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TUESDAY. MARCH 10
GAME
CALLED AT
3:30 P. M.
TY COBB AND NAP RUCKER IN
AUGUSTA UNIFORM AGAINST
BROOKLYNS TOMORROW P.M.
Game Will Be Called at 3:30 O’clock and Larqc Crowd
Will No Doubt Attend. Manaqer Robinson Announces
His Line Un for the Game.
The bis same between the Augusta
und Brooklyn clubs will he played to
morrow afternoon, beginning at 3: SO
o’clock, at Warren Park. The grand
stand will be in such shape as to ac
commodate the people and the price
of admission will be Mi cents.
With Nap Rucker and Ty Cobb play
ing for the Augusta team the game
is sure to be the occasion for a large
number of people to attend. Nap will
twirl for the team which he played
for in the da+'s of long ago, and not so
long ago, either, for Nap is yet young
and spry. Anyway, visions of Lou
Castro, Ducky Holmes, Andy Roth,
and a great many others will arise
when the fans see Nap trot out on
the Held In an Augusta uniform.
Ty Cobb, the peerless ballplayer, who
Is recognized as the king of them all.
Is There Any Money in Baseball?
Read This Article Then Decide
Whether There Is or Not
By FRANK G. MENKE.
New York.—ls there any money in
baseball? Oh. not much for the stock
holders of a winning club—that is.
not more than dividends ranging from
300 to 2,000 tier cent each year. That's
all.
And as far as the ball player is
concerned—well, there isn't much in
it for him; not more than $200,000
or $200,000 that he can run up into
a. million in a few years by careful
investment under toe (guidance of
business men who know an oppor
tunity when they see it and who glad
ly tips to star ball players.
The National Exhibition Company
is the corporate name of the New
York Giants, it's incorporated under
the laws of New Jersey, which laws
do not compel a corporation to pub
lish orj&ven tile a list showing earn
ings. iTierefore, the exact profits
garnered each year by the Giants are
a matter of speculation.
Cleared Most $1,000,000.
But those on the inside of basebali
declare that the Giants for the past
three years, including the world se
ries receii ts, of course, have cleared
close to lI.OOOUOo a year. The club
is capitalized at $50,000, which means
that the club ha 3 paid dividends each
year of $2,000 on every SIOO invest
ed.
The Chicago Cubs, next to the
Giants have been regarded as the big
gesi money-makers in the old league.
According to Charles Webb Murphey
demoted prexy of the outfit, he start
ed in baseball in 1905 With ope cot
ton shoestring and emerged with
"over a million," That means that
Murphy alone “cleaned up” an aver
age of close to $150,000 a year, which
Includes the marvelous increase In
the price of the stock which lie sold.
Murphy got nearly SIO,OOO for every
SIOO share of stock he had in the
Cubs —showing that his stock had in
creased 100 times in value in some
thing like seven years.
Red Sox—s6oo,ooo.
The Boston Red Sox in 1912 —When
they won the world’s championship
—are said to have cleared nearly
SOOO,OOO. The Cleveland Naps last
year, although they finished third,
and were practically out of the pen
nant race during the last six months,
cleared about $150,000, according to
reports. The Athletics in 1910. 1911
and 1913 are said to have cleared over
$1.500,000 —an average of $500,000 a
season, and in 1912 when they Tailed
to grab the pennant, they earned
something over $200,000.
Every time anyone intimates to a
OPING OIL
G/IME FOR CITY
Tickets for This Game Can be
Procured From the John J.
Miller Cigar Store and Gar
delle’s.
As has been announced in The Her
ald. the first same of the season for
the Augusta baseball team, will be
played Wednesday at Warren Park,
with the Brooklyn Dodders. The game
will be (filled at 3:30 o’clock.
Tickets for this same' can he pro
cured from the John J. Miller Cigar
Store or (lardelle’s drug store, they
being put on sale Tuesday. There Is
expected to be a rush, as every one
wants to see the first game, so the
fans had . I ter not wait until the last
(minute to purchase them.
This game is being played for the
purpose of raising funds to cover the
expenses of the repairs to the grand
stand Nap Rucker will pitch for Au
gusta and Ty Cobb will play in the
outfield. These too men are expected
to show the fans a few things.
Rrouthers says that he wdll give
Manager Robinson, of the Brooklyn
boys a hard fight. When "Babe" says
a thing like this, there must be some
thing doing, as he Is a man of very
few words He had a few of the boys
down at the park this morning, get
ting them in shape for this game. The
Augusta baseball fans have been cry
ing for a real game for the past two
years, and now that they have it.
there is expected to be a large crowd of
them to turn out.
Skirts dry cleaned, 50c up.
Augusta French Dry Cleaning
Co., Fone 2976. W. D. T. B.
First Baseball Game for Augusta Be Played Tomorrow
will play for the Augusta team also.
Ty will leave the next day to Jotrt the
Detroit team and will play with the
Tigers against New Orleans on Sun
day.
Both Nap and Ty are Immensely
popular in Augusta. Nap Is one of the
greatest piteherg In the business and
he is regarded by many ns the peer of
left handers.
Manager Robinson announces bis
line-up as follows:
Cutshaw, second base; Daubert, first
base; Wheat, left field; Smith, third
base; Stengel, right field; Rlggert,
center field; O'Mara, shortstop; Mil
ler and Fisher, catchers, and Reulbach,
Ragan and Allen, pitchers.
Manager Brouthers of the Augusta
Club is unable to furnish his line-up
at this time. However, Cobb and
Rucker are certain to play.
baseball magnate that there’s a for
tune in baseball the said magnate re
leases a wail of anguish and assures
the populace that "there ain't no
money to lie made in baseball; base
ball is a losing proposition unless you
have a pennant winner each year."’
Isn’t it od thden, in face of this
statement, that even the magnates of
tail end teams to the game—get a
death grip on the stock of their club
and let go only when some organized
taction in their own organization
lorces them out?
. , B a I• Players' Harvest.
Skidding off now in the general di
rection oi the ball player one finds
a large number of instances to show
that numbered among the next genpr
ation of millionaires there will he
quite a crowd of ex-ball players
Christy Mathews,m, of the Giants,
started in baseball thirteen years ago
with a wise head, a good arm and a
pair of shoestrings. Todav Matty is
worth between $200,000 and $300,000
and the money Is coming in so fast
time he needs a wheelbarrow to cart
ia off to the bank.
Matty hasn't made his Tortune sim
ply as a player. But the game gave
bun the start—and it gave him the
lame he is coining into dollars now.
Matty s income for the past few years
has been something between $30,000
and $40,000. Some of it has come
•rom tile exchequer of the Giants He
has made a large pile ''writing” ar
ticles tor the newspapers. He has
' written a hook that brings him a
nice royalty. He is co-author of a
I ? r , lnKS - ll * m n,ce rutnms.
Bui One of liis biggest sources of in
come Is from hi 3 investments.
Matty, during his years as the idol
of New York fandom, has gained the
friendship of many of New York s
business men, and many of the Wall
Street brokers. Whenever these men
learn of a ' good tiling” bv tne way
of investment they "slip the tip to
Matty and Matrv “gets in"—and usu
aHv he gets out with a nice big
'] roTit.
Frank Chance, manager of the Yan
kees. is worth about $200,000.
Lajoie, of the Naps, who was
a Woodsocket hackdrlver about 18
years ago, and mighty happy when
he earned $2 a dav is worth in the
neighborhood of SIOO,OOO to $l5O 000
Mordecai Brow-n, once of the Cubs
and now of the Feels., has about SSO
000 stored away in the cooler. Eddie
Collins, the Athletic second Barker,
is worth around $50,000 today, ac
codring to reports.
“Pity the poor ball player.”
YALE CREW MATERIAL
IS NOT VERY HEAVY
The Men Are Taller, Older and
Lighter Than They Usually
Are. Coxswain Candidates
Average 114 Pounds.
New Haven, Conn.—Crew material
at Yale is light, compared with previ
ous years according to gymnasium fig
ures given out for the 103 candidates
for the ’varsity squad.
The men are taller, older and lighter
the average weight being 166 2-5
pounds, as against 167 1-4 last yenr,
and 171 pounds two years ago. Ten
coxswain candidates average 114
pounds each.
"The stroke which we have decided
upon is a modification of the long
body swing, said Richard Armstrong,
graduate rowing adviser, as used by
Harcourt Gould last season The new
stroke will depend more on the slides
for Its power. The recovery will be
started by getting the hands away
from the body quickly, the body be
ing held In an upright position."
The shortening of the sweep Is a
distinct change from the so-called
pure English stroke used last year by
Yale. American center rigging will
be used on the shells exclusively.
In addition to the Harvard race at
New Jxindon and the triangular race
with Cornell and Princeton on May 23,
Armstrong said Yale will enter a crew,
irobably the freshman boat at the
"American Henley,” on May 16.
BEST FAMILY LAXATIVF.
Beware of constipation. TTse D'.
King's New Life Pills and keep well.
Mrs. Charles E. Smith, of West Frank
lin, Me., calls them "our family laxa
tive." Nothing better for adults or
aged. Oet them today, 25c All drug
gists or by mall.
H. E. Bucklin & Co. Philadelphia or St.
Lou la.
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1 1 *s the Man With the Swat Who
Collects the Stuff; Baseball*s
Hall of Fame Shows It
New York.—Here Is a poem. It is
so labeled because If it weren't a lufgg
number of people might not know hist
what we were attempting. This poem,
Is Witten with apologies to Ilill (Mil
len Bryant, who swatted over .400 in
tilt Poetic Dengue for a large number
of years;
A Poem.
So swat, thnt when thy summons
elites to sign
A contract for the Voxt six month*
to play
In that major league realm where
each onr rhall tuk'
His chamber in Baseball's Hall of
Fame,
Thou go not like a guy afraid to ask
For a boost In pay; but susta'ned
and soothed
By a lusty swat record, approach thy
boss
hike one who is doing him a huge
favor.
And deniarrtl about four thousand more
per year.
If Post-Mortem ceremonies are eon
ducted over this poem they will re
veal the fact that It ts intended as a
hit of advice to ambitious hushers. It
means that the baseball bloke who Is
handy with the mace, even though a
lilt unwieldy on hoof and slightly in
clined to foor.le line drives. Is the man
who can demand —and get—the bulkv
pay envelope.
It’s their wonderful hatting prowess
more than their fielding skill that
have kept I-ajoie and Wagner in the
big tent years after those who started
out wrth them as kids were pushed
into the sideshow and the discard. The
marvelous batting skill of M t ap An
son of the old Chicago Colts, kept him
in the game at least six yenrs after
his fielding had slumped to the point
where he was hardly good enough for
the minors.
Tyrua Raymond.
Hy Cobh is a wonderful all-around
player, but it’s his hitting ability that
has hnnexed for him a contract that
calls for one of the highest salaries
ever paid a ball player. Joe Jackson,
of the Naps, Is an ordinary fielder,
vet because he Is a demon with the
hickory he la regarded as one of tpo
most valuable ball players In captivity.
Frank Baker, of the Athletics, Is a
a fair inflelder, and rather slow on the
paths, but he Is one of the greatest
batsmen the game ever has known.
BOWLING EVENT
MDlipiET
Annual Tournament to Be Held
at Atlantic City From April
Bth to the 29th.
New York.—ln representative bowl
ers, th.- annual tournament for the
lour American championships to be
held in Atlantic City, N. V., from
April 8 to April 29. will attract n er
est from all sections of the United
States and Canada. Inquiries and re
ouests for entry blanks received every
day by Major M. W. Gage, the secre
tary, whose headquarters arc- at 50.1
Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. T., Indi
cate this. ,
Major Gage received word from
Walter Hartley, formerly a member of
the Brooklyn Interstate championship
team, saying he would head a team ot
six men from Pasadena, Cal., to Atlan
tic City. Hartley Is now a resident ot
the .Sunset State. These six men will
Journey all the way across the Amer
ican continent to make bowling lds
l°New Jersey bowlers report that they
will be strongly represented at Atlan
tic City. Newark plans to send a do*
en teams. Paterson Is conducting a
campaign for fifteen under the aus
pices of tile. Passaic Country Bowling
Association. Hoboken will have a half
dozen. New Brunswick has arranged
for five and 'l'renton for as many.
in Connecticut perhaps a dozen will
go to the seaside, while upper New
York Is a veritable hotbed for N. B. A.
competitors. Utica alone will have
five teams.
The situation In New York and
Brooklyn Is excellent. Forty-two al
ready have made arrangements to
compete. The New York Bowling As
sociation Is forming campaign commit
tees for the purpose of pushing the
national tournament.
HOPEFUL FOR BETTER
RACING CONDITIONS
Plenty of Evidence That Those
Interested Are Expecting
Much Better Conditions.
New York.—fn spite of Ihe faet that
racing has passed through a number
of extremely lean years, there Is plenty
of evidence that those most directly
Interested are hopeful of bettr condi
tions In the near future. Enough train
ers and Jockeys have applied for and
received licenses thus far this year to
make a resectable showing even In
the palmy days, when racing held the
boards without intermission from early
In the spring until late In the fall.
No less than 155 trainers received
credentials at the -most recent meet
ing of the Jockey Club. While dozens
of those will undoubtedly appear fn the
additional role of owner, the list con
tains the names of many veteran
handlers of the thoroughbred
In the matter of Jockeys, too, Hie
Eastern turf will he well supplied.
Sixty-six of these, veterans and bud
ding talent, have received official rec
ognition. Including practlcully all the
riders with whom the followers of the
sport became familiar 'luring the ab
breviated season of 1913.
Gloves Cleaned, any length,
10c. Augusta French Dry
Cleaning Co,, Fone 2976. W.
T. B
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
And so lie draws a mighty husky sal
ary as Athletic salaries go—because
of bis hitting
Charles Hickman, the old "Plano
Bogs," always was something of a
shins as a Bolder, \et he could eon* l
nect with the hall regularly and with |
terrific km pact. And that kept him In
the guute for many years after Ills
slight fielding usefulness had gone. :
Charlie Rossman, first saeker of the j
Naps and Tigers some years ago, was ,
a mediocre fielder and atrociously er- |
ractle aa a thrower. Blit because he
could hit he stuck around longer than
he would base otherwise.
Many Instance*
Baseball history shows hundreds of
such Instances. And, also, It shows ]
that hundreds of players who had few j
peers as fielders, but who could not
hit. flushed Into view along the major
league horizon and soon after dimmed
and faded entirely They couldn’t hit
—and so they didn’t belong.
"Rhody" Wallace, the Brownie vet
eran, has been shunted off to the aide ,
lines. He slowed up a lilt on his field
ing and was sent into the discard.
Were he good batter he still would
belong. "Bill" Bradley, regarded as
one of the greatest third basemen of
all time, was shoo-ed out of the major J
leagues by the Cleveland Naps when
Ills batting fell off, although his field
ing was almost as brilliant as It was
In the early days of Ills stardom.
Pitcher "Dode" Cross, onw back In ]
the majors, was kept on tlie pay-roll ;
of the St. Louis Browns for a couple (
of years although as a pitcher he was
one of the finest little bloomers that
ever canne along Why did they keep
him? Simply because he was a great
pinch hitter
Mike Donlin, many years past his
prime as a ball player, Is back on the
New York (Hants payroll. Mike to
day perhaps couldn’t run 100 yards In
14 seconds and a class D player could
outfield him. But Mike still ran hit
—and that’s why he’s contracted for
at a nice salary.
Anil so it goes. IPs the man who
can swat —and swat ’em far who
draws the tiiggest salary and who ling
ers longest where the calcium Is
brightest. And the man who can’t con
nect with hurtling siihere Is the man
who carves hut a small niche—ls any—
in Baseballs’ Hall of Fame.
Columbia Ball Players
Are Arriving in Bunches
Six Pitchers aryl a Backstop
of the Comers Are Now
Ready for the Prelimi
nary Season.
i in- r»
Columbia, S. C—The advance guard
of the Comers of 1914 is arriving In
sections. Baxter and Wlnchell,
pitchers, blew In Saturday. Corley,
also a pitcher, come Saturday night.
Garvin of Union, came yesterday.
I) I) Jxrwerv oT Rockmart. Gn., a
pitcher, and D. Lockerbie, a backstop
of Charlotte, wrote their nanieß on
the register of the St. John during
the morning. Bob Tliackam. the local
lad. Is the other member of the pitch
ing staff The burlers. It seems,
were particularly anxious to get on
the scene at an early hour In the sea
son. The other players are expected
In a few hours, according to chat
around the hotel lobby. Douglas nnr
bison the manager of the Comers,
will have about 30 aspirants In the
field. Twenty of these will try out
under eonlracts.
WALTER JOHNSON ONLY
VETERAN TWIRLER
Clarke Griffith Will Have to
Depend Largely on Youngsters
the Coming Season.
Washington. Walter Johnson will.
In all probability, be the only veteran
twlrler Clarke Griffith will have on
his Senator pitching staff the coming
season. With Boh Groom figured
among the absent, all of the other
twlrlers have had but a year or so of
experlenee.
In one respect this Is an advantage,
for If they come through and make
good they will he valuable for mgnv
year* to come. Which Is not the case
with pitchers who have been tn the
game for six or eight years.
Arthur Shafer Quite.
San Joae, Cali. Arthur Hhnfer, third
baseman of th* New York Nationals,
announced today he had cjult profes
sional baseball. He said he was go
ing Into business.
St. Louia Ft da Off.
St. Louia, —Twenty-one members of
the St. Gouls Federals under Mordecl
Brown, their manager, will depart to
night. for Monroe, La., for spring train
ing
Pitcher Edgar Willett, formerly with
the Detroit Americans and Catcher
llarrv Chapman, formerly with the
Atlanta Southern League team, have
been at Monroe several days super
"vtslng the work of putting the diamond
in shape,
STUBBORN, ANNOYING COUGHS
CURED.
"My husband had a cough for fifteen
years and my son for eight years. Or.
King’s New Discovery completely
cured them, for which I aifo most
thankful," writes Mrs. David Moor, of
Saginaw, Ala. What Dr. King's New
Discovery did for these men, It will do
for you. Dr. King’s New Discovery
should he in every home. Stops hack
ing coughs, relieves la grippe and all
throat and lung ailments Money hack
if It falls All drugtsts. Price 50c. and
SI.OO.
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l.ouls.
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DOWN AT
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PARK
AMD STILL THEY COME
The stream of beautiful things for
Spring continues to flow into us unceas
ingly. One would think that already
we are taxed to full ccipacity to accomo
date the immense volume already receiv
ed, but each day brings more and more,
until now it is next to impossible to give
you an adequate description of our im
mense offerings. . ' '
%
Come here and take your time in
going through. You will for the time
become lost in the maze in wonderful
bargains.
Charmingly Beautiful
Silks
Taffetas! Taffetas!
Wo have thorn in both plain and the
two tones, in the very latest combina
tions of colors, at, per yard ..$1.25
35 hidi Hfessalines, in .-ill the new col
ors, nothing in Augusta to equal them
under 1.25 per yard, our special $1
18-inch Taffeta, woyth (Joe, at ...49*
27-inch Bengaline Silks, in black, white
and colors, special value .. .. . .69*
White Wash Silk, genuine tub silk,
special at *>o*
Yard wide Tub Silks, in neat stripes,
worth SI.OO per yard, at 85*
36-inch llabutai, in black, white and
colors, worth SI.OO per yard, at . .85^
Beautiful line of new Foulards, worth
75c per yard, at 50*
Cheney Bros'. SI.OO Showerproof
Foulards, at 85*
40-inch Crepe do Chines, worth $2.00
per yard, at $1.50
Specials in Shirt
Waists
See window display—the very latest
and newest models of white crepes and
voiles, nicely trimmed and embroider
ed, special for this sale $1.49
WISE DRY GOODS CO.
Broad Street : : Augusta, Oa.
Charming Display of
Coat Suits and One
Piece Dresses
Wool Suits, Silk Suits in plain amd
brocade; Pongee Suits, Silk Bengal me
Suits, also one piece Dresses in Taffe
tas, Crepe de Chines, Crepe Meteors,
Canton Crepes, Cotton Crepes, Ra
tines, Linens, Eponges in plain,
fancies and embroidered, in a most
fascinating array, from.. $lO to $35
Towels Towels
204 40-inehHuek Towels, worth 15c,
it • 10*
Full bleached Turkish Towels, worth
15c, at 10*
Elegant line of Huck Towels, worth
25c, at 19*
Scalloped Iluck Towels, worth 35e,
at 25*
Extra large Turkish Towels, special
at, .... .25^
25e Turkish Towels, at 19*
New Wash hoods
19c figured Crepes, at 10*
35c new striped and check Crepes,
at 25*
Don’t fail to see our showing 35*,
50*, 65* SI.OO, $1.25, $1 50 and
$2.00 per yard. Nothing in the city
to equal them at the prim
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