The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-20
BALL PLAYERS INSURED.
Over 100000 Worth of Accident Pol
icies-Cobb and Johnson for 100000.

To guard against the loss that would
be occasioned by the death of or. injuries
to their ball players while riding on pub
lie conveyances, Ia major league clubs
are paying premiums on nearly $1,000
900 worth of accident insurance policies
covering their men.
The Cincinnati and New York Ameri-
can league clubs are the only ones that
do not carry insurance on their players,
but it 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,
| it carries $4,000 extra on Mathewson,
and $4,000 on Manager McGraw---a
record premium. The Giant manage
ment figures that McGraw is more than
half the Giant team-that without Me
Graw at the helm the Giants never
would be in the race. 1t is said they
wanted TO carry even a bigger policy
on McGraw to guard them against loss
accident, but that it was refused.
Walter johnson, the Washington pitch
er, recently was insured for 100000,
while a 100000 policy has been carried
for a number of years on "Ty" Cobb,
the wonderful Tiger outfelder. Hans
Wagner, of the Pirates; Nap Lajoie, OF
the Maps; Iris Speaker, OF the Red
Sox Eddie Collins, of the Athletics; Joe
Wood, of the Red Sox, and many other
stars in both leagues are said to be in
sured for amounts ranging from S25 900
to $4,000. The Detroit club, in addi-
tion to its policy on Cobb, has the en-
tire team insured Some are insured
for $1,000, others for $500, and the
rest for $4,000, according to their value
TO the team. Hughie Jennings, the man
ager, is said to be insured for $4,000.
The st. Louis Cardinals carry policy
of $4,000 on the entire team and an
extra $4,000 on its manager. The Chi
cago White Sox are insured for $4,000
each, under blanket policy, which
makes the total amount around 100000,
as additional insurance is carried on the
manager. In addition to an extra policy
carried on Lajoie, 0utfielder Jackson,
Pitcher Gregg, and Manager Birming-
ham, the Cleveland club, it is said, car
ries about S250,000 on its players.
The extra amount of insurance carried
on the players by the Chicago Cubs
and Pittsburg Pirates is not known,
but it is said both teams carry about
$780, 900 on the team proper and an addi-
tionsl $4,000 on the manager None
of the policies cover injuries received on
the ball field. The clubs have repeated
ly tried to get such policies, but the in
surance companies refuse the risk, de-
claring the money they would have to
pay out each year for injuries for ball
players on the field would be more than
the sum they would collect in premiums.
Fred Clarke, manager of the Pirates,
soon is to place an order for a bat of
the same length as the regulation war
club but one which will be about three !
times as heavy and three times as thick |
Every time a batter approaches the !
plate" said Clarke, you'll notice that |
he picks up three or four bats and |
swings them around little. The pur-
pose of that is to get their weight and |
their combined thickness fixed in mind |
on his muscles. Then when he drops all |
hut the one he's going TO bat with you |
see that bat seems so much lighter and |
so much easier to swing. I'm going to |
get that big bat for the boys to swing |
around. II seems easier to handle than |
three small bats and therell be the same |
effect. No, | don't think I'll get the
idea patented"