Evening star., 1933-09-19
I0lNE At HOME
e HIS GREAT DESIRE
Memphis Choir Singer Will
Quit Diamond Soon as Coin
Heap Is High.
By q STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

By q STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
n 1EW YORK, September 10
mi Base balls go-getter has
/ Y sold his bill of goods, and
he hopes to make them
sign on the dotted line soon.
When the signatures are affixed
to this years world series checks,
William Harold Terry. Memphis
business man who rolled a salary
of $25 a game into a fortune, will
have made his killing on the
major leagues big board. For Bill
is manager of the New York
Giants.
Base ball is business to Bill Terry
1t always has been, he says. From the
time he broke into professional ball
with Atlanta of the Southern League
in 1914 he has played for the money
he could take out Of 1t. And he has
taken sizeable fortune from the sport
that has been called, perhaps extrava-
gantly, the national game. If it IS the
national game, Terry Is one of the
leading citizens in the country, for he
is--an outstanding figure Of the major
league realm.
Bin was a left-handed pitcher when
he played in the Southern, Georgia
State and Texas Leagues. Before that
he played with independent teams for
S25 game This salary had to suffice
even when he married. but Bills con-
fidence in his abilities as well as in
the income producing possibilities OF
base ball never weakened. Now he
makes a yearly salary said to be
$25,000. If his Giants win the series
pennant he probably will be worth
$4,000 to the owners of the New York
club next season.
-- Money His Inspiration.
THIS success means little more than
one thing to Terry-a step
nearer his goal retirement.
"This business Of hopping from one
place to another every few days is
getting me-" he said. IT like my home
life more than any other activity. and
base ball breaks it up. I've got nice
place in Memphis and I'm going back
there as soon as get enough to retire.
Yes, I like travelling, but when I'm on
my own can take my family wherever
please, WlCIlOuC OtlIlS CQCtdtSu W Uy
q base ball schedule"
To those who know Terry, his ap-
proach to the goal he set many years
ago is not surprising.
At IS. 20 years after he started
to play for pay, he is almost
ready to retire and to become
leading citizen Of Memphis,
where he is noted almost as
much for his rich tenor in the
church choir as for his base ball
prowess.
The go-getter attained success by
determination. plugging and straight
forwardness.
One of his most valuable assets in
his march to success was his estimate
of his worth and his stubborn refusal
to sell himself short. In 1922 Terry
became first baseman with Toledo
of the American Association, and soon
he developed into q hard-hitting in
fielder He acquired fielding skill by
dint of hard practice, and attracted
the attention of John McGraw, then
manager of the Giants.
The New York team got Terry In
1928, and for two years Bill performed
only as a pinch-hitter and substitute
for George Kelly. BY that time he
gave promise of becoming one Of the
best first sackers in the league, and in
the 1924 world series he played the
position regularly. His batting average
for five games in the interleague cham
pionships was .429.