Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-30
MORE THAN CASH NEEDED TO WIN
 BASEBALL PRIZE
Some Spend Thousands on Losing Outfits; Others
 Win With Pick Ups.

Win With Pick Ups. ! "Wealthy magnates are a menace to baseball" asserts Bob Hedges, ex- owner of the Browns. "The owners with huge, bankrslls can go the limit in purchasing talent This eventu- ', ally makes league top-heavy." ! Is Hedges right-or wrong? l The greatest team ever welded to- 1 ge.her in, American league history l was Connie Macks Athletics. Con stars than the ordinary man pays ln | one year fer cigars: ] The Giant club is supposed to be | backed. by wealth. An. unlimited l bankroll was at the command of ] John McGraw in 1915-and the l Giants finished last. 4s Charlie CoIdsky sent more than $1OO.0OO in trying to "buy" pennant | winner. He failed.
 The Phillie owners are not wealthy | yet they breezed under the wire :. winner in 1915-a1d with a bunch of misfits making Up the club. Hedges is right as to his statement | that wealthy magnates can buy star players-but money can't make lem win a pennant.
 Atrocities.
 "Inside information" on a horse race. Packey Mcfarland as light l weight,
 | Unnuinbered football players Welsh rarebits at midnight. Plumbers and coal dealers. Wall, street tips. Restaurant hash.
 A girl living in the flat next to yours who is learning to play the piano.
 say, lend me s1o until --" 1 Walters.
 Mike Gibbons says he never will 1 permit either of his two sens to ba- come prize fighters.
 q got into the game because it meant big money to me and because 1 I needed it., says Mike. "I1l see to # that my boys won't need to follow in my footsteps to make good liv- ing" e3
 "Pugilism is full of pitfalls for these whc become famous. It is hard to keep along the straight and nar- row path"
 Johnny ,McTaggart, was a New York messenger boy three years ago. Now he's enc of the most famous jockeys in the country. Who says a messenger can't develop speed? T Ebony Pug Speaks, ] Jack Johnson, discussing his fight with Frank Moran. said recently:
 "I never saw man who could stand up under punishment the way IMoran did. I hit him harder and man, but l couldn't put him down. I wore myself out hitting him.
 Fred Clarke, one time Pirate leader. is spending his leisure in shooting clay targets. Clarke is an expert trapshcot and averages around 90 hits in every 100 trials.
 If ivory is worth $2 an ounce, how much are the Cleveland Indians worth? <} .'..
 The owners want $560,0OO, for he collection. Prospective buyers bid $45O,O0O. Why not weigh thes heads of the players and so arrive at a fair !, figure? ,:' "Topay Hartsal." former Athletic , star, is making money through the , operation of an automatic baseball !, machine in Toledo. The machine pitches the balls and the player acts as batsman. The object is to drive the ball against g canvas. Points are scored according to where the ball hits.
 ] Toledo fans are Hooking to 'Topsy's" place and getting heaps of batting practice.
 Alec Goodman. trainer for Ted Lewis, the English welterweight. must feed his charge some secret prescription. In no other way can the folks figure out how Lewis. can fight at 135 pounds one week, 145 the Eext, and 1855 again two weeks later.
 Goodman is wizard in his know ledge of diets and he keeps Lewis in perfect physical condition despite the fact that Lewis ffuctuates 10