Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-06-18
TERRIFYING is
BASEBALL HAZARD
Player Risks Life Every Mo-
ment, According to Sub
for MatheWson.

New York. June 1.-THE ball
player, in pursuing his hazardous"
occupation. often risks his enslaved
young life, according to one Of the
articles that bear Christy Matthew
sons name as author. but which
Christy dosen't write and probably
doesn't see until he orbs them on the
newspapers that print 'em.
Mister Mathewson, COR rather the
guy who writes the Mathewson arti j.
cies) asserts with vehemence that a
ball player CANDLES with fate every
time he ambles to the plate He as
serts that the player takes his life
right in his handS-and Off his feet
too-when he slides for a base. Also
The player runs the risk Of having his
skull busted when he attempts to
field a fly ball. for who knows but
some day that ball will slip RICH:
through his hands. kerplunk Oh his
COCO. and then-"another little job for
the undertaken; mother little job for
| the casket maker"
Well. what of it. Mister Mathewson
Why do you try to hold up the bali
| player as the poorest possible risk
iOl GA dNCluClC lloul ulICC SollipdhS
Is a ball players life in any greater
| danger than that OF structural iroa
| worker, steeple jack or husban:,
who goes home on Saturday night
with shortage in the pay envelope !:
How about the chances a guy has
to take when he's caught red hand I'd
Ey the boss while he's in the act Of
| expressing his true opinion of the
Loss to the rest Of the office force?
How about the chances King George
| ard Premier Asquith must take since
| Emmy Pankhurst got out of jail? How
about the umpires, General Huerta
and Frank Moran. the Pittsburgh
! white hope" as poor insuran
hriissak g
It IS to laugh when this Matthew
son ar,ticle attempts to make out
that baseball is really dangerous
occupation. the per centage of deaths
through accidentsS in baseball is only
one person killed for every 100000
persons playing tie game and the
ratio of serious injuries in baseball
is so small that it's; hardly discern
lble even under a micrC,Ho
Mining Gold With Ml.ts'
Harry Stone. former New ION
newsboy, is an example of how ~ lei
low can mine gold in Australia Msten
a. pair OF boxing gloves. "
About a year ago Stone used to
figure occasionly in preliminaries in
and around New York, gladly accept
irg S.. $40 Or $25 for taking a beat
lEg. Stone, even as a prelim fighter,
didn't stack up very high hereabouts.
And then he disappeared to be heard
o. again just as he was about to sail
from Australia for England where he
has some big purse matches in pros
pect.
Stone went to Australia direct from
New York and landed there with
hardly enough money to buy the
next mornings meal. And now he's
got $4,000 slowed away in his
jeans.
He harpooned Ia job doing prelims
down in Kangaroo Land and he who
wasn't looked upon as even fifth
rater in New York made big hit
with the promoters and the fight
hungry fans. He jumped from the
prellms to star bout man and hal
made good The Australians now sayj
mes the best middleweight that has
come to the fore in the past 10 years.
About Willard,
Jess Willard. former COW puncher
VINO has been essaying the roll oil
nfan-pu2cher for a year or two.
yearns to meet Jack Johnson, Frank
Moran or Gnnboat Smith. Willard
VINO is . feet inches removed from
Mother Earth. and who totes around
Z4O pounds. thinks he can win from
'em all and prove to the public what
he has long believed-that he's the
best heavyweight in the world.
Recalling how Willard conducted
himself in his bout with Carl Morris
IN New York last December we quite
agree with Willard in his contention
that he's the greatest heavyweight-I
the weight being mostly in his feet.