South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-20
.LICHTENSTEIN IS
SECOND To NONE
AS FEDS ENEMY
League Grabs Off All Seven of
Sans Players, Therefore
Samuel Likes Them Not.

NEW YORK, March %. Ladies
and gentlemen: We have with us to-
day. as the principal orator, Mister
Samuel Lichtenstein OF Montreal, the
tiniest baseball magnate under the big
tent, and a man who hates the Fed
eral leaguers with a terrible and I'M
dying hatred CStage whisper: Sam
my owned about seven first-class base
ball players with a total valuation of
about $50. 900. The Feds came along,
grabbed off the seven and didn't slip
Sammy even a cigar. Hence, the
hatred.)
However. these are not Sammy's
only claims to fame. lie has at least
one more. Sammy bears the proud
distinction of being the only man
since the world began who has out
waistcoated G. Waistcoat Murphy, the
late but lamented owner of the Chi
cago Cubs. on several separate and
distinct occasions Sammy has accom-
plished the seemingly impOssible-he
has appeared In public CARRIED in a
veS- of a cut and hue that made even
g. WaistcOat gasp-and then became
green with envy. purple with rage and
white with anger.
Mister Lichtenstein is prepared TO
address a few words to you today to
show you that-well. we shall permit
Mister Lichtenstein to do his own
speaking Were we TO tell YOU what
ne had TO say TO you, il might give
him offense because he might look
upon such an action as stealing his
dynamite. or gunpOwder, or whatever
il is he has concealed on his person.
Don't Like Federals.
Ladies' and gentlemen. we have the
pleasure business OF reckoning to
Mister Iichtenstein) of introducing to
YOU Mister Samuel Lichtenstein, own
er Of the Montreal club in the Inter-
national league, and also owner of the
aforementioned distinctions.
Business of Mister Lichtenstein
stepping forward. smiling. bowling and
tuning OF his throat His lips open
and how words rush forth.)
1T is indeed an honor for me to
address YOU ladies and gentlemen.
The Federal league is a joke-it's like
a phantom ship. They are promise
busters They are more than that
but ladies being present 1 shall re-
frain from telling YOU publicly the full
truth concerning them. But all the
gentlemen here who want an earful
about those fellows can meet me out
side afterwards. I'll tell 'em some
things. believe me.
Are Players Underpaid?
The impression seems TO exist
among the public that the ball play
ers are an underpaid, disconnected
lot. That's wrong. know it's
wrong. There are about 100000 men
who are making their living today by
playing baseball. How many OF those
fellows are disconnected Mighty
few. or course. there always is some
sort Of howl being made by ball play
ers who think they ought 10 get more
money. But let me tell YOU right
here and now-and don't forget il in
future please-there are more over
paid ball players than underpaid
ones.
The ratio OF discomfort among ball
players is less than that OF any other
trade or profession where some men
work for others. Take the newspaper
business. the business of whitewash-
ing bookkeeping. telegraphy. brick
laying, Clerking. floor walking and any
other kind OF business. Canvas the
men who work in those trades and
professions. Ask every one you meet
n they are satisfed-and % per cent
of them will thunder at yOu-'NO.'
And there you are.
Basel ball IS a funny business.
When a man is a mere ball player he
continually heckles his employer-he
wants more money and still more. He
never is satisfied. And all the time
he thinks the manager and the mag
nate are tyrantS-tkat they don't ap-
preciate worth and won't pay for
faithful services.
Yet. when that very player be-
comes n manager he IS on the other
side OF the fence. He then thinks the
manager and the magnate are abused.
re fights Just as hard To preserve the
bank balance Of the club as he did To
get larger portion of il when he was
a player. And once again-Ihere you
are.
Those Federal fellOws-weu. I
wish ] could say right now what l
think OF them. But 7 can't-there
being ladies present. But I can tell
YOU this. There gonna 10 be fooled
YOU bet they are They think there's
a lot Of money 10 ba made in base
ball. There amt Baseball is a poor
business unless you've got a top-nOtch
club most OF the time. Many base
ball club owners lose owners money
baseball is losing proposition.
What's that business OF Sammy
cupping his ear while the audience
quizzes-"Weil. II it's a losing propo-
sition why do the magnates hang on
10 their clubs with "A dying clutch2
Why are you in IL? Why am / in
baseball. YOU ask Why TN tell you
why. I'm in baseball because-be-