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MONDAY, JANUARY 18
DOINGS OF THE DAY IN THE SPORTING WORLD
SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS
IN 810 LEAGUE FRANCHISES
President Murphy Holds
His Chicago Club At
Over a Million—Other
Clubs Valued High.
"One million dollars will not buy
the West Side ball club when the
contemplated improvements on the
park ere completed.’’
This surprising statement, made by
President Murphy to the Chicago
Tribune gives an inkling of the prog
ress made in the last year or two by
baseball as a commercial enterprise.
It is not a wild statement, as it may
appear at first glance. Nor will the
Chicago National league club’s prop
erty be the enly baseball plant whose
value will approach seven figures
THE REAL SALE
Men's Fine Shoes
Does not appear to be confined to the
citizens of Augusta and vicinity, as evi
denced by the following order received
from a leading Verdery, S. C. merchant,
who knows a good thing. :
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W. E. HENDERSON,
UENEI-’AI. MERCHANDISE
Verdery, S. C., 1-15, ’O9.
Gallahan-Dobson Shoe Co.,
Augusta, Ga.
Gentlemen:—
I note you are advertising Walk-Over Shoes at $2.75 per pair.
If you care to sel] me one dozen pair, please ship me by freight, 6 pr.
Pat Leather, medium toe, cap, medium sole, 5 width, 1-7, 1-8, 1-8 2,
1-9, 1-92, 1-10. 6 pair Pat. Vici kid, medium toe, cap, medium sole, 5
width 1-7, 1-8, 1-8 2 1-9, 1-9 2, 1-10.
I will remit upon receipt of invoice.
Yours Truly,
W. E. Henderson.
Reference: D. P. O’Connor & Co.
We appreciate the order given us by Mr. Henderson,
but we are retailers of Good Shoes Only, and
sell direct to the consumer.
Boyden’s Banisters’s Waik-Over
$6 &$7 Shoes s6&s7 Shoes $4.00 Shoes
$4.50 $4.50 $2.75
You May Never Have Another Such Chance
to Buy REAL SHOES for so Little Money.
No Regrets After You Have Bought) Con
gratulations Are in Order. I 1
Callahan-Dobson Shoe Co.
828 Broadway. - - Augusta, Ga.
when plans now under consideration
are carried Into effect
The Immense sums of money al
ready spent and to be spent on the
national pastime give rise to the be
lief that the game is one of the most
profitable enterprises in which Amer
icans can invest. To be sure, fran
chises in major league cities are not
to be had for the asking, nor are
they procurable by any one who hap
pens to be wealthy enough to pay
the price. In the first place, there
are only sixteen big league clubs.
There is not one of these clubs that
loses money consistently, the big ma
jority of them earning good-sized for
tunes every year. Therefore, no club
owner is anxious, and few are will
ing to sell out.
Business sense plays second fiddle
to luck when It comes to landing tho
real gold mines of baseball. There
were, at a most conservative esti
mate, a dozen well-to-do business men
who would have been glad of the
chance to secure the franchise now
held by President Murphy and his as
sociates. But they did not know It
was going to be sold. The present
owners’ investment was ridiculously
small when the returns are conslder
'cd. To be sure, the dividends would
not have reached their enormous size
if the West Side team had not be
come such a wonderful aggregation.
But a Chicago franchise cannot fail
■to pay, whether the team be a win
■ ner or a loser. The city is large
! enough to support two teams royally.
■ as has been proved, and outsiders are
beginning to look on the owners of
both clubs with envious eyes.
An Investment paying 10 per cent
is not a thing to sneeze at. But
there is not a major league club in
existence which does not pay at least
this at present. The owners, as a
rule, are putting their earnings right
back into improvements on their
plants, and they are safe in doing
; this since there is no immediate pros
1 pect of baseball losing any of its
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
| popularity. In fact, there seems to
]be no reason why that popularity
should not increase with the years.
“If a baseball mufl asned for a
: price on my club and plant," contin
j ued President Murphy, “and I gave
i him one of $1,000,000 he might fall
over dead. If, however, he lived
through the shock, he soon would
come to a realization of the fact that
I was not crazy in naming that price.
“In the first place, when I have
carried out my plans, the park alone
should be worth about $700,000. Tho
franchise and club itself surely are
worth the additional $300,000. I am
not stating these figures with any
attempt at accuracy. The price of a
franchise always is a matter of opin
ion. Furthermore, I don’t know how
much the improvements are going to
cost. I am told that Barney Dreyfus
intends to spend $700,000 on his yard
at Pittsburg, and I surely will not
jbe willing to fall behind that.”
In the American league the Phtl
j adelphia club practically has com
pleted its new park at a cost of $500,-
,000, and President Comlskey lias
promised Chicago the biggest thing
nil ims
IEI HOMERS
Is in Metropolis Having a
Conference With Man
ager McG-raw.
NEW YORK—Manager Roger Bres
nalian, of the St. ixiuis Cardinals,
who is doped out as the most ex
pensive human baseball chattel of all
times, arrived in town yesterday from
his home in Toledo. The $25,000
beauty showed the effects of Ills re
cent attack of pneumonia. The ex-
Giant is here in quest of baseball
players to strengthen the Cardinals.
McOraw haH several men that Roger
is xweet on, Fred Merkle and Char
ley Herzog being two of them.
McGraw and Reger met at Mc-
Graw's billiard parlor and had a short
talk. The manager of the Giants
does not feel Inclined to part with
any of hla players that have beeji
tried out until he sees them at work
at Marlin Springs during the prelim
inary practice. It is possible that be
fore Sunday Bresnahan may procure
some talent for the Cardinals.
Manager Harry Burnley, of the
Brooklyns, will be in the city today.
The Trolley Dodgers also have su
perfluous material and there nmy be
some trading.
“While I have twenty-six men on
the reserve list of the St. Louis club,"
said Roger, "I cannot now say how
many of them are sure of their jobs.
I am out to strengthen tho team and
the management Is ready to support
me in every way.”
George Mortality, utility playor
with the Highlanders, was sold yes
terday to Detroit. Last season Mori
arity batted in the .236 class. The
price paid and the particulars of the
sale were not divulged.
President Harry Pulliam, of the
National league, yesterday made the
announcement that the differences
between Joe Kelley and the Boston
National League club management
has been adjusted to the satisfaction
of all parties concerned.
After Kolley had notified Pulliam
on Tuesday last that he had decided
not to take his case to court, blit
would leave it to the national com
mission to decide, that body wat
about to take up tho matter. Then
President Dovey, of the Boston club,
having been convinced that ho did
not have a leg to stand on before
the commission, went to Baltimore
yesterday to have a conference with
Kelley. The result was that the esse
was settled by a compromise. Pul
liam refused to give out tho terms
of the settlement.
“As president, of the National
league," said Pulliam, "1 am im
mensely pleased that this thing was
settled out of court and without be
ing brought to the attention of the
national commission. I must say that
Joe Kelley acted fine in the entire
matter, and I so telegraphed him to
day with my best wishes for good
luck wherever he may go.”
It has been virtually settled for
some time that Kelly will resume the
management of the Toronto team of
the Eastern league, the club he was
drafted from by Boston in tho fall
of 1907, after having won tho cham
pionship. Kelley’s salary with Bos
ton was $5,500 a year.
MADE THE BRUSH BRISTLE UP.
Envelope Opener—" Well, If you
ain't the stuck-up thing."
Miicilage Brush —“I’m not like you,
anyway, always prying into other
pcople'u correspondence."—Exchange
OUR FRIEND THE PURIBT.
Excitable party at the ’phone—
"Hello! Who Is this Who la this,
I say?”
Voice from the other end —"What
the dickens are you asking me for?
Don't you know who you are your
self?” —Exchange.
In the world In the way of ball
grounds, and the total value must be
rated as practically the same as that
of the older organization. The De
troit was made over last year, but
the franchise's worth Is cut down by
the size of the city.
Detroit's patronage has not been
anything to boast of, even In the last
two years, when Jennings provided
the fans with pennant winners. It Is
sure to be still smaller when the club
loses Its grip, as It ultimately must.
Figuring Brooklyn In the National
as worth SIIOO,OOO, the holdings In
Tigertown might, be rated the same,
although the value of some of the In
dividual players, such as Ty Cobb or
Sam Crawford, brings the worth of
the club itself above normal figures.
Ben Shlbe’s Philadelphia plant will
be worth all of SBOO,OOO when he Is
through with It. President Comiskey
Is not the kind of magnate to do
things by halves, and If the West
Side property will be worth a mil
lion, the new grounds at Thirty-fifth
and Wentworth, with the American
league franchise, will not be valued
at any less.
One New York franchise cannot be
rated as worth more than the other,
for the patronage goes to the winner
In Gotham, and the winner Is likely
to shift back and forth. Therefore,
Farrell’s club and the park can bo
rated at $900,000. There Is little dif
ference between the values of the
two Boston teams, and Taylor's Amer
lean league property may be reckon
ed as about the same as Dovey’j,
$500,000. Thus, Improvements will
make the American league's value ap
proximately $4,750,000.
One must admit that baseball la
one of the country’s big things when
these figures are looked squarely In
the face. It would seem a good thing
to tie to. But one must not think
that a baseball franchise meaos a
gold mine wherever one finds It.
There are many clubs In the minor
leagues that manage merely to exist
others that have to be saved from
death by popular subscription, and
some that are unable to 11 v# through
the season.
HEN PARK IS
LOOKING 0000
Manager Fisher Has About
Completed the Improve
ments on Augusta’s Dia
mond.
Newt Fisher is busy waving a
magic wand over Warren park, and
the fans don’t see much of hint
Along late In tho afternoon, against
tne hour when the shades of evening
filter through, lie loafs by the "Big
Leaguer" headquarters to swap
stories with the bunch.
In the meantime, tho lot is taking
on an altered appearance, and when
the Tourists prize open the season of
1909 there’ll doubtless bo some who
will hardly recognize the place.
Firstly, the diamond Is being sod
ded, same as the real. Class A., big
league nrticle. There’ll be a “skin
ned" path front one base to tin
next, and so on, around the four
(urns, and a neat strip of spotless
white sand will blaze the way from
ihe rifle pil to the catcher’s fort.
That's one improvement; and one,
lie it prophesied, that few other cltiea
around the circuit will sport next
season. A new inside fence de
serves honorable mention. The in
side fence sets about six inches in
side the outside fence; width state
ment is neither a pun nor a conun
drum, but a fact. The smallest kid
can’t squeeze himself between these
fences. And inasmuch as there will
bo no connections between knot
boles, only paid entranls will see the
the great pastime next season.
The familiar, shrill Jkf ktddo: "Get
a eushion fivo" will not be heard next
season. The fan, or fanabelle, who
pays good coin to occupy a seat In
the stand, will be given a cushion
free of charge, with the compliments
of the club.
All of the foregoing improvements
and innovations, to say nothing of n
fresh coat of palm, which will be
smeared over the grand stand and
bleachers a little later on.
Foxy Newt has some six or eight
players on his string. Beings no
deal has gone through yet, howevor,
he refuses to divulge names.
[ PINCH HITTER
The pinch hitter's life is far from
being a continual bed of roses, says
, the Birmingham Ledger. To the
casual observer it appears pretty soft
for a man to sit on the bench every
I afternoon for seven or eight innings,
with nothing to do hut watch tho
game and then be called on to step
to the plate In a pinch,to hit for
some weak sticker.
Nothing of the kind. The man that
is kept on the pay roll to do stunts
of this sort has his work cut out for
him, and even though the rest, of the
regulars toll him what a snap he
j has, not one of them would willingly
exchange places with him.
The pinch hitter holds his job be
cause he can swat the ball. Every
time he is sent in to hit for some
one he Is aware that it’s up to him
to deliver a safe drive.
He has been sitting on the bench
possibly the greater part of the after
noon without getting a chance to see
what sort of stuff the pitcher is serv
j lng, and he knows that the moment
he steps to the plate, the fllnger will
give him everything in his repertoiro.
; Then everyone in the stands is look
| lng on him to clout and hanking on
I him to make good. The fans seldom
take into consideration no matter
how good a hitter a player may be,
| he only makes one base hit In about
, every three trips to the plate.
Then he may be asked at any mo
ment to play some position, and this
keeps the emergency swatter on the
anxious seat.
He never knows what moment his
manager will take out some weak
batter that he ean be substituted.
About the only chance the pinch hit
ter has to feel jubilant Is when he
has been called on to perform and
drives out the base hit that returns
his club victor.
To have the cheers of the fans
ringing in his ears at a time like that
Is mighty fine, but docs It atone for
the times after he has failed to de
liver the much-needed hit. and on his
way to the club house he hears some
particularly rabid fan yell: "Get out,
. you big mut. You couldn’t fall out
of a boat and hit the water."
BOARD OF HEALTH
SAYS CiTIS MAD
Negro Cook Will Now Be
Treated for Hydrophobia.
The cat that bit Eliza Brown, col
ored, Thursday afternoon hud hydro
phobia. A letter was received by Dr.
C. I. Bryans Sunday from the stale
beard of health In Atlanta to the ef
fect that a tost showed that the cat
was mad. The story of the cat bit
ing the cook and the sending of the
head to Atlanta was In The Herald.
Eilza Brown will not be sent to the
Pasteur Institute, but she will be
treated here by Dr. Bryans. A dally
treatment will be sent to the city by
the state board and the woman will
be given the best of treatment, though
she has not shown any signs of de
veloping hydrophobia, but the first
treatment will bo glvon her Monday.
The woman was bitten while trying
to keep the cat from biting her mis
tress, Mrs. McDade. The cat jumped
on Mrs. McDade and the cook knock
ed It from her dress with a chair.
The cat then jumped on her, badly
lacerating her ankle.
PAGE FIVE
W.H. JOYNER If
WANT BOYER’S JOB
Ex-Mayor of Atlanta, One
Time President Atlanta
Team Said to be a Candi
date.
Persistent rumors are floating
around the South Atlantic League to
the effect that W. R. Joyner, ex-mayor
of Atlanta, ex-president of the At
lanta baseball club and a former
Soul hern League manager, will an
nounce bis candidacy for president of
the South Atlantic League at the au
nuai meeting in Savannah next week
it is an open secret now that Presi
dent Boyer made a tight for the pres
ident of the Virginia League. There
are many who believe he deliberately
postponed the annual meeting of the
Sally League until after the Virginia
League meeting, in order that, ha
might stand for re-election to his
present office, should the Virginian*
leave him out in the cold.
With Mr. Jones of Jacksonville put
ting up a stiff light for the presi
dency, ex-Mayor Joyner a possibility.
President Boyer's chances are divided
by three, [t is not lmprobablo that
some of the club owners may feel re
sentment toward Mr. Boyer for hav
ing tried to get the Virginia League
presidency, and if this developes at
tho annual meeting, he will lose
votes.
CORN GROWERS CONVENE.
CHAMPLAIN, 111. —Corn growers
and stockmen of Illinois are here in
largo numbers Monday to participate
in the sessions of their state asso
ciations, to be held in connection with
the annual two weeks' course in ag
riculture at the University of Illinois.
A STEADY DRAIN.
Sick Kidneys Weaken the Whole
Body—Make You 111, Languid
and Depressed.
Sick kidneys weaken the body
through the continual drainage of
life-giving albumen from the blood
into the urine, and the substitution
of poisonous uric acid that goes
broadcast through the system, sowing
the seeds of disease. Ix>ss of albu
men causes weakness, languor, de
pression. Uric poisoning causes rheu.
malic pain, nervousness, nausea,
cricks In the hack, gravel and kid
ney stones. Tho proper treatment
Is a kidney treatment, and the best
remedy Is Doan’s Kidney Pills. Great
Augusta cures prove It.
Mrs. O. N. Cain, 1002 Fenwick St.,
Augusta, Ga., says: “For several
months I was a constant sufferer
from dull, nagging backaches and
distressing pains across my kidneys.
I knew that my kidneys were disor
dered as the secretions passed too
frequently. My hack also ached se
verely and I could not stoop or lift.
I used many remedies hut found no
relief until Doan's Kidney Pills came
to my attention. I procured a box
at tho Green & Horsey Drug Co.,
and they helped me from the first.
I am now feeling perfectly well and
can speak In the highest terms of
Doan’s Kidney Pills."
For salo by all dealers. Price 60
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
Now York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
take no other.
will mmr
SHAH’S MAYOR
NEW YORK.—The chief social fear
turo of the Madison Square Garden
Show this week will be a banquet
tendered to Mayor George W. Tlede
man, of Savannah, and his associates,
who so successfully handled the re*
cent Grand Prize race In Savannah.
Mayor Tledcman and his friends wiJJ
be the gueßts of the visiting news
paper men and many poople prom
inently identified with the automobile
trade, who wish to show their ap
preciation of the generous hospital
ity extended to them while In Savan
nah.
In order not to conflict with the
show the banquet will be held at
Delmonlco’s at 10:30 on Tuesday
evening, so that every one can be
present. Over one hundred accept
ances have already been received,
and from present Indications It will
furnish the occasion for the most rep
resentative gathering of automobile
men ever seen In this country.
Cheap As Shingles
WE HAVE IN STOCK
Flintkote Roofing
In 1, 2 and 3 ply.
It Is as good as tin, costs less,
and takes the same Insurance rate.
It Is non-inflammable and can be
laid over shingles, tin or on sheet
ing.
Call on us for samples and
prices.
N.L. WILLETSEED CO.
309 JACKBON ST.,
AUGUSTA, GA.