The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-10
MANY POOR SLAVES
IN BASEBALL REALM
Speaker, Cobb, Chance, Matty
All Gain SheckIes Galore for
Playing.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1o--They sold me
like q slave"
Iris speaker. the poor, poor slave OF
baseball made that crack when the
Roston Red FOX sold him TO the Glove.
land Indians fer the pihling prize III
S5o.3oo. with a couple OF players thrown
in for good measure.
But now. every time payday comes
around Iris hires an nu,on'obile truck
to get his salary to the bank. And
iris IL rot The osiv I.,or slave of
baseball In the same hard tx.
He has many conipanlo ions who DRAG
down fab illus salaries for getting oct
in the sunshine and doing what most
Especially these fine days when the
breezes which come n trfr ,uxh the Of
fee windows ere so pleasant:
to Spsatsr y yssE e ' Y r ps n to e
getting $4,000 ut Cleveia land
What do the players do with the
money" ducIics the maI who THINKS
there amt that mrch in the Whole
world"
They ,pv-s; It, they huy good clothes
with It: those without business inter
ests find plenty OF tim. drrins the win
ter months 10 spend u for enter tain
mcnt. and then. OF "ou",e, there IL the
married. and 50 have the prct'"In OF
getting rid II their ron solved for
them.
In the old DAYS. when Fielder Jones
| way to glory Es the "Hr'less Wonders.
| FIELDER invetscd his coin so fast that u
! drove him out Of baseball lie had ia
leave TO take care Of his lumber In
| terests in Oregon. But I've Is back
~ Cobb the Georgia peach, who has
been dragging down a fat stipend from
Detroit for ten years, owns so much
property at Augusta. Ga, that soon ne
will be between the devil and the deer
blue sea. He won't know whether &c
play or stay home and tend to his knit,
ting. But Cobb likes the game as wei
as the salary. and probably will be
around as long as his legs are Timber
and his batting eye keen. This sprine
his arrival in training camp was delayed
because Of the fire at Augusta. which
destroyed so much of his holdings.
j. Franklin Baker, the home run king
playing third for the Yankees after q
years retirement. has put much of hi,
and each winter. retires to his owr
Christy Mathewson owns a forum,
which makes him Independent of man
ayers and everyone else. 1t has beer
amassed by careful investment OF hi!
Of his baseball fame. he has made
money as writer"
Frank Chance, the Peerless Leader
manager of the Cubs In the days o
Charles Webb (foot) Murphy and late
manager OF the Yankees, owns n fin,
fruit ranch at Glendora, Cal. The cal
OF baseball proved too strong. however
and this year he.ts back In the game al
owner OF the Los Angeles team In tn
Coast League.
All OF the players are far more care
full OF their money than are the prize
| fighters. Some Of the old guard o
twenty years ago are broke and tryint
to make money as best they can, blu
most who have retired within the las
ten years did so with stake enough t.
start In business,
And unlike prize fighters. they do no
drop into the business Of running sa
looms. Many operate pool and billiar'
parlors, some have garages.
Most successful of all the rlayers l,
point Of fame and money Is Billy Sun
day. Sunday tells the story OF quittin,
baseball at 1900 a year to take up Y
NJ. C. A. work at $500. But that va
long ago.