El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16

ut. LOUIS. No, Jan. 16.-When the
cruel war is over and the baseball
- slave is released from bondage, the
sorriest bunch in the universe will be
these very chattels who are now chat
ing under restraint
For. with the end of the war viii
come a new agreement among the cruz
owners, in case the present one IS de-
cleared a trust It will be made
right" too. and under it the bail
player viii be reduced to a fraction
of his former financial Importance ana
probably be made to bear the burden
Of some of the losses that magnates
are now being forced to carry
Under the national agreement sys-
tenn, whatever fault it may have, the
player attained a high stage of salary
develOpment-One that many declared
was impossible to maintain.
The general average of pay was con-
sidered far above the value of serVicea
rendered. The ball player endured nc
hardships. worked three hours per day
for six months and lived like the best
Such was the life of slave,
As a free man he VIII have his salary
cut. instead Of raised; and, with the
limitations forced on his employers. his
own liberties will be curtalled. on
can't strangle old G. Goose and have
her continue laying, too
Tough Kinsella.
In order to prove just how low n
chattel a ball player really is, an al
fidavit Tecites the old story OF Roger
Bresnahan trading pitcher Hopper to
Dick Kinsella for a bird dog. The
queer part of it all is that Kinsella
appears to have been handed all the
worst Of the deal
The Gamest Man in the World.
No, it isn't Bat Nelson; it isn't the
soldier guy who sticks to the guns un-
til the enemy punctures him; it isn't
the wight who can attack a limburger
and garlic sandwich without flinchingi
in short it's nobody but little old Jake
Ruppert Of New York, the boy who
bought the Yankees.
Jake bought the worst club in the
world, at the worst period in baseball
history, shortly before a suit TO declare
the national game trust was 1lled
That makes his stock, compared to par
value, look like a dried apple beside a
winesap.
Jake surely Lad his nerve to buy into
baseball at time when Busy Berthas
are knocking the structure to spHnters.
Bring the Smelling salts.
The hackers of Jess Willard are now
reported as intending to line up Jim
Jeffries and Jim Flynn to help Jess
Willard train. This is probably just
publicity. Should it prove true We feel
sorry for Willard. Neither of his OPP
ponents will b able to teach him much,
the Wanted skill of Jeffries, he has
learned very little except how to crouch
and poke out his left arm and hook
that left into the enemy effectively.
Perhaps Willard might learn that trick
from Jeff II it were worth while and
Johnson were a tear-in scrapper. But
he isn't.
Jim Flynn's only purpose in the camp
will be to give Willard a daily beating
Of what use he can be to Willard 1t is
hard to see. His style is elementary;
he knows nothing about boxing, COM
petent authorities say. Stay close and
hit is his stock in trade.
II either of these men had the gift
of observation and teaching they
could do Willard gOod. Both have
fought Johnson and presumably have
learned something. But neither seem
to fit the part required.
Lucky william GrnysOn.
Billy Grayson. the former owner of
the Louisville A. A. club, which he sold
just in time to escape the storm, con-
siders himself a very lucky man. He
sold his club for exactly what he paid
for it-s100, 600. Now he is looking for
a business which is not built on the
sands" subject to washOuts and third
league cyclones.
Grayson has theory that the cream