The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-22
latest Outside Sporting Dope

dentally. in these days of five figure contracts, are not apt to worry much about institution life in days 10 come
 IL would seem that the money problem is worrying the managers of several of the big teams in both of the organized leagues Scanning the payrolls. one is not encouraged to look for unusually large profits this year. The Brooklyn clubs pay roll, for instance. is S90.000. The invasion of the Federal league has | boosted the salaries of the players not seem to be a possible chance for any of the clubs to do much bet ter than to get even break on the year. The trouble with Mexico will also hurt baseball One of the worst years, from a financial standpoint. that baseball ever had was 1898. the year of the Spanish-American war.
 The Washington police, determined to break up horse race betting, have inaugurated a "fine-tooth' campaign through the downtown business sec i finn natnptiyns n1o in r1nt VI and policemen are shadowing, every place suspected of making book on the races.
 It is reported that Ty Cobb refuses to speak to Oscar Witt It will be remembered that Witt last winter in San Francisco paper wrote that Eddie Collins eXcels Ty Cobb in all departments of the game.
 The Yankees appear to be as well fortified in the box as Chance pre- dicted sometime ago. when, when he was quoted as saying that his pitch ing staff would rank with the best in the league. It is generally accept ed that pitching is 60 per cent of a teams potential power. and there is no gainsaying the fact that McHale, Caldwell, Cole Heating, Fischer and Warhop have proved, one after an other, that they are in condition to give their best. and this best comes pretty first class.
 The Washington club has had Walter Johnson's right arm insured for $100000 Walters Uncle. Dr. J. II. Johnson, owns an auto of a vintage prior to the adoption of self-starters and upon a recent visit to nephew Walters farm, near Cof- feyville, Kan, the speed king essay ed to crank the doctors machine A kodaking bystander snapped the picture and sent it to Washington The coffers of the telegraph com pany were swelled that day by a vigorous message to Walter to take no more such chances.
 Johnny Williams of the Detroit club has invented a curve which he has not named but which bears closer resemblance to Eddie Sum mers' famous knuckle ball than any curve yet shown by Detroit pitch CT. Williams found this delivery when pitching in the Pacific Coast league last season, and he used it almost exclusively when his arm tired or became sore from work at the other forms. During the latter part of the season he depended upon it almost entirely, and he says he has yet to find batter who can hit with any degree of success when opposing it.
 Hughey Jennings has a recruit whom he declares is the best bet in the way of prospect that he ever saw and, moreover, so well does Hughey think of Walter Pipp, the gent in question, that he would not take s25 ,000 for him.
 Roy A. Rainey, Of the New York Yacht club, formerly the owner of the steam yacht Cassandra, has chartered from Payne Whitney the twin screw house-boat Captiva. He will use her for the tarpon fishing season on the west coast of Florida. Upon the expiration of MT. Rainey's charter William Earle Dodge takes the yacht.
 Therell be no rough stuff in the Federal league, says President Gill more. Rowydism and all other sorts of ill-behavior will be severely dis couraged. For example, whenever player Is chased from the field he finds himself set back $25, what ever the cause of his run-in. And | if the player doesn't cone clean with l the $25, within twenty-four hours l !