Evening journal., 1914-01-31
GenrI Sports.
BALL PLAYERS
Are INSURED
In BIG SUMS
fourteen Clubs Csrry$3.O .OOO,'
900 Projections Great
Value On MCGraw

70 guard against the loss that
would be occasioned by the death
Of or injuries to their ball players
while they are riding on public cOr-
veyances "A major league clubs are
paying premiums on nearly $1,000
GOO worth of accident insurance poll
icies covering their men.
The Cincinnati National and New
York American league clubs are the
only ones that do not carry insur-
ance ON their players, but 1t is said
they are negotiating at present With
insurance companies and will insure
them
The New York National league
club carries the heaviest insurance
of any club in the big leagues. It's
PLAYERS are insured under a blanket
policy that places a premium around
$4,000 on each of the players. In
addition to this, IL carries $4,000 eX-
ira on Mathewson, and S150,00O on
Manager McGraw--a record prem
ium. The Giant management figures
that McGraN is more than half the
Giant team that without McGraw at
the helm the Giants never would be
IN the race. II Is said they wanted
TO carry even a bigger policy on Nc
Graw. 10 guard them against loss In
case he was killed or injured in an
accident but that it was refused.
Walter Johnson. the Washington
pitcher. recently was insured for
Si0O,0u0. While 100000 policy has
been carried for number of years
on "Ty" Cobb. the wonderful Tiger
outfelder Hans Wagner, OF the
Pirates. Nap Laioie. OF the Maps;
Iris Speaker, OF the Boston Red Sox;
Eddie Collins, OF the Athletics Joe
Wood. of the Boston Red SoN, and
many other stars In both leagues are
said to be insured for amounts
ranging from $4,000 10 $4,000 The
Detroit Club. i'm addition TO its policy
on Cobb. has the entire team insured.
Some are insured for $4,000, others
for $4,000. and the rest for 10000.
according to their value TO the team.
Huehey Jennings the manager. Is said
to be insured for $4,000.
The st. Louis Cardinals carry a policy
Of sl60O0O ON the entire team and an
extra Sl0OO0 ON lis manager lne ,hi-
oago White SoN are insured for $1,000
each under blanket policy which
make. the togpl amount around $500.
600 An additional insurance is carried
on the manager. ln addition ts an eN-
ara policy carried ON iaioic. Outheldor
Jackson Pitcher Gregg and Manager
birmingham. the Cleveland club, il Is
said. carried about s2j0o00 on it- play
prs.
The extra amount Of insurance ear
rict on the niavcrs bV the Chicago Cubs
lnd Pittsburgh Pirates Is not known
,uf ID f. said that both teams carry
,boni 5000 on ihe team proper and
en- additional S2rnon un The manager.
None of thf nuiIcic- cover injuries re-.
revived on the hlll fcd The clubs have
repeatedly fried fn oct such policies.
bat thc Insurance c1mpanics refuse the
RISK declaring tif money they would
save fo naf uuf each year iCI injuries
'cr hn rsrers on fhe field would te
rofe than TIRE sum they would collect
n premiums
Pred Clarke manager Of the
Pirafcs. soon is % place an order for
q bat Of fhc same length as tho regu-
iafior war club. but one which VII
te three times as heavy and three
times ~ thick Every time a hatter
approaches the plate" srid Clarke.
you'll notice that he picks up three
or four bats and swings thcm around
a little The purpose Of that is 70
get their weight ani their combined
thickness fixed IN mind on his
muscles. Then when be drops an
but the one he's going To- bat With
you SEE that bat seems so much
lighter and $50 much easier TO swing.
I'm going 10 get that big bat for the
boys TO swing around n seems easier
10 hondlc than .hrce small bats. and
there1l be the same effect No.
don't think IN get the idea patented. "
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