THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 13, 1914.
BASE BALL EARNS BIG MONEY
Stockholders of Winning Clubi Oct
Only 300 to 2,000 Per Cent.
OIAHTS RANK THE HIGHEST
Fleet Oylde Milan
Holds Base Stealing
Record for Majors
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Maurice RcLoughlin to Have Another Chance at Anthony Wilding
Chicago Cnlm Are 1'rolmhtj- the rVcxt
lllKirext Money Mnkrra nnd
Their Stork Has Incrrnsed
100 Time In Value.
ttr FiiAXK a. mbmck.
NEW TOniC, March U.-Is there ny
money In base ball? Oh, not much (or
the stockholders of a winning club tht
Is, not more than dividends ranging; from
TCQ to i,tO) per cent each year. That's
alt.
And as far ns the ball player Is con
cernedwell, there Isn't much In It for
him; not more than 1200,000 or I300,fi0
that he can run up Into a million In a
few years by careful Investment under
the guidance of buslners men who tenor
nn opportunity when they see it and
who gladly slip tips to star ball players
Tho National Exhibition company In
the corporate name of the New York
Giant. It Is Incorporated under the law
of New Jersey, which laws do not con.
pel a corporation to publish or even file
a list showing earnings. Therefore, tho
exact profits garnered each year by the
Giants are a matter of speculation.
But those on the Inside of baseball
declare that tho Giants for the last thrco
j-rs. Including the world series receipt:!.
of course, have cleared close to $1,000,001
a year. The club la capltallied at JJO.OOO.
which means that tho club has paid
Hlvldends each year of $1,000 on ever
ioo Invested.
Cubs .Arel Seronil.
The Chicago Cubs, next to the Giants,
have been regarded as the biggest nony
makers In the old league. According to
Charles Webb Murpliy, domotcd proxy
of the outfit, he 'started In base ball In
IMG with one cotton shoestring and
emerged with, "over & million." That
means that Murphy alono "cleaned up"
an average of close to S1CO.O0O a year,
which Includes tho marvelous Increasu
In the price of the stock which he sold.
Murphy got nearly 310,000 for every
HM share of stock he had In tho Cubj
showing that his stock had Increased
300 times In value In something like seven
years.
The Boston Red Sox In 1912-when thiy
won the world's championship are said
to have cleared nearly $000,000. Tno
Cleveland Naps last year, although they
finished third, and were practically out
of the pennant race during the last six
Months, cleared about $113,000, according
to reports. The Athletics In 1M0, 1911 nnd
JS13 are said to have cleared over 11,000.-CCO-an
average of $500,000 a season, and
In lpl?. when they failed to grab th
pennant, they earned something over
1300.000.
Every lime anyone Intimates to a base
ball magnate that thrre's a fortune In
baseball the said magnate releases u
wall of anguish and assures the populace
that "there ain't no money to be mado
In base ball: bate ball la a losing propo
sition unless you have a pennant win
ner each year."
Isn't It odd then. In face of this state
toient, that even the magnates of tall
end teams stick to the game get a death
grip on the stock of their club and lot
CO only when some organised faction
in their own organisation forces them
out?
Skidding off now in the general direc
tion of the ball player, one finds a largo
number of Instances to show that num
bered among the next generation of mlj.
llonalres there will be quite a crowd of
ex-ball players.
Players Prosper.
Christy Mathewson of the aiaMa
started In baseball thirteen years ago
with a wIbo head, a good arm and a
pair of shoestrings. Today Matty 1m
vorth between 00,000 and $300,000 an!
the money Is coming In so fast the,,
he needs a wheelbarrow to cart It off
to the bank.
Mtty hasn't made his fortune simply
s a. player, But the game gaVe him
the atart-and It gave him the famo
that he Is coining Into dollars now.
Matty's Income for the past few years
lias been something between $30,000 and
IW.000. Some of It has come from the
exchequer of the Giants. He has 'made
large, pile "writing" articles for the
new.papers. He has "written" a bo-ik
that brings him a nice royalty, lie is
co-author of a play that brings him
mice returns. But one of hie biggest
sources of Income Is from his Invest
tnents. Matty, during his years aa the Idol of
kow tone random, h&s gained tho
friendship of many of New York's bual.
nes men, and many of the Wall street
brokers. Whenever these men learn of
a good thing" by the way of Invest
went they "slip the tip" to Matty ahd
Matty "gets ln"-nd usually he gets
oui wim a nice big profit
Frank Chanoe, manager of the Yan
kees, is worth about S3OO.O0O.
I-arry lAjote of the Naps, who was a
Woonsocket hackdrlver about eighteen
years ago, and mighty happy when he
earned $1 a day, Is worth in the neigh
borhood of $109,000 to UW.OOO.
Mordeeai Brown, once of the Cubs and
iow of the Fods, has about $50,000 stored
way In the cooler. Eddie Cotllns, the
Athletics' second sacker, Is worth around
iu,uw toaay, according to reports.
"Pity the poor ball player."
Visitors Welcome
at Ford Factory
The policy of the Ford Motor company
Is rather unique In one respect In that
every effort Is made to welcome and en
courage visitors. In Europe, and In some
of the eastern automobile factories. It Is
Impossible to gain entrance under any
pretext, visitors come to the Ford In
great numbers from all over the United
States and Europe and they average
about It a day. For their reception and
guidance a staff of from twenty-five to
thirty guides is available and a goodly
proportion of these are or the Jpb con
stantly. They Uke the visitors around
the plant In small groups and over a
regular route, jmuch aa a Cook's touring
party is shown the high spots of a foreign
country. Of courto summer, when visitors
to Detroit are most numerous, sees the
largest crowds at the Highland Park
plant, but the number of sightseers keeps
vp pretty well throughout trie year. The
r.ame and address of every Visitor Is kept
In a register.
Kt. tools reds Have Sis.
The Bt. Louis Feds get six major
languors in the distribution 'if Federal
league players. They aro Brown, man
ager; Crandall, pltrhr; Brldwell. short
stop; WllJey. pitcher; Harley, catcher.
una Orwra, pitcher.
MAURICE M'LOUGIILIN.
Maurice McLoughlln, premier American,
tennis player, will have an opportunity
this summer to avenge the defeat admin
istered by Anthony F. Wilding, Interna
tional singles champion, In London last
summer. Wilding Is to captain the Aug.
trallan quartet that will come to this
A pleasant way to spend your noon
hour, especially during rainy weather, Is
to play chess or checkers at the Omaha
Chess and Checker club. The monthly
dues are a trifle; the pastime Is a clean
one and will benefit you mentally and
morally; and the location Is convenient,
being on the third floor of the Con
tinental block, Fifteenth and Douglas
streets. The best players In the club
will be delighted to teach you .the same
of chess It you are not an expert, or to
beat you at It If you are.
Exactly duplicating the score which
earned for him the title of champion of
the Manhattan Chess club not long ago,
A. Kupchlk, tho new star in the chess
firmament, wound up his schedule in tho
championship tournament of tho Pro
gressive Chesa club yestorday by drawing
his final same against W, Llsbaron af tor
a hard fight lasting fifty moves. Kup
chlk finished Witt) a total score- of 10 to 3,
representing nine victories' and two drawn
games, with Uebensteln and Llsbaron.
respectively. Theao are the exact fig-
urea he made In the Manhattan Chens
club tourney, but In that competition he
was 'not so closely, pressed toward, the
end aa h is now. ' la neither tourna
ment did he lose' a single game, his per
formance of . twenty-two games against
opponents of championship caliber with
out a defeat being a record Unsurpassed
in Metropolitan chess. In his final game
with Llsbaron he was hard pressed at
one stage, but he held steady and workad
out a draw from a rook and pawn end
In. While sure of at least tying for tho
first prise Kupchlk, despite his remark
able play. Is not yet quite out of the
woods. The reason for this is that
Charles Jaffa, whom Kupchlk defeated
In their individual encounter, has a score
pf 9 to 1. with an unfinished game in
hand. In tho event of his winning this
game he will tie Kupchlk and a supple
mentary match will be necessary. Tno
adjourned game In question Is with O.
Ch&Jes. It may be won by either player,
as It was broken off in a very compli
cated position.
Follows the score of . a game between
J. Q. Fort of Omaha and A. M. Furr of
Uncoln, contestants , In the state corre
spondence . tournament, .now, going on.
Rumor has It that. Mr. Fort'la the man
to bo beaten before the honors are won.
White, Fort.
mack, iurr.
P-K
Kt KB.
t.l
P-K4
.... Kt-QB3
B-B4
P-gB3.'.'.'.'.'.'.'iK."."'."
3 ...
4 ...
5 ...
6 I..
7 ...
KI-B3
I'-US
.'?:'.V..t
fV"'
.
P-QJ
B-KU
... Kt-KKtS
U-lvS
gict-qs...
P.QI
B-KKtS...
('units-...
. 8 ...
."9 ...
.10 ...
.Ml ...
, 1) ...
.13....
.... Castles
ict-m
PxP
KtxQP
PxP
Q-QJ
PxP.
P-KS
KtxP....
n-K hi. .
K-QB sq
KtxBP. .
QxK
lixKt....
Q-KScb.
QxRcl).
R-Ksq..
R-IC7....
IV.
. rt-KHt
QR-K q
Rxll ch
...;1S'
n
u
ItxKt
PxB(a)
.v K-KU(b)
i
a
... K-na
Kt-m
. S BxPch
K-Rsq
Kt-Q5
Ana wime announced mate in six,
la) Kt-K3 Is best.
(b) If Q.B sq. thereto BxU ch.
The following "dream of .a game, with
notes and an appeal to the vletlm," Is
taken from "Earn Loyd and Ills Chess
Problems." by Alain White. Loyd'a ob.
Ject Is to find In how few moves white
may be stalemated without capture by
either tide. .Ills notes will be found
in'MPB'
P-UHaj 1
y.qilj)
country In June to attempt to lift the
Davis trophy. McLoughlln lost his
match with Wilding In thre? 'straight
seta. Anthony F. Wilding of . Australia,
world's champion singles tennis player,
will- cnptnln' the Australian' team that Is
scheduled to come to America this sum
mer. Q-Q2(c 3 P-K4(d)
P-QK(e) ,.. s P-KB(f)
Q-iM(ff) 4 P-KBt(h)
P-IU(l). S B-K2(J
Q-Klt2(k) S B-K30)
lM(m) 7 P-QBt(n)
R-lCKtS(o) 8 Q-QR4ch(p)
Kt-Q2(q) s B-lW(r)
P-KHJ(s) 10 B-Kt6(t)
P-Q5(u) U P-KMv)
P-QBl(w) P-B3(x)
(a) A favorite debut of the late Dr.
Zukertort.
(b) A strong defense recommended by
modern authorities.
(c) As played by Guaberg against
CBlackburne.
(d) Very Stclnltxlan. for if 3 PxP. PxP;
QxQ ch, KxQ; and as castling after tho
exchange of queens Is not recommended,
Black has gained the move.
(o) This move was played with great
success by Prof. Ware against Stelnits
tn the Vienna tourney.
(f) Very hazardous and contrary to
Laskera Chess Instructor, nevertheless a
good move.
(b) Trying to wn the king's pawn.
(h) Preparing to drive the queen back
by E...P-KU.
(i) Prenorlng.a temporary retreat for
the queen in order to advance the pawns.
(J) Evidently with the objoct of play
ing to K-KU
(k) A. Judicious albeit masterly retreat
characteristic of the champion's play.
(!) Tp prevent the advance of pawn to
QB4.
(m) A unique variation of the "meadow
hay" as Introduced by one of Boston's
many champions,
(n) A clever attempt to open tho
queen's file.
(o) Hoping to get the knight's pawn In
exchango for the queen's pawn.
(P)-A powerful stroke for If 9 TCt-QBi,
PxP. etc, while If 9 B-Q3, QxP; 10 ....
Q-ns: 11 .... OxKt. etc.
q Very Judicious, as Black daro not
now take the pawn.
(r) A beautiful coup; It 10 nxP, r-ICC
Wins at once.
(s)-Not daring to move the rook. While
now attempts to relieve his position by
bringing about an. exchange of pawns.
hi uiacK nas secured sucn a strong
position' that he offers the bishop in order
io prevent i;ie cutting otr or me queen's
attack by P-B3.
(u) A wonderful move as shown by the
sequel.
ivi a crushing move which threatens
to win both queen and rook by the ad
vance of the bishop's pawn.
(w) Probably the most subtle move on
record, whleh owns up the much dls
puttd question as to whether a player
Is justified In making a bad move, bo-
Having mat nis opponent would not tee
the correct reply. White has taken des
perate 1 chances, for he has deliberately
left. himself open to enforced mate In five
moves, which none but a, first-class prob
lemist could solve within the time limit,
.Which seems to Justify the manoeuver
noiuuona inviteai. iiiacK, nowever, in
stead of forcing the mate, fell Into the
trap, as 999 out of 1.000 masters would do,
and played P-B5,
(x) Marvelous to relate, White la stale,
mated and cannot move, although not a
pawn has been exchanged on either side.
A contingency which authorities have
claimed could not occur In less than
twenty moves. But here comes the real
problem of the situation, which has been
submitted for arbitration to the greatest
masters without arriving at a eat la fac
tory conclusion. White, falling to ob
serve that ho was stalemated, pondered
over the move so long that his clock ran
down, and his opponent claimed the game
on the time limit. Now, where Is the Jus
tice of making the player lose the game
for falling to perform the Impossible? He
could not move, and yet ho forfeits the
gnme because he failed to move. I fall
to flnC any rule which states that a
Player must nnnounce that he Is stale
mated. The player achieving the stale
mate generally announces the fact. More
over, the player In this case was a for
eigner who could not speak the Ian-guage.-and
he maintained that the only
law which cQvora the case says that a
player must pot stop his clock until he
has made his move.
s
Rules of tournament: Contestants must
reside In Nebraska or Iowa. Solutions
must Im mailed within two weeks after
appearance of problem. Tourney con-
J slats of twenty-l problems, and '.he con-
tlant who solves the greatest number
ii
ANTHONY
shall be declared winner. In case of a
tie other problems shall be submitted to
tho contestants who are tied until the tie
Is broken. The prize Is a $5 set of chess
men, (or anything ot equal value selected
by tho winner). Address all correspond
ence to E. M. Alkln, 1G03 Harney street,
Omaha.
Tourney problem- No. 11.
BLACK (eight pieces).
WHITE (seven pieces).
Mate in two.
Tourney Problem No. 8 Q-n$. Solved
by L. E. Mlnler, Oakland. Neb.'; II. 8.
Nielsen, Blair; n. J. Hansen. Blair; Dr.
J. W. Brendel, Avoca, Neb.; George N.
Beymour, Elgin; W. E. Fenlon, Garrison;
Dr. J. M. Curtis, Otto Kruse, Fort Cal
houn; Q. E. Cypher, Polk; H. Thomsen,
Omaha; Ernest Flsch, Qlenville; W. M.
Campbell, Lincoln; Jacob Bass, Benson:.
F. C, Sweartngen, Havelock; J. G. Fort,
Omaha; L. A. Tyson. Elm wood; A. L.
Joseph, Grand Island; Mrs. L. R. Marr,
Fort Calhoun; William C. Findley, Bel
levue; Mrs. R, C. Moore, Omaha; II. D.
Lanyon.' Little Sioux; Verne K. Vlele.
Norfolk.
The problem furnished by William
Campbell proved a stumbling block for
three or four of the solvers. The correct
answer Q-R3-was sent In by Dr. Curtis,
Dr. Brendel, W. E. Fenlon, II. 8, Nielsen.
II. Thomsen. Ernest Frlsch. Mrs. L. R-,
Marr and Jacob Sabs. Mi1.. Fenlon writes:
"I tUwk I worked longer on this 3-er-
tha.5 a any other there are so many dif
fered Vaswera for black."
SUHJ-DULE FOR SATURDAY
LEAGUE IS ANNOUNCED
Following is the schedule ot the Satur
day league for the first seven weeks.
April 11 Gas company against Audi
torium i-narmacy, Telephone company
against Armour. Pagomaa against
Eagles. Omaha National bank against
Overlands.
April 18 Gas company against
Armours. Telephone company against
Auditorium Pharmacy, Pagomas against
Ovorlands, Omaha National bank against
Eagles.
April IS Q as company against Tele
phene company. Armours against Audi
torium Pharmacy, Pagomas against
Omaha National bank, Overlands against
jiugies.
May 3Gas company against Omaha
National bank, - Telephone company
against Eagles. Armours against Ovur
lands. Pagomas against Auditorium
Pharmacy.
May 9 Gas company against Overlands,
Telephone company against Omaha
National bank. Armours against Pa
gomas, Eaglta against Auditorium Phar
macy. May 16 Gas company against Pagomas,
Telephone company against Overlands,
Arirours against Eagles, Omaha Na
tional bank against Auditorium l'hur
macy. May 31 Gas company against Eagle,
Telephone company against Pagnmas,
Armours against Omaha National bank,
Overlands against Auditorium Pharmacy.
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F. WILDINO.
Rourke Family
Starts Practice
Monday Morning
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)sefore. Oh, very, very bright, but for
reasons, sometimes explicable and some
times not, suddenly shifted. But this year
prospects are not only, brighter than us
ual, but by his 'irreproachable system of
mathematics Pa' has- figured out by tho
law.of gravity, ahd a fow1- other physical
laws, . that Mr. B. L. whichstands for
unfortunate circumstances-will be com
paratively whipped. The first "aonk taken
'at Mr. Bad Luck is the training at home.
When Pa and his athletes gamboled upon
the greens ot foreign cities, cither the
water or the cllmatlo conditions brought
forth cries of anguish from the athletes
who were constantly on the alert for ex
cuses of indisposition. Anyway Mr. B. J
was continually on the Job When the ath
leteshlked to unfamiliar parts. In Omaha,
though, tho boys are well acqalnted or
will soon become well acquainted and Pa
has the whole police force on the lookout
for any emissaries of the aforesaid Mr.
B. L. Thus thero will bo no unfortunate
circumstances, during training season, es
pecially as Brother Dave is using the
same rake he did last Bt. Patrick's day
.and thus will prevent any accidents whlck
may paralyse life or limb.
All of the players will be blowing Into
Omaha this week. Some of the boys
'are already here and others are sched
uled to arrive today and tomorrow. All
the others should be here during this
week, as their orders ' were to be on
hand by March 16, tomorrow. Some of
those, Ilka Bell, who abide in distant
climes, will be later arriving than others,
but their transportation was sent to
them in plenty of time for them to make
the trip hero before Wednesday. Others
ot tho players live closer to Omaha and
should not take over a few hours ride
to gt here. In speaking ot all the
players, Mr, M, Krug Is not Included.
-Mr,NKrug Ir eo far away he Is not ex
$ected at nil. .
Tho case of Kmg Is ' a peculiar one
and Pa 'Rourke nor. anybody else can
deduce the whys or wherefores of that
gentleman. Early In . the year Krug
scorned Pa'a perfectly . good offer and
.wrote a very .sassy epistle to Pa. Pa
was mildly surprised at Mr Krugs ac
tions so he returned . tho contract with
a suggestion that Mr. Krug use a little
common sense, Krug' has not as yet
taken the advice ahd. probably will not
do' so. All of which leads to the con
clusion tint Bell will play left 'field.
This concuslon pleased Brother DaVe
very much, because Dave has taken a
liking to the way Bell .writes his let
ters. "Why, dawgawnlt. that kid writes
an intelligent letter," chirps Dave, "1
think he's a pretty good player. And
that Krug, he writes a flip letter, so he
can't be much tf a ball player,"
Krug has been offered top .money for
a Wtrn league player, but his brief
spell with Boston, during which he got
his fingers on some soft world's seiiaj
money while he sat on the bench and
kept quiet, so enamored him with Mg
figures that he can't talk minor leaguo
sums anymore.
With Bell living up to expectations
the Omaha outfield should be In a class
with any one in the league. The In
field looks Just as good. Chase, Clancy,
Thomas. Ward, 8chlpko and Wallaco
will strive for the positions, with tne
i:'
odds favoring tho first four mentioned.'
Wallace, however, might be such an
Improvement that he will make a regu
lar position. Behind the bat aro Sites
tak, Rubers and Smith. Uondlng can
also Mill be classed as a .catcher nnd
another receiver will be coming before
long from Cleveland. Shestnk Is sure
to bo good and the cagerneus to learn
displayed by Rogers and Smith has dem
onetntttul thH,t, - even though they are
too unfinished for success this year, they
should be excellent potential material.
The pitching class is completely signed
up 'with Brcntrer, Ormsby, Stevcncson,
Stevens, Aloxander, Hicks, Brady nnd
thi Clysman brothers. Four of the
twlrlcrs, it Is known, will bo good, while
It Is almost equally certain that thrco
more will be Just ns good. The hurlcrs
should bo much better than In previous
years.
SPRING FOOT BALL
. TRAINING IS NEXT
(Continued from Page One.)
Nebraska can hope for any better success
on track than In the Inst three years.
In Zumwlnkle nnd Reeee. the Hunkers
nave two sprinters of ordinary ability,
with. Wherry a closo third.
In field events the Huskers should
Cub Meyers Is one of
.. . - . . , , - .
me UCSl junipers WIO Iiuancin lltxa nau v
some time, nnd with Reavls nnd Llnd
strum in the pole vault, tho Huskers have
a sterling pair. Meyers Is also an excel
lent shot, putter and discus thrower and
should be ot material assistance to tho
squad.
The Huskers have a heavy track season
facing them, 'ncludlng dual meets with
Minnesota and Kansas and entries In tho
Missouri Yalley conference meet, the
Western conference meet and the Drake
relay races.
One hundred entries are expected for
the next high school basket ball tourna
ment. Sixty-four ehtered the tourna
ment, closing tonight, and every one
showed up to play, although Stiver Creek
failed to arrive In time to take its place
In the regular initial round and had to
Btart in the consolation.
Basket Ball Tourney.
Reed hold a meetlnir -with tlip mnnnenra
of the basket ball teams and Invited sug
gestions from them, all relatives to the
management ot the tournament. Throuch
the appointment of a committee tp look
aftor all matters of arbitration with re
gard to officials and floor tules, much of
tho COtliblatnt' Of defeated lllffh arhnnla
was eliminated in thlfl tournament. Reed
will Incorporate the records of the toum'.
ament in the annual whlcn he. is prepar
ing to publish this summer. The tourna
ment gave Nebraska the honor of having
the largest high school athletic oriranlxn.
tlon in the United States.
Kansas Is nn to Its old tricks nn,i
claiming the basket ball championship of
tno Missouri Valley conference. Th
Cornhuskers came through with a clean
score, and eo did Kansas. NVbnabii u-a .
defeated by Wesleyan, however, a non-
conrerence member, and Kanoos Is using
tho defeat as a means or rorwardlng Its
claims.
The Hunker claim Is Just as trood u ih
Jayhawkera, and It was the foolish ob
jections made by Kansas which prevented
tno playing of post season cames to dn-
termlno tho supremacy between the north
and south divisions of the conference.
Kansas demanded that It be allowed to
fix all of the Conditions, and to this
Coach Stlehm would not assent
It Is Just such antics of Kansas that
have caused the demand In certain cir
cles for a cancellation of relations.
Question for Fans,
Why do the Sox and Cubs choose their
training camps so far apart? The South
Eiders always like to be near the western
coast, while the Cubs spend ihclr spring
out on the eastern coast.
(Mysteries of Rheumatism
Practically Solved
Mm is Iks Timet af a ReaarkaSfe Arlidofa
8. S. S, Is a Eejclar Wkard
Shatnisatlsm is often the effect of aomo
ether blood affliction that haa left Its Im
press In the Joints, muscle and muooua
oovsrlos of the body. It works Into the
tissue cells, those tiny, little bodlea la
v&leb Mtrttion com on. And It U here
that a most remarkable medletn known
as 8. 8. B. does Ita most aotlvo and moat
efl active work.
IU action la narrelotw. Bed-ridden
tneomatieal get on their feet as If by
snagta. That cold, clammy sensation that
xnate yon bog a red hot store la gone tn
a twinkling. That ex emulating pain that
made a feather lay as heavy as a ton of
coal on the skin la gone. Ton get up and
daaoo with glee.
Tour rheumatism la go do absolutely!
It Is an actual logical fact, that Swift's
Bar Bpeotno flaabea your blood, gives
your entire blood circulation a fine
tnoroagh bath. It Just naturally and In a
wrlaHn UricataB tXota la ?ous
game, but In two contests, one against
New York nnd one against Detroit, ho
Was dTcdltcd with three larcenies. Ed
Sweeney was behind tho bat when Clydo
tOle thrco bases against the Yankees and
Henry Rondeau wns tho Tigers' maskman
when tho National flyer ndded a trio of
larcencles to his record.
Wlndpaddlst's on whom Milan made two
steolR In games last season wero McKeo
of Detroit, twice; Sweeney of New York,
ence; Thomas ot Boston, once; Cndy of
Boston, twice; Citrrlgan of Boston, once,
O'Neill of Cleveland, once; Lapp ot
Philadelphia, once; Schaus of Philadel
phia, once, and McAllcster of St. Louta,
once. Milan's seventy-four thefts wero
distributed through sixty contests, ho
stealing three bases In each of two
Camcs; 'two bases In each of ten games,
and ono base In each of forty-eight
games. May waa tho month in which
Milan showed his most speed and skill
cn the bases, ha then executing seventeen
steals. He committed fourteen thefts In
June, twelve In July, twelve In August,
eleven In April, six In September nnd
tw,o In October.
Sam Agnew of the Browns and Ed
Sweeney of the Yankees had tho honor
of turning Milan back oftencst when ho
set out In thieving expeditions. Each
receiver frustrated four of 'his" attempts
at burglary. Jack Lapp of tho White
Elephants nipped Milan thrice, and eo
did Steve O.'Nelll of tho Naps and Bill
Carrlpan . of the - Red Sox. Tho only
windpaddlsts who flagged Milan twice
In one game was Agncw of St. Louis,
Sum turning tho trick on Juno 3. Milan
was caught trying to steal second tv.cn-ty-thrco
tlmas, third six times and homo
once. The men on whom he mado his
steals nnd the men who caught him
when he eswyed to pilfer are named
bolow:
MILAN'S SUCCESSFUL STEALF.
Against Cleveland, 14 On O'Neill, 7;
Cnrlsch, 5: Land. 2.
Against New York, IS On Sweeney, 8;
Goseett, 4; Smith, 1.
Agaln.it Detroit, 13 On McKce, 6; Ron
deau, 4; StRtinge, 2; Gibson, 1.
Against Boston, 12 On Carrlgan, 5;
Cody, 3; Thomas, 2: Nunamaker, 2.
Against Philadelphia, 0 On Lapp, 6;
Schanjr, 2; Gelbel, 1.
Against St. Louis, 9 On Agncw, 4; Jlc
A He tor. 4; Alexander, 1.
Against Chicago, 5 On Schalk, 4; East
erly, .
MILAN'S UNSUCCESSFUL STEALS.
Against Philadelphia, 6 By Lapp, 3;
Schang, 2.
Against St. Louis, E By Agnew, 5; Mc
Allcster, 1.
Against Oleveland, 5 By O'Neill, 3;
Carlsch, 2.
Against New York, 6 By Sweeney, 4;
Ooasett, 1.
Against Boston, 5 By Carrlgan, 3;
Cedy. 2.
Against Detroit, 3 By Rondeau, 1; Mc
Kec, 1; Stanage, 1.
Against Chicago, 2 By Easterly, lj'
Kuhn, 1.
Boxers Care Less
for Prize Fights
NEW YORK, March 14.-Modern box
ers no longer care for prize ring glory.
Their one boast now Is the amount ot
money they command for their services.
For a boxer to evince pride In his nklll
as a fighting man has gone out of fashion.
Very few can be induced to confess that
the plaudits of the crowd give them
Pleasure.
McFarland, Gibbons, Kllbano, Ritchie,
Coulon, not one of tho lot cares what the
public thinks of him so long as the money
continues to roll In. Adverse crltclsm
worries them not at all. It Is really re
markable how Gibbons can have tlia
nerve to stall through his bouts the way
he does, despite the hoots and Jeers of
tho crowd which Is paying him for hia
work.
Talk to McFarland and he will tell you
that his one wish is to be forgotten the
moment he casts aBlde the gloves for the
last time, Wolgast says he Is glad he Is
no longer a champion, nslde from the
fact that tho loss of his title means
smaller purses. Even Gunboat Smith,
who Is tho fire-eater of tho present set,
has caught the prevailing spirit and pro
fesses to be bored by publicity.
A different condition of affairs existed
In the1 old days before the big purses now
prevalent camo into fashion. When John
L. wns In his prime, a championship
meant more to Its holder than Its cash
value. In fact, thero was little besides
the honor of winning to reward the victor
In many a hard-fought battle.
But modern conditions have changed
all that. With the' coming of the high
brow boxer tho old ideals have passed
out. No doubt boxing has been elevated
by tho advent of more brainy men with
their highly commercialized methods, but
much of the glory has departed.
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