La Junta tribune., 1914-04-25

i 0t0W1CW WIN .oSGV00s - r.
demnins himself 70 . slov Aon1k
The best base hail tsa1 61eaag
4 IL the Athletics. There b - 1oabt
about II. II can't be disputs1 u 1Asre
is NO argument TO be put . Seaanst
Il. They won the worlds ehQn0spa-
ship when they played New - In
the worlds series. Experts ~ nnxe
been in the game for twenty q ulere
| years say that II IL the best tsad Nvsr
put ON the field in all time: thse Il
/ surpasses all past teams or reepe1s.
Most Of the members Of ttis team
have been playing with thsn for
three years or more. thus having
shared In the last three shares from
the worlds championship osSies.
Their salaries are from 5000 TO
$4,000. In addition to the sajary
there went about $4,000 from the
series. don't think that any nan
ca pable OF earning from te.eoo 20
$4,000 year will be likely to stand
In the bread line or wait for : ket-
tie OF free soup.
Connie Mack's iufield II called the
| 500 900 infield because n cold they
would bring that. singiy OF. In a
group. The remarkable thing about
these four men. about the quickest
and brainiest In the business. b that
none Of them has ever tasted fbquor
Also they do not smoke. Thees four
men. the best infield known. ars Nc
Innis. Collins. Baker and Barry. They
are pre-eminentiy In the foeemost
ranks Of base hall. and II indications
are any judge they will remain there
for many years TO come.
Eddie Collins Is small. .1at.ehest-
ed and has a poor physique. but he
Is ack iowledEed to be the best sec
ond baseman In the business 1t Pres
ent. This Is because he uses the
brains he was endowed With, and
uses them to the full extent. His
habits are 100 per cent. This b the
case OF the others OF that crack in-
field.
''Baker. a phenomenal player. was
a former player Ia your city not so
long ago. He has wonderful JUDI
ment. which only means that he
keeps his wits together. ~
I'm the outfieid. Strunk and Nur-
ply are teetotalers. They also can
not see the benefit of BOOKING till
the cows CONG home.
I'm fact. Connie Mack could with
out trouble put team In the field
that did not drink. one that had new
er tasted liquor. and the men com-
posing that team have the sense not
to want to drink. a team such as
this would bs' Pispkn usl1n1sI
SchanK. catcher: the Sioo.o 600 Z M
field: DAILY Strunk and Murphy In
the field.
1T Is well known fact that al
man who drinks nowadays L. pretty
hard put to find n job. II you want
To be out OF the day-laborer class. ~
you want job where some one Il
dependent upon you. 80 that Il would
be a hardship to them n you left. one
that requires brain work, aud not
merely physical strength. you must
leave drink alone. The Pennsyivania
railroad and good many corpora
tons viii not hav. men working for
them that drink. The first question
they ask man applying for a job
Is: do you drink" II the answer
Is Yes. he Is Informed that he Is not
| needed.
These suggestions are not offer.
ed as a sermon. hut they come from
a man who can tell from experiences
OF men close TO him and some Of
whom were good friends. These ns6
who took the downward path ar. nov
nov here. This Is the deciding per.
iod Of your life. Now Il the time To
iecid. whether you are going TO
vast. away your life and time.
Several years ago II you saw . |
long hit. \ one-hsnded stop. or . |
similar srsndstand play. everybody
would clap and the player In auss-
ton would be great man for awhile.
Science II nov. ho~eve the rule
thosc kinds of plays h not ps,ted -
the hack. but 10 told there Il sone-
thins lacking In his makeup. TheI
idea Is To catch . player off ~
guard and also to make the otAse
side feel that you have them oue.
r'asscd. that Il h useless 70 play.
In the 1871 WORLDS serie. Nev
YORK won the first eame. che AelAp
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