The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27

\ winter league fan of m inqulring
turn Of mind desires Ia know what lead
Ing ballpnyers do through the OF season
by way OF employment or recreation.
Most Of the leading ballplayets, the
high saaried entries. do quite bit more
by way OF recreation than by way Of EN-
poyment In the so-cnlled mafts or hlEh-
wayr OF barter, labor or trade The nm
ancial emoluments they receive from
April to October are more than sufil-
Client to disperse the wolf from the door
and still leave>a bit Of change In re-
serve
BY Way OF Recreation,
with the season completed. Ty Cobb.
In the main. devotes himself to hunting
and golf
Ty loses little time in picking the frs,
train for Augusta. Ga. And once In
Augusta he loses little time In rounding
up hts dogs In pursuit Of the festive
quail. The only side line he has ever
tackled In the off season is the motion
picture industry and there 10 no strong
likelihood OF his attempting that again
! Ty is first class shot. but no part, OF q
| first class golfer. lie plays left handed
and has slice that would make tLt
rainbow look like straight line
speaker and Jackson.
| iris Sneaker has changed his system
this sea son by enlisting for work with
his owner, one Of the best known con
tractors IN, the country. Hut as rul'
iris finds the simple lfe OF Hubbard
city. Texas, peculiarly soothing 10 the
weary athletes nerves after hard year
Joe Jackson puts In quiet winter nj
Greenviile, s. G, where he spends part
OF the time In the woods and the rest o
II touring about his native state. Pretty
rough existence for five months ou, o
every year.
MaWy and evers.
Christy Mathewson once psrtook OF th'
| Insurance hlisiuesa and later tpDk "a run.
ming shot at vaudeville, but for the mos
Qf II. Matty has given up any winter
league side line eScept few rounds o.
golf Johnny Evers has attempted n,
side line after his raspng luck with 4
shoe store. save that OF writing at cd,
moments In the winter. Johnny plans I,
devote himself later on TO the art, sci
ence, industry or recreation OF writnl
sport, and with his keen Judgment HI
should make winner.
Matty especially no, with no gray dayl
ahead when they decide to leave baseball
fiat on It's circular back.
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Florida has begun OF late TO call IN
player with an increasingly nrinr yoic,
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