Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1910, Page 28

VR, OF JIM JRFFRIES Fok Unxs Mucly Fou Wotorlety | .. end Excitement, HAPPY AS RANCHER AND-HUNTER Boller Maker Nas Beem Fovced Inmte Ring—Tells Oloss Friend He'Il Beat Johmson In Sevem Rounds and is Fit, Frank Kelly, & western sporting mani has just returned from a visit to Jeffries' home at Los Angeles and tells an interest- ing story of the big fellow's methods of living, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Kelly did & favor for Jeff years ago, and they have been warm personal friends ever since. “Kelly says the publio has a wrong im- pression of Jeff. He i .looked upon as surly and unsoclable, with no fnclination to make himseif a good fellow. That this 18 not true is very well exemplified by in- | ei¢ents related in which Jeft figured. He does not like to appear in the limelight, nor does he want to shake hands with every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes along. _To his friends he is a oheerful | companion and around the house he acts Itke & big kid. He loves his wife and home and shows the greatest of reverence for “his father, who is & preacher, and his mether, a most charming woman. } “Around the house he has two small boys, sons_of & relative, and a dog for playmates, and when he goes to ths moun- tains for @ hunt he always brings back some ‘sort of & trophy for the boys, He has all kinds of pet dogs around his place and ‘would not sell his favorite skye terrier, called Jeff, for $1000. He has a large number of Russian wolfhounds which are well tratned, and hunting dogs of " all descriptions. Sqawroot for Siek Friend, *“To give the publio an idea of how kind | Woarted the big fighter really is an incident | 1s related of a recent hunt when he brought home a big sack of sqawroot for & sick friend, carrying the bag thirty-two miles on_foot and stopping only at long intervals for a rest. Squawroot is regarded as tie best spring blood medicine in the world by people of California, and Jim would not have returned without It for any amount of money. His loyalty to triends and kind- ness toward his neighbors is the talk of the town In Los Angeles. “You might suppose that Jeff's most prized relic in his den at home would be the gloves with which he won the cham- plonship from Fitzsimmons or .something of that)sort,” said Kelly. “But he pays no attention to such things. What he shows you first when you enter his room is a long string of different colored ribbons. These he recelved from the sailors of the battieships when the fleet was on the coast, and each ribbon represents a certaln wa ship. The sailors were his pals, while he often refused to shake hands with the | swell officers or millionaire visitors who | Were fn m‘Ayém during the fleet's | stay. | “Jeff's home s on Cypress avenue, and 18 located right next to that of his father and mother. His parents owned all the 1and n what Is now known as the Jeffries *| subdtvision, it being located on their ranch, One of the streets near his home is named after Jim, and he takes particular delight in standing on his front steps and gazing over the surrounding territory. His home | s on an elevation of about fifty feet above o street level and commands a fine view. | One of the sights of Los Angeles s Jeft's | pheasant farm in back of the house. He ' prides himself on having the finsst collec- tlon in Amenlca. HIs brother Tom, or Rusty, Jeffries -looks .after the place. Besides hig «lty residence, Jim has a fine ranch 'at Burbank, Cal., about seven miles away. Life in the Country. an ideal pla sée Jim's actions when he country. He is as happy as & schoolboy on a vacation. He has about 1,000 head of cattie on the place and employs a large number of men to look after things. His wife, Who is a fine business woman, rides < out In her auto every other day or 8o to ses how things are progre Joffries 1s Jim's private secretary, and is a Dbig help to the champlon of the white race, she does all his letter writing, and her dstoo is considered mast Valuable by Jim. They are happy and love their home. *Jeff told me that he had actuslly re- . tired sincere In his mtention never to fight #gafn, when Johnson appeared on the hori- %0n ‘and started to ridicule the white box- ers. This aroused Jeff to fever heat and he declded to return to the ring. That he meant to stay out of It is proved hy the fact that he lost three sults of clothes which he bet three weeks before he re- turned to the ring that he would never again engage In a glove contest. “Speaking of clothes, Joff has been com- pelled to buy a half dozen new suits, as his old trousers are many inches too big around the walst for him. His actugl weight Is now 20 pounds and he has not an ounce of surplus flesh on him. Ve looks fit as & fiddle right now. He has not smoked nor taken a drink in fifteen months, having cut out all his bad habits. He ‘went to Baden Baden, Germany, with his witeé to take the baths at this famous resort, but (o his surprise when he got there -the doctors advized him that there | was no need of ft, as his physieal condi- tlon was perfect. He left without taking a single bath." . n “Did you'ever mention the probable out- come of the fight to Jim?" Mr. Kelly was asked: | | Jeft's View of Fight. | “Yes, Indeed. 1 putiit to him plainly. He 34 not hesitate a second. ‘If that ©00n 1s \hera before me' longer than seven rounds-I-w1i-he greatly surprised,’ he sald. Now there's some good dope for you,” con Unued Kelly, “1 know that Jim neve made & publie prediction before in his lite. He i5 satisCid that he is in good cond!l- tion and. will win witheut .a .question of doubt. My own opinion 18 that he will be | ¥ 1o 6 in 1he petting. Everyhody wants to bet on Jiym,and, I don't blame the sports, ak ho certalnly {ooks lke the one best bet, %s they say on the turt. _“How many weeks will Jeff .train for the. fight?" was another important ques- tion put to Kelly to answer. “When Jeft ol #feps In the ring on the Fourth of July at Oakland he will have been training just clghteen months,'" sald Kelly. “He has given his training work earnest considera- tion, and he will work real hard the first couple of months, then ease up gradually. The last few weeks of his preparatory work will B of the easy iind. This | December of the yea Mn Berry, & brother of Charile Berry, manager of the Los Angeles ball team. “The fellow shook Berry's hand and then remarkeds Mr. Jeffries, no one would ever think you & fighter, Your hands are s ®oft/ Berry then turned to Jeff and in- troduced him as ‘Mr. Berry, wmy friend, a lawyer/ Joff saw the joke and gave the follow & hearty grip. ‘Gee,’ said he as he pulled his band away, ‘Mr. Berry, you should have been the fighter instead of Jeffries, You have hands lke a glant athlete im 18 pestered by all kinds of cranks, and large bundles of letters reach his place of biisiness every day. Jack tries to an- swer & good many of them, but some of the notés are hardly worthy of notice. Jim doesn’t care whether the postal trains run or not. Whenever he has any business to attend to he uses the telegraph wires, Fitzpatrick on Johnson. “And her's some more good live dope from Frisco,” continued Kelly. *'I met Sam Fitpatrick, Johnson's old manager, on the const. Bam has no interest in the coming fight and will not make a dollar out of it on account of the shabby manner in which Johnson treated him. Sam says that if he had remained manager of Johnson the negro would never have fought Jeff. Sam told me that Tommy Burns gave Johnson such a beating,in Australia that on the night after the fight Johnson went to the hospital with weveral broken ribs and was In bed for same time. Burns, instead of walting for Johnson to lead, waded right in,” said Fits, “and that's where he made a mistake. Johnson only led twice, and on both occasions almost fell out of the ring. “Fits does not think Johnson has a chance in the world to eat Jeffries. Witz thinks that Burns lost to Johnson because Burns became 5 excited that he wanted to slug Johnson before the men got into the ring. Fitz told me that Johnson 1s a lag- ger, and his opponent must bring the fight to him. He is & bum offensive fighter, He cannot lead and hit any one-who is & bit clever. An aggressive fighter will whip Johnson if he is not handicapped too mueh like poor Stanley Ketchel. Mven at that Ketchel would have had a chance had he let Johnson do the leading. “What is' Fitpatrick’s opinfon of John- son compared with the fighters of other days?’ was another question asked Kolly. Fits, Itke myself, thinks that Johnson would have been beaten to death by such clever ring generdls as Tommy Ryan, Kid McCoy, Tommie West, Joe Wolcott and men of that stripe. Johnson Is hailed as king only becauss there is a painful lack of good material on hand. He has never been put through the mill or stood the test lke Jeffries. When you stop to consider that Jeffries whipped Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons twice and won a deelsion over Tom - Sharkey, one of the most rugged fighters that ever lived, you can see that Jim Jeffries never had an equal, and per- haps will never know defeat as long as he aspires to champlonship honors.” “Danny” Tobey Coach at Doane Road Manager of Nehraska Indians Giving Few Points of Game to Crete Men. CRETE, Neb., Aprll 16 — (Special) — “Danny" Tobey, ‘manager of the Ne- braska Indlans, while training the abor- Igines at Crete during the next two or three weeks will also coach the Doane college base ball club. Tobey is ¢ Nebraska prod- Uct, a graduate .of the Ulysses High school, and is & brother of G. E. Tobey. of Lincoln, Neb., candidate for nomination for congress in the First district. Tobey once gained by his fine school work a scholarship that entitled him to go to Doans college, but he entered Guy Green's em- ploy §nd has.since devoted himself to base ball exclusively. Mr. Green, the owner of the Indian team, 18 a graduate of the college of the class of 1891 He is & fine pitcher, a good batsman, and_has made a careful study of all the nice points of the game. He doesn't simply knock flies to his men, but gives them training in- batting, base running and flelding ‘and makes them: do 'rapld, heady”" work. He Is very genial and good natured and hence is popular with -his players, at the same time he controls the Indlans with a firm hand ‘and maintains the high reputation they have had for fine ball playing and good conduct. - Tobey has_been with the Indians for nine years. Mr. Green and he knows that a winning base ball team 1s & paying proposition and both have worked harmoniously together and developed teams that have remarkable records for victorles over local and semi- proféssional ball nines. There are sixteen braves now in training at Crete and several more will soon join the camp. Tobey is Just the coach Doage college has needed and has already won the loyal support ‘of the colleglans. - eryville Sapervisora, SAN FRANCISCO, April 16,~The follow- ing ordinance was passed by the Emery- ville ) Board ‘of Bupervisors, which makes the Johnson-Jeffries fights possibl, 1. Bvery domestic incorporated club, un- der ' whose auspices rring exhibitions are held or conducted in the town of Emeryville, sh pay to town an an- license tax of ~five hundred Il be to the holding of any such exhibi- Any license paid shall continue in force and effect only until the last day of i iansy v during whi h it is 2 No sparving exhibition sball be in the town of Emeryville oftener l'ienl: once each year. Permilts to hold such ex- ub.lm -‘n.xl' firet. be Shtained from _the Tustees of town and bc‘r;:nlun'(erkhln, s A g 0 sparring exhibition held or con- ducted within said town shall five rounds in numbe - e R T oves of not less -than five ounces e n_welght. No sparring ¢xhibition of any nature shail be held on Memoria) day, May %, of wny yea very boxer rincipal sparring exbibition. "orth” In "the ordinance, shall, prior to each exhibition, be examined b i o determine whether or not such boxi is in perfeot physical condition, and a ce tificate signec by such physician or phys n_ pe condi q ?el‘i ;l"llfl‘ gy condition, sha or to th cxhibition, bé filed with the clerk of the bosrd of irustess of sald town. 5. A sparring exhibiticn, within the mean- ing of this ordinance, is one in which the principais contend for reward in money anything of value, other than a trophy or medal, or who contend for a portion A rsancs ara ordinances ard parts of ordinances in eonflict with the provisions of this or- dinance are hereby re oo ed as set system he will follow (o keep from going stale. g “Jeff Is w0 confident of the outcome that he has arranged his affairs far shead. He has plenty of money and does not need to worry about the future. He has & cafe n Los Angeles that brings him nearly $30 & duy, and his billlard hall receipts winl reach 95 to §$100 eanily. Jack Kipper, his partier, is & fine business man and the most fellow In Los Angeles. Jack ina raliroad man, and Ys known il over the coast, Jim certalnly appreciates Juck played 7. ADY person, Sasoclution, corporation or domestic club Yiolating th i this ordinance ahall be: dtemen E'nfl'n‘;“:r“: Sk e paiahed ¥ 8 e i n. ! three hundred dollars ( or By t not exceeding three (3) months, ardinance shall take m,mmulum‘“ e be Goteh to Wrestle Zybusko. that to Text of Ordinance Passed by the Em- { some reputable physician | THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 17, 1910. Jetf-Johnson Match Enthralls Fourth of July Battle Subject of Comment in Every City of Continent. NEW YORK, April 16.—Interest in the coming heavyweight championship battie between James J. Jeffries and ‘Jack" Johnson is bound to Increase, and it's no wonder that the contest has become the sole toplo of conversation in all of the cafes, clubs, hotels and restaurants, The encouraging reports recelved from Jeffries’ training camp telling of his good physical condition and showing the earnestness which he s taking in his work have added greatly to his following. At the various athletic clubs in this ofty the chances of both Jeffries and Johnson are the subject of endless debate. It is at theso places that the Jeffries contingent makes its strong showing. The great army of doubters who could not be convinced that the big fellows would ever meet have been won over and at pres- ent there are few who belleve that the fight is hot to be on the level, At one of the prominent clubs the fight was belng discussed by men who are looked upon as authorities and who have made arrangements to' make the trip to Emeryville. The discussion was a general | one and was on the relative chances of the Californian and the negro. One man, who is well known to the spofting world, was asked for his opinion on the chances of & “frameup.” The questioner told of having heard a rumor to the effect that the fight is to go ten rounds for the pie- ture end, and that Johnson is to get fortune to lay down to the white man, “Thers 18 absolutely nothing to that dope,” was the answer. ‘The fight is to Be on the level, Jeffries may win in ten rounds, but if he does he will have to be the better man. Johnson wouldn't think of purposely losing this fight for any amount of money. He I8 too wise for that. Of course, he wants blg money, but| he knows that he can make 100 times more ; by winning than he could get by laying | down. Johnson is going to try to win, and he is going to try harder than he ever tried before in his life.” Shoulder Straps on Ball Ficld Sergeant Refuses ‘to Hear Voice of Superior During Rugby Game— Players’ Strike Ensues. PARIS, April 16—(Special Dispatch to The Bee.)—A curlous incident has happenea at Mans, near Parls, at a Rugby foot ball match between two army teams. During & dispute over a goal one of the players ordered Sergeant Allard to hold his tongue, adding, 1 am a lleutenant.” “We are play- ing foot ball,” replied the sergeant, “‘and not maneuvers, ‘and I have no orders to recelve from you here.” The lleutenant at once took the sergeant's number, telling him, “I will see that you are punished,” The crowd took sides with the sergeant, and the comrades of the latter walked off the fleld. NATIONAL REGATTA ~ AUGUST 8 Best Salling Crews on Both Sides of the Atlantie to Comtest. WASHINGTON, April 15.—With the best crews on both sides of the Atlantlo compet- ing on the Potomac, the national regatta of 1910, to be held here in August, promises to be an eévent of international Interest. Through the State department the co- operation of forelgn governments will be sought. The diplomatic representatives in Washington will be asked to urge their home governments to arrange for entries for their countrymen. ¢ The executive committee of the National Assoclation of Amateur Oarsmen has been trying to “have the contest made officlal, and the letters bearing the officlal scal of the State department, with Secretary Knox's signature, to be sent to the lega- tions, have made the regatta ofticlals hope- ful that England, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium will compete with' the Ameri- can entries. President Taft helped . make last yoar's Minds of Sports | regatta on the Potomae a success Prattle of the Tommy Burns Coming Home to Meet Tommy Burns Is coming back to the Unilted States. from Australla late in the summer. According to Sld_ Hester, who conducts ® fight club In 'Frisco,, Burns wants to meet Sanf Langford on the cosst. Burns also has a hankering for a crack at the winner of the Jeffries-Johnson fight, but he hasn't sald so yet. Joe Woodman, Langford's manager, is agreeable to hav- | ing the Boston Tar Baby stack up against 1 Canadian Tommy, Ketchel has been barred on account of his poor showing with- Frank Klaus from fightipg any more in Pittsburg. A fighter has to do some star work to satisfy the Smoky Town fight fans. Stanley Ketchel ts doing some con: training at Woodlawn Inn for his coming fight with Sam Langford on the 2ith. But honest Steve needs the work. His little stunt in Pittsburg of, hitting it up in the bright light cafes with a thousand dolla bill pinned to his hat didn't do his reputa- tion any good. When Billy Papke arrived here from abroad and prepared io go to his home in Kewanee, Iil, thenge to California, it was reported that negotiations would be opened to hring the two men together some time in July in Californ’a. The tentative Ketchel- Papke fight was planned as @nother of the preliminaries to the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Paphe is disgusted with Paris and says he will never fight there again, He 15 dead anxious, however, to get as many fights as possible in California this summer. . e — Both Johnson and Jeffries are now In active traiing. Johnson will bs at the Seal Rock house in 'Frisco and Jeffries at Rowarden Park, just outside the eity. From now on we may look for the press __the Winner of the Big Fight—Ketchel Honestly at Work Training for Go with Langford—Abe Attell and Leach Cross in a Vaudeville Stunt. agent yarns and the rumors put ln’circula- tion to influence betting. BUSINESS END OF BASE BALL Money Making Possibilities of the| Game at the Present Time. MILLIONS OF EAGER PATRONS Eatimat Recelpts of Major and Minor Leagues—Capital Invested Grounds— Pay of Players, In elght great cities of the United States on Thursday afterncon league umpires #tood In _their places and shouted: ‘‘Play ball” With that shout the professional base ball season of 1910 formally opened Probably never before was there so much interest In its opening. Every year sees & greater attendance at the games and greater profits from presentation of the efforts of skilful players. Last year, for instance, the attendance at the games of the two major ieagues was 7078108, while that at the games of the minor leagues has been put roughly at more than 25,000,000, This meant receipts estimated at 95,063,381 by the sixteen teams of the two big leagues and of $8760,000 by teams of the minor leagues, or a total of $14,733,681 for organ- ized base ball in one year. The games wers played in 267 oities. 1t anyone is looking for additional facts to support the claim of base ball to being the natfonal game, he may find one in th statement that the number of paid admis- | sions _to see the games of the two major | leagues from 101 to 1909, inclusive, was | 50,184,285, or well over half the estimated | population of the United States. So_strong is the hold of the game on ‘the Ameritan public that it has become a great business in which men strive for franchises and give bonuses of thousands of dollars for star players. It is so profitable an enterprise that. men are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars forthe provision of comtortable and safe accommodations for the entertainment of the great armies of spectators ¢ho dally, in the season, throng through the gates of their flelds.” And a man's ability to coach runners, steal bases and hit & ball with a stick has become worth sums of money that, looked at from financial point of view, put base ball playing in a class ahead of the professions of the ministry and of teaching. Few leg- islators receive the salaries paid the av- erage player on & mapjor league team. A Umrge Industry. It s only within recent years that the game has become so characteristically American as to have a real financial value; yet since the possibllity of substantial financial returns has become apparent the gamo has grown Ifke an Infant industry. It has taken on ‘features” like a com- pletely appointed modern hotel, ‘and some of these features, incidentally, are kept as secret as the combination on the hotel For one thing, the matter of a play- er's salary is kept a state secret, for if the well paid man tells his salary it may mean that another will find fault because his is not so large. Again, the small salaried man wants to have himself considered as big a person as his superior, and 80 if he talks at all it is to put the figure T the reaim of “stage money.” The managers don’t, tell, because it is poor business policy to do %o, and so if one desires to get any- where near the “almost res he must do some careful caleulati what fig- ures he can ottain. The flelds or parks in the different cities Where the major league games am played have been valued at $5,000,000 for each of the leagues, or 35,000,000 for the two. This is probably an underestimate, for the ground value of the home of the Yankees, at One hundred and sixty-eighth street and Broadway, alone has recently been placed at $1,700,000, The valuation of the Polo Grounds, the home of the Glants, s prob- ably An, excess of $6%,00. It s said that the owners of this famous ground have re- celved. more .than $00,000 in rentals since 1890, Shibe park, thé home of the Phila- delphia American league team, represents an. investment of §760,000 to be carried by the profits of base ball, while Forbes field, in Pittsburg, the home of the Pirates, is valued at $900,000. In addition, the value of the grounds used by the minor leagues has been placed at 36,000000. This makes a total Investment to be carried in the name of professtonal ‘base ball of approximately $12,000,000. | | Cost.of Ball Park: The profitable nature'of the game In the last two or thres vears has led to great expenditures for improved ball parks. Ad- vantage has been taken of this necessity for enlargement of the space for spectators Paddc’q Ring Sam Langford and Try for a Go at good that—with a toothache. They do some sparring and a lot of talking and erack a few jokes especially prepared for the occa- sion. Jack Gleason has announced that there will be no preliminary bouts to the John- son-Jeffries fight. That is, there will be no prelims, on the same day. There will be no peanut vendors or merchants of any kind allowéd inside the grounds, and liquor will not be sold. All the ushers will be Pinkerton men, Imported for the occasion. No one will be allowed to carry a weapon of 'any description Into the arena. The Pinkerton contract calls for $1,000 for haif a'day’s work, but the men’s duties consist of not only usherlng but In protecting . the crowd as well. Gleason hopes to gd Jef- tries and Johnson into the ring by 2:30 o'clock, California time. Gleason says there is only one possibllity of the bout not taking place. That possibility lies in the tact that the California leglslature may meet In extraordinary session and change the present law. Owen Moran has gone to California’ after several months spent In the east, when he fought with Abe Attell and Matty Baid- win. Owen will meet Tommy MeoCarthy, the Pacific lightwelght, in California on April 2, Matty Baldwin is going after Ad Wol- gast's scalp. Champlon Wolgast has not evidenced any desire yet of giving Matty a show for the title, Patsey Kline and Willle Jones will meet before the Eureka Athletic club in Balti- more on Apri) 22 in & number of cities to create new, parks with everything of more expensive con- struction. The bufldings In new parks opened last year and to be opened this year are of fireproof construction and pro- vided with club rooms, with baths for the players and elevators for the ease of the spectators. Parlors with malds have been included for the benefit of the women patrons of the sport., Systems of drainagh have been laid in the grounds, so that a shower need not make them “unplayable.” Forbes fleld, in Pittsburg, is an illustra- tlon of the length to which base ball in- vestment will go. The inclosure, which i | #0 roomy and free from fiws that there are no ground rules, has been styled the million-dollar base ball park. The ground is valued at 300,00 and the fireproof stands, of concrete and steel construction, are sald to have cost $400,000 in addition, making ‘a total cost, &s mentioned above, of $900,000. Even the bleachiers are con- crete, with metal seat supports. wiil accommodate more than 30,000 persons seated, and eventually will have provision for (0,000 spectators. There are privato rooms with baths for star players and o fully equipped laundry for washing the suits between the games, Largest in the World. Philadelphia has two great modern base ball parks, the one erected by the National league three years ago, and Shibe park opened last year by the Amerlcan leagus | [team, and second in luxury and beauty of equipment only to Forbes fleld: Shib Park represents an iInvestment of $750,000, and its structures are absolutely fireproof. It will seat about 23,000 persons and accom- modate probably 40,00 persons all told. The fleld is sald t6 be the largest ball field in the world. A feature is a mammoth tele- &raph board, on which are displayed the scores of all the league games and other Information of interest to those who follow base ball. The Chicago American icague team, the White Sox, will have a new home this year. representing an Investment of $509,000. Those “fans”_ who are acquainted wita. the his- tory and architecture of anclent Rome will be reminded of the city sitting on the seven hills when they approach the entrance to the arena upon which the sport of a mod- ern 1epublic is presented to the gaze of the populace. The facade is patterned-after the Roman Collseum. The seating capacity is 32,000 persons. There are elevators for thelr use. The Chicago National league team has a remodeled home costing $600,000 and bullt of granite, steel and concrets. The St. Louls American league team also has new quar- ters of concrets and ,ror. cpened a year ago. What has been described as one of t: “most complets” base ball structures in the world 15 t0 be opened this year as the home of the Cleveland American league team. It will seat about 20,000 persons and accommodate 10,000 more on a pinch. It aiso is of fireproof construction and equipped with all the convenlences of a modern theater, including a ladiés' parlor with negro maids mn attendance. The manager of the Giants does not intend to be obliged to turn away 160,00 “‘fans, s he 18 sald to have been obliged to do two years ago because of lack of accom- modations. The stands have been increased in size and wil now seat 37,00 persons. There will be standing space for 3,000 more. Overhanging bay window boxes to -the number of 168 have been placed In the upper part of the grandstand, and - the #lope of the ground behind the infield has been altered by. the deposit of 7,000 caft- loads of earth. The improvements cddt approximately $150,000. Next year the Washington and Detroft ‘American league teams will probably have remodelled homes. Both have 'purchased property for this purpose. Other clubs also are thinking of making improvéments in their quarters. Salary List, ‘While the dividends of the Giants are said | to be 30 per cent a year, and those of some of the other clubs approximate this rate, the cost of base bull is tremendous. Thé salary list of the players in the major and minor leagues has been affirmed recently by an authority to be $,000,000 a year. By a little calculation a fair-estimate of the salary list of the major leagues has been made. The sixteen teams in these leagues are limited to twenty-five men each. The salaries range from $1600 to $6000. The average salary is $3,000. Ergo, twenty-five players times sixteen clubs times $3,000, if calculated with mathematical precision, equals $1,200000 in salaries alons for the two major leagues. This sum, doubtless, is exceeded, for there are some officlals and players who recelve talarfes that s:em regal for such a democratic game. Byron Bancroft Johnson, styled “Ban’ Johnson for short, was recently re-elected president, secretary and treasurer of the Natlonal American league with & salary of $25,000 & year to continue for twenty years. In view of the fact that he holds three offices, at a salary half of that which ex- Prenident Roosevelt received for running the country, he might almost be styled a base ball king. Mathewson, the crack , pltcher of the New York Giants, has a contract for $10,000 & year, but it is be. lieved that Menrecelves nearer §15,000. John P. Wagner, more familiarly known as Hans or Honus, is suppossed to recelve $10,000 for his six months' work as a shortstop on the Pittsburg National league team, while Lajole, the second baseman on the Cleve- land American league team, is & sufficlently able player to command for his six months' services as much as a United States senator receives from the United States treasury for his part in deciding the destines of the great republic. Expenses of the Game. The salarles of the 6960 piayers in the minor leagues amounted to $3,800,000, in round figures. In acdition thers are the salaries of the managers, which, of course, are greater than those of the plavers; the pay of the traimers, the scouts who go around looking for promising players In the minor leagues; secretaries, ground keepers, box office men, ticket takers, ush- ors, and last, but not least, the advertising en. It has been estimated that thelr sal- es will add $300,000 to the total roll. Rallroad fares and hotel expenses al form a staggering item In the cost of bass ball. It certalnly costs more than half a miilion dollars a year for car fare for the major and minor leagues, and the hotel expenses of 7,90 players, spending, perhaps, one-half thelr time away from home, can hardly be less than $1.260.000 for an entire Season. Add to this $25,000 for expressage, cab fares, trips to and from hotels and fields, tips and incldent: The cost of shoes, masks, uniforms, gloves, bats and balls, all of the best materisl. fa fig. ured out at $i66,000, over $100,000 alone being annually paid out for shoes. Finally, to fotal everything, & game that involves a capital of more than $12.000000, an annual expenditure of more than $5.000.- 00 and an annusl income of BILTILESL ix surely & profitable business proposition and @ game that is worthy of the patronage of all_sport loving Americans. ~New York bune. ———— i Most Food is Polson the dyspeptic. Wiectric Bitters oure The field | EVERYONE NEEBS S.S.S. IN THE SPRING [ % t / This is just a short talk which we hope will be of interest and help to you'in selecting the tonic and blood purifier that will be of the great- est value to you this Spring. That this is the most trying of all seasons on the health is a fact well known to us all. Itis the time cf year when our constitutions aj required to stand 1he greatest strain, and unless properly cared for “ ;foundntion is often laid for physical disorders or disease later on. The | great majority of persons are fast coming to realize the fmportance of | preventing disease. Health is our most valued possession, and its preservation is a matter which vitally concerns every one. e Most persons, even those who are ordinarily strong and robust, feel the necessity of a tonic and blood purifier at this season. Some have no particular ailment, but are weak, debilitated and run-down. The Winter life, with its decreased amount of out-door exercise, and i the fact that the cold weather has kept the pores of the skin closed, | prevented the usual necessary amount of refuse and waste matter from being carried out of the system. These impurities entering the Lxu- lation have weakened and thinned the blood, and this vital fluid is therefore lacking in the nourishing properties necessary to sustain and preserve systemic health, when warm, active Spring life begins. The general bodily weakness, tired, worn-out feeling, fickle appetite, poor digestion, etc., show how weak and anaemic the blood has become. Frequently skin diseases, pimples, eruptions, boils, etc., break out on the skin, and this is evidence of the impurity of the circulation. S.S. S. is the' medicine needed to correct this condition, and is‘the ! only one on which you can rely to supply the system with the best tonic effects, and at the same time thoroughly purify the blood. The use of S.S.S. at, this time may save you from a long spell of sickness, and it will certainly prepare you for the strain of the long, hot Summer. Many peopje have put off using So So So | a tonic until the system became so weakened it could not resist GUARANTEED PURELY VEGETABLE ™~ \ | ' disease, and have paid for the neglect with ‘a spell of fever, | malaria, or some other trouble. |S.S.S. is Nature's ideal tonic !and blood purifier, made entirély | of the pure extracts of healing, |strengthening, health-giving Iroots and herbs. It toncs up i the stomach and digestion, rids RS one of that tired, worn-out feeling, improves the appetite and digestion, and in every way contributes to the strengthening and building up of !the entire system. S.S.S. is recognized everywhere as the greatest of all blood purifiers, and this combined with its unequalled tonic prop- erties, make it a medicine needed by every one in the Spring. . S.S.S. is for sale at all drug stores. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. 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