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Ml HAMPERS BIG TEAMS
Owners of Major League Team
Worry, Over Eettrictions.
THIETT-?IVE
LDHT
N- Team Mar Have More Than
Thtrt-FI Men, and Some Find
Thli li Handicap, When
Material im Poor.
-EW YORK, Aug.' 20.-Many a major
leafu owner with a second division ball
flub on' his hands la awakening to the fin
Oolnl of the rule adopted lat winter to
the effect that only thirty-five men can
belong to a big league club at one time.
It la hard on those who have a bunch of
!d-timer all going down hill at once, for
out of every ten clasa A and farther down
players' drafted or bought, one probably
gets one or two fit for fat company.
Heretofore it has been the custom to go
tit and lay hands on everything one
Wanted, provided the owner could come to
terrha"oh purchase price or was lucky
rtdugh to get men In the drafting period.
This cannot be done any -more. Now when
. man seeks playera ha ha finished when
the thirty-fifth man has been added to the
liat. " ' '
Every ' major league olub has between
twenty and twenty-five on the pay roll
during tha season. Twenty-two 1h probably
a fair average. Kach club has possibly alz
men. out on optional agreements subject to
recall by August IS. The men out on op
tional agreements do not have to' report
until the season of the league In which
they are playing Is finished. However,
very option exercised eats up one of that
permitted thirty-five.
Take Detroit, 'for Instance. It has
tWentyrtwo men on hand now and six out
optionally. If these six are recalled, It
make a total of twenty-eight, leaving
seveb men to be drafted and purchased.
Out of this seven, recruited from the high
ways and byways Of base ball, tha Tigers
will be lucky if they land one capable
player. 'n other words, with the tK.rty-flve-man
rule in effect, Detroit can ex
pect to add two or three men, at the most,
beneficial to the team.
Howl Caaeea Rale.
Thla thirty-five-man rule was adopted
by the .National Association of Professional
Base Ball Leagues as a means
of pacifying the Clasa A leagues. ' They
howled because the minors were all gobbled
up by purchase or draft, and men who
might have labored In Class A leagues with
credit to themselves were sent back to
some, friendly, team In Claea B or Class
O leagues. In return for .which the major
leagues that sent cast-offs had the pick
of those club free of charge next season.
In ttrta'way tha new nil la a good thing1,
taUt it is bad for the second division major
teams. They need more .than two or three
good, .men; all v(h .clubs haying, mad
money, are willing to spend big sums chas
ing that ever-recurring hope,- "the first
division." . , ' . '
The rule work against the minor leagues
of less than class A nd will cost-them
thousands .of dollars they might have had
from the sal of players. It will work
against a lot of young men who might
otherwise have advanced to the major
league mora rapidly. Big team 'own
ers will not waste money on players al
most ready, but who need a little season
ing, because the number of men they can
. carry .1s limited.
In consequeno a lot of men who might
have' at least received a. big league trial
will be drafted by the claaa A leagues,
and when they get there they will stick
uness they display enough ability so that
their sale look worth from $5,000 to 110,000.
An owner- can draft but one man per sea
son from class A league teams. Maybe
three or (our other clubs try to draft the
nian ha wants, while some more clubs have
designs on other playera from the same
team. Lot decided which player shall go,
and Lot decided what club he passes to.
This concession was brought about through
oft-repeated declarations of "outlaw" ball
n the part of some class A leagues.
Where the limitation rule hits the claaa
B, C and P owners Is that it takea from
tbem'a good source of profit through sales,
Base-ball In league less than class A Is
largTy a matter of civic pride, teams being
owned ! by stock companies which think
base ball a good advertisement. Belling
players has pulled more than on club out
of bankruptcy, and has added more money
to the treasury along in August so that
further assessments on stockholders were
not required.
Big league clubs like Bt Louis, Cleveland
Washington and Chicago, which need new
ttisn, re buying here and there, until In a
few weeKs they will Suddenly find out that
they have all the players they are allowed.
Then they will either have to release men
outright or stop adding.
When drafting season starts there will
be a lively mix-up. , Suppose on has thirty
men on his club, and drafts "ten more, and
I allowed seven of the ten. He will be
two over the legal limit, and then what
will happen? Mix-ups are sure, and the na
tlonal commissions is going to have a llveyl
time.
Tha thlrty-ftve-man rule la a fin thing
for the AthletK: and Boston, teams of
young fellows, but It la hard on the mana
ger or owner who has not the same chance
to replace his veterans tha,t the owners
whose ; teams declined two or three years
ago had.
sip who will be Interested in the affairs
of their neighbors," said Mr. Flanders.
"An accomplished gossip will accumulate
and spresd a lot of misinformation, par
ticularly regarding persons of whom he Is
jealous. That Is the common source of
rumor regarding Individual cases of al
leged Installment plan purchase of auto
mobiles. It s safe to say that 90 per cent
of the season's retail sales have been made
on a cash basis. Adherence to this rule
has been one of the greatest advantage
of the IndUHtry.
"Never In. my experience have I known
M Iieard of a man mortgaging his home to
urrhaxe an automobile. Such cases may
exist, but If they do they are merely testi
mony to the existence of a olass devoid
of business sense or frugality,, and the
members of which would have expended
their entire resources In soma other way
but for their ambition to own a car.
"The time Is long since past In which
existed a common belief that the auto
mobile was a pleasure vehicle, available
only to the rich. As a matter of fact, the
prosperous western farmer la. now by all
odds the 1 urgent fcuyer in the market.
Nearly 80 per cent of the E.-M.-F. com
pany's 1910 output has gone Into the hands
of owners living on farms or In small
villager where street car Itnea do not
exist.
"The American farmer Is a hard
headed person. If he buys, a car he dots
It only after Investigation among neighbors
and friends and figuring how many driving
horses he can dispense with and how much
added business be can do. The pleasure of
riding which his new possession makes
possible Is a purely additional premium he
gets In the package.
"One of the largest perhaps the next
largest class of automobile purchasers Is
the medical' profession, which has absorbed
a remarkable number of light cars, of the
runabout order In particular. Every
doctor's automobile retires to other em
ployment from on, to four' horses and
buggies. The automobile needs supplies
only when in actual "use on the road. The
experience of the doctor la similar to that
of the contractors and a large class of
other men whoa business requires rapid
locomotion for comparatively short
distances. 1
"Undoubtedly th large majority of auto
mobllea sold have replaced horses, this be
ing true as well of the cars purchased
merely for pleasure. In nearly all cases an
automobile will pay ita upkeep expense,
even when used merely In a pleasure way.
It Is more pleasant and leas expensive to
take an evening ride than to spend the
recreation hour of.th family in a thea
ter. Short trips toy automobile hav very
argely replaced summer pleasure travel
by rail and boat. All over th resort
regions of th country there Is a growing
complaint, thai formerr patrona are now
absent from their summer haunts, remain
ing at home and Using J.helr cars as a less
expensive method of enjoying a vacation.
Mew T.rk. Herald. i
FABJIERS AS AUTOMOBILE BUYERS
Remark .1 a Manafaet.rer on the
"Scare" Aaaoasr Western Banker.
Are too many of th Inhabitants of th
Vnlted States buying automobiles? II
th popularity of th atltomobile reached a
stag where It can be said to threaten th
financial stability of the nation? Is it
true that men have been mortgaging their
homes and farms to purchase cara?
Thes are queatlons of partloular In
terest In automobile circles. Also, they
sje question of vital importance to th
manufacturing Industry. Walter E. Flan
era, president of th B.-M.-F. company,
In letroit, bas been exceedingly fortunate
In predicting market conditions since hla
connection with th Industry. He point
to th fact that his company la now build
ing an addition to Ita main plant as an evl
dence of hla belief In th stability of the
Industry on the whole.
"Thr are and always will be a lot go
Golf Forges to . , .
. Front as Sport
Although the Game. i Young1 in Thii
Country, it it Making Giant
Strides.'
Although golf In America Is still in it
swaddling clothes as compared with the
gam on th other eld of the Atlantic, It
has much to b proud of, for unquestion
ably th royal sport has worked wonders in
a coniporatlvely short time. It is doubtful
it evert the most, optimistic devotees of
driver, and Iron ten years ago would hav
dared to predict that In 19i0 golf would give
employment to thousands and add to th
attractions of hundred of towns and vil
lages. Had he ventured such a prediction
he probably would hav been placed In
th same category as the man who prophet
sled that a heavier-than-atr machine could
fly from New Tork to Philadelphia.
Time has shown that golf Is not a pastime
to be taken lightly, but, rather, seriously;
Practically every other gam has its limi
tations as to season.' Not so with golf, for
only a foot or mora of snow will prevent
the golfer from making his rounds of th
links and weather Is never too hot to pre
vent It, either. i".
No longer does the man In the street gate
at the golfer with hi set of clubs as a
curiosity. Nor Is th "hockey player"
mark o frequently heard. One might hear
a man of th navy type Inform hi friend
that golf Is a "rotten gam," but even this
Is a sign of progress, for he knows It 1
golf and not hockey.
The huge strides golf Is making and ha
made. Is conclusive proof of its fascination,
Ten years ago th golfer had to travel
much longer to reach a golf course than he
does at present Every town of any sis
at all ha Its golf course. No seaside resort
la a complete success unless It has its own
links, and It la th knowledge that golf is
to be had that frequently brings the visitor
ana nis iamuy, this i also true of many
Inland resorts.
With regard to th employment that th
gam provides. It Is difficult to estimate
it. Professionals and their assistants,
ground keepers, caretakers. Iron head
makers, golf ball makers, etc., are depend
nt upon th game, while there are thou
sands of boys and even men, who make
their living as caddies. The list could be
considerably Increased, even to those who
earn their livelihood by making mixtures
for th extermination of worms and other
ground pests. -; ,
It seems a pity that tha expenses of golf
are such as to debar those who hav
scarcely mora than a comfortable lnoom
from participating in th pleasures of th
game, but even this may soon be relieved,
for at present there are publle links which
re very well patroniaed by persons in or
dlnary walk of Ufa. It Is quite possible,
however, that In a few years various mu
niclpalltlaa will take more of an interest In
the sport than at present, for, rapid as the
growth of the game has been it atlll Is In
Ita Infancy.
From the health point of view golf Is a
well known preserver of youth, not only
being prescribed by phyalcians as a health
restorer, but being played by physicians
themselves who practice what they preach.
A aeceaaf.l Q.e.t.
"Weil. Bill, how did you come out with
me irun company r
"Fine."
"They accepted your offer, did they?"
"Yep."
"What kind of a job did they give your
"IHdn't aive me anv."
"Then how did they accept your propo
altlon?" "I offered them the refusal of my ser
vices, and they accepted it refused 'em
light off 4 he handle." Harper's Weekly.
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The Maxwell models for 1911 are here: And again these famous cars
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urtama, wind shield and 5 lamps. . '.' . -
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Rational Speeds
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have an abundance of
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Including magneto, horn, oil lamps, tools, .tc.
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every model from the cele
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