The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
SIX PLAYERS. EL|G|BLEE
FOR THE LUCKY CLUB
When Season Started Not One Felt
There Was Chance of Min
CLING in Worlds Series.
EvERs THE LUCKIEsT OF ALL
His Share for the Season, Including
Salary, Bonus and Divvy, VIII
Amount to Near $4O,OOO-Ira
Thomas in the Same Glass.

Six of the players who will draw
down big divvy from me worlds
series receipts this year are eligible
for membership in the lucky club"
of baseball When the season started
not one of them felt there was the
slightest chance of their mingling in
a worlds series affair that means
on the losing team and $4,000 for the
players on the winning team.
Ted aefSes Mora
Smith. George Whitfield and Josh De-
wore. All are members Of the Braves.
only Win he get a'd disyy Of the pl nS.
ers' share OF the receipts. but in ad-
dition he got $4,000 extra from the
clause was inserted in his contract
when he signed last spring.
$4,000 year, In addition to this. he
got $4,000 when he signed his, con
aaft Add To- that tdf s2s9Sd
find that he'll draw down about s4O.-
900 for ,. six months work work; ,.u,, ,v..
isos, 1897. 1868 vans and W 1910. When O they
won remnants and mingled in the
each of those series was around $4,000.
total of about $4,000.
Josh Devore. the human football"
IL
a position where he could grab off a
share of the worlds series !sspoils this
year. Josh was with the Phillies when
stitute outfelder. The Philfies' pay
roll, was so eluttored up with out
eders that than GOSH hat Whea
Stnllings made an offer for Josh, he
was sold in n 1ifry..
the this May ISM" Of Sord aer s'ny SFsak
shes plssed shs RED sos. He got about t,St
games. He also figured in the 1911
Athletic-Giants world series games. and
drew doMn nS0rt SG9 for his o %or be
Braves, was with the hopeless Brook
lyn Dodgers UP to about six weeks ago.
sold to the Braves. thereby giving, him
a chance TO, take unto himself divyy
hands of the championship team play
Herbert Moran played with the Gin.
August. He never dreamed that he
would share in the world series money
feider. lie bought Moran.
traded leu to the ' Braves In midse a
were so far down in the rut that any
that they Would win the 1911 pennant
would have been hustled Off to the
Last year il was Larry Mclean. Eddie
Grant and Arthur .Frommc who joined
the lucky club" They were traded
to the Giants near the end of the
season, and Joined the team in time
to make them eligible for divvy in
the Giants share of the world series
money. Charley HcrZog became mem
her of the club in 1911. He was with
Boston until near tho end OF the season.
Then he was traded to the Ginnts-in
time TO get into the eligible for par
ticipation" class.
Outside Of Johnny Evers. Catcher Ira
Thomas, of the Athletics, is about the
luckiest man in baseball. lie was with
Tigers mingled In the world series
doings. In 1910 he was sent to the
Athletics. The Athletics won the PEN
mainland the world series--that year
Ira again got a divvy of the world
series gold. as, he did in 1911 and in
1913. He's to get another share this
year.
The strangest part OF Thomas's
career is that he was turned adrift by
the Yankees seven years ago as being
too slow for fast company. And this
same man hns played on six champion
ship teams since then and received six
different splits of world series gold
With this 1914 share counted in. Thomas
Will have received between $4,000 and
$4,000 simply because he's lucky