Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
Speaking Of Sports and Other Matters

: II Thousand Dolllr Beauty" which
must have been around the time when
the famous Miss Montague whose pic
turc figured prominently in packages
OF cigarettes, won {. prize of $4,000
real, or stage money-for being the
most beautiful woman in the world. or
on the stage, or in the chorus--or
something. She was called the Ten
Thousand Dollar Beauty" and the
phrase. being popular. was promptly
adopted by the fans and applied to
Kelly.
Then the Boston club paid $4,000
for the release of John Clarkson, and
the $4,000 battery was regarded as
the last word in baseball extravaganza
or enterprise. Nowadays. $4,000 is
paid for some lemon who looks like n
wonder in the bush leagues. John
Ciorkson and Mike Kelly were
higher-c!ass battery in their days than
Alexander and Kiliifer are to-day. The
latter were sold. it is said, for s75,-
600. Such stars as Clarksou and Kelly
would probably bring 100000 in the
market to-day.
So Charley Herzog goes TO Boston
again John McGraw will hardly buy
him back this trip. FIerzog is near
ing the end OF his usefulness. Nc
Graw never keeps q ball player when
ais days OF usefulness are over. al
though sometimes he makes the mis-
take of letting them go before they
display their worth. McGraw has let
many good man go. despite his repu.
tation as great manager. He lie,
rudolph and Hank GoWdy slip through
his fingers. He let IIcrzog go twice
only 10 buy him back when AIcGraw
needed him in his pennant winning
IN .P II ira L.
ne able 70 mention one or two more.
McGraw has made one or two good
,radca in the past. When he took
Tcnney and Bridwcll for Dan Nc.
Gam and a couple OF other veterans
he got by far the better of It, lie also
"on flag when he brought Herzos
10 the Giants from Cincinnati. de-
spite the TACT that he let ROUGH go
McGraw knows his business, all right
and a manager must give something
like value received to get any sort Of
4 trade.
Statscians figure that boxing still
holds prominent place in sports. and
so it does. But the best Mace for a
professional pugilist these DAYS is in
tho army o. navy
Golf however, will continue to no
the favoriie diversion with those bc.
L. Z
is raised TO fHrty-fve years.
Report that outfieledr Earl Neale had
enlisted caused Il scurryinc around
IN Cincinnati and NeaIe was lombard
ed with messages. His answer was
that he had not enlisted. but would
await the draft. If the call does NOT
come any earlier than now expected
1T means he Will start the season with
the Reds and that Matty's team is
assured of an outfield equal in class
to any in the lcague-Roush. Grifitb
and Ncaic.
While Duffy Lewis is training the
hayward ball team at Mare Island,
SWcdc Risberg is coaching III. ball
team OF the puartcrmasters dcnar,
mcnt at The Prcsidio On R,sberr,s
team are Pete Allison. Red Torkclson,
Sammy Bohnc and several others who
have had professional experience. Ms
berg is not i'll service as yet. and is
acting as volunteer coach. He wants
to get his team in such shape that il
can beat the navy-yard team that
Lewis coaches.
Sherwood Magee is quoted in an in
tcrview in Philadelphia newspaper ne
being good and sore at Christy Mathew
son Tor letting him out. He thinks on
the showing he made that he should
have been given Il chance to make rho
Cincinnati outtield next season Hints
in the Philadelphia press arc that Ma
gee may sign with the Phillics and
show his old admirers in the Quaker
city that he can come back
Jack Bentley. former Washington
and Baltimore player. who was slated
for trial with the Red Sox at first base
this year, but was caught In the army
draf. is another ball player who Is
going Up in his new profession. lie
already has been made a sergeant and
has been assigned to drill homo guard
dctachmcnts In Baltimore temporarily.
lie hopes to enter tho officers train
ing school and set commission be-
fore being ordered TO Franco.