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Show DOOIN FIGURES BENDER WILL "COME BACK" M ' Ik h" Two Veteran Major League Players. Charley Dooin, veteran catcher of the New York Giants, is firmly of the opinion that "Chief" Bender will be a great pitcher this year. Dooin is not at all in sympathy with folks who believe that the Indian is through, and doesn't hesitate to say so. Dooin even went so far last winter as to recommend to McGraw that Bender be signed for the Giants, and was given permission to make a deal with the veteran twirler, even though the Gotham pilot had decided that he was through with Indian players. Dooin did offer a contract to Bender, but found that the Phillies had beaten him to it. A few figures relative to Bender's earnings in baseball, compiled from actual contracts the Indian has enjoyed since becoming a big leaguer, will dispel the feeling of sorrow for the redskin over his "bad treatment" from the majors. Bender started out with the Athletics in 1903 and worked for that tribe 12 years. His average salary was $4,500 a season, starting with about $2,000 and ending with $7,000. Thus the chief collected about $54,000 for his contracts in addition to $11,754 for world series extra cash. Counting the $6,000 he received from the Feds for part of last year, his total runs well up over the $71,000 mark. This gives him an average of a little more than $6,000 a year for 13 years, for a trade that occupied only six months out of the year. |