITS the land that makes the price
Of these stadiums look so big said
another OF the group In explanation.
We'll. steel and cement are not
dirt cheap put In q third.
Il only want to point on; the Diff
ference between what you hear and
what Is the fact returned the first
speaker. Il think I can reproduce
the best stadium ever built In either
OF the big leagues for Just half the
announced cost.
Figures ON Attendance.
What Is more. the figures given
out about the attendance Is another
farce. You hear talk of 10000 per-
when there IL less than half that many
people there. Why they couldn't sell
tickets fast enough 10 get the crowd
through the gates in time.
Ask any old circus man and he
will tell you that II Ia q very fly ticket
seller who will sell thousand tickets
an hour.
I'm New York they have fourteen
ticket windows and If the crowd
should ever go over fourteen thons-
and those ticket sellers would be un-
NJ TO work the next day. Chances
are they~Mould be out OF a job, for
a man who can sell tickets and make
change at tho rate OF one thousand
tickets an hour In some ticket seller.
Just stAni In a line with fifteen
Others ahead of YOU ana see how long
II takes for. you to get u the window.
" Is three minutes. usually. Now at
the rate Of FIVE to a minute how many
t.cEGts VIII you sell In IN hour Just
thtee und-ed--get that Then
Imagine trying to sell thousand an
hnur. Don't believe all you read
about the attendance at these big
,eacue games and don't take the big
salaries announced as gospel truth"
About 0uthsldsr PIumrer.
Outhclder Plummer, one Of the new
tened In connection with the local
club OF the United States League.
played last year with Pidua, in the
ohio state League. His fielding was
$40: hitting. .2Ss. He played IN one
hundred games. On June 20 Piqua
took the place Of Newark. Other
cities In the league arc Springfield
mouth. Chillicothe, Lima, Lancaster
and Hamilton. Piqua stood fifth In
tbs running.
In this league last year were Sand
herr, with Lima: Wrtgley. Gilligan
and wentz. all well known to local
fans Sandherr was with Richmond
several years ago: Wr'gley played Ia
the Atlantic League for Richmond.
Wentx played in N,rfolk. with the old
here In the State League which fol-
lowed the dishanding OF the Atlantic
IseGxue. All Of these. players went !
higher after leaving here. and are now
9ooC. seasoned players.
Flummer 10 touted a. good one in
the field. and a good run-Eettcr. He
Fad Sandherr. who. was a Richmond
Fielding. .s37; hitting. .253.
oths~ Piaysrs Signed.
Other players signed. who ara ex-
pected to make something Of q show
are: Hofm an, shortstop. from Grand
Falls. In the Union Association last |
year. His record shows his batting
IT .1sS, and his fielding at .sb7. Other !
clubs In that league are Salt Lake |
City. Butte. Boise, Helena. and Mis-
soula; Taylor. pitcher, from the Ohio |
State Leaguc, whose record shows bait |
ting 1873. and fielding .Sl4: Goshorn. |
also from tho Ohio State League. a |
pitcher who made some mark. His |
batting was al. fielding. .933.
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