Show CHEAP JEWELRY I INSTEAD OF CASH Was Used by Dan OLeary to Pay Ball Players WORKED A JEWELER FRIEND DAYS DAS WHEN IT WAS W AS HARD SLED SLEDDING SLEDDING DING FOR MANAGERS Many things have been written and mid told td by b p myself and others of celebrated characters who were once in the game games s ys S the well known player Ted Sullivan When hen a picturesque ter is in ii I the sport whether player pro promoter promoter promoter moter or manager we hate to see him go no matter mattea what trivial faults he had bad as the game loses its flavor when those people take to other vocations of life Of Ot the men I hove have met who got Sat off the baseball train never to board it again genial Dan OLeary OLear who isho is now in Chicago but once man managed managed managed aged the Indianapolis and amid Cincinnati clubs w was as one of the most original and resourceful In the middle SOs minor manor leagues had no foundation and the best of them would hardly live through to July Better business methods in increased increased creased population and rapid to the grounds have been the best assets ts tsI or the minor leagues in late years In InIss I Iss there was a Western Vestern league organ organized zed of ot which I was the chief pro promoter meter moler The league consisted of Mil Mu Milwaukee waukee Omaha Kansas City Cleie CleYe land arid Indianapolis and an Toledo Tom Loftus lx managed Milwaukee Watkins and genial gemal Dan OLeary Toledo with myself at Kansas City Each club was financed in a different way but Dan had hed a real fan jeweler in n Toledo backing him I had h a crack clack cracking ing ng good club in Kansas City that year We Ve made our first trip east about June 1 When Omaha Blew Up While on the trip I heard the first pillar fall faIl out of the organization when disbanded and a ld it made such a anoise anoise noise I heard it Jt as far as Cleveland We Ve played pla ed one game in Cleveland and amt they busted ousted thereby losing lo ing me two guaran guarantees guarantees guarantees tees The next city was Indianapolis and they went vent under on the morning I IrIv arrived rIv d thereby losing three more It Avas wa no fault of ot Mr Ir Watkins however as I always found him an honorable man but the bho backers hackers had sold to De Detroit trot troit Our next stand was as Toledo Where good old Don Dan OLeary stood by b his hisgun guns gun pins But he did it n in tIme the most amus sinus amusing amusing ing novel and laughable way a I ever eer heard of So far I was out live five guar guarantees anteos and I was a little sore Dan was one of those tho e patriotic Irishmen that hunt take off his oo coat t and amid sell ell n It before he would see a friend in need We Ve played the three games mes in Toledo before I asked for any an guarantee That organization was also to fly lb to the sky in the time lofty realms oC oblivion but Da i wa as at the hotel the next day da with his jeweler backer Where Jewelry Comes In Before they the arrived however I no noticed noticed noticed a great many man of or play players players ers era wearing lots of jewelry on their persons w led Jed me to believe that they had an outward appearance of prosperity anyway an way Well Teli my mimy lU admira admiration tIn tion for Dan however was so great if he lie had not a 8 cent to give me Id rd call it quits at least for him personally As he saw me in the hotel office e after I supper he and his hi jeweler backer came am over to me While Dan AV w was S alu ala always s social on this occasion he lie was as more than social and I knew kne from the amount alt or jollying he was giving m that I would have to suffer a discount dis on the time amount of or my guarantee Final Finally l inal ly l he speaks up and says Ted Too you ou have a great team I nev never ne neer never er saw such a a Hock of batters batt rs in itt one erie club before Why Thy man it is a big league lea e team in minor league ranks me inc to one side de and uttering the Irish phrase Shin Fane he lie whis wills whispered whispered Backer Was Broke It is this way Ted this backer of mine maine has hs no money He had to pay JIl the lawyers law ers off for the last fifteen days in jewelry jewel and the German landlord himself had to take the board bill bilI of or orsome o f some of the men in the same way tray Ya Now No NoI 1 I what hat do you say suy red Ted Will ViII you ou take i I I jewelry for tor your three guarantees I I Look at nt him over there pointing ac DC his hie backer hacker who had a downcast t look Ted he is shivering This base baseball baseball baseball ball has cost him all the money he had The club busts tonight and his jewelry store tre disbands tomorrow This indeed was a new phase in int t aee ball guarantees and genial Dan with his hish for jolly Well my boy I will accept a the th e jewelry on one condition and that is i s that the landlord takes it as equivalent t for my three thre days board for the team When Dan Daut heard rd this he hp said Ill make the landlord do it Ill Il l call him hint arid and my backer over The rhe owner of the time hotel was wa one of or o f those happy generous German baseball ull l fans and he be would go out of his way wa y to do anything for baseball So when n they came caine over oer the three of or them to together together together gether to talk to me inc Dan began on the th e landlord in this way wn Watches For Board Bill Mr Schmidt this is Mr Sullivan the tIme squarest man nan In baseball today tOOn When the Toledo club played in Kansas Kansa s City we got our pur money in full and an d there was nothing too good for the time To Toledo Toledo Toledo ledo club while there My backer here Mr has no money mone but has jewel jewelry ry y to pay payoff off his guarantee to Mr Mm Ir Sul Sullivan Sullivan livan Uvan and Mr Ir Sullivan is willing to t o accept acc t it if you OU will take it from him himin himin in iii payment of board for his team while e here Have city pride Mr fr Schmidt dt The name of ot Toledo Is at stake in this thi s calamity of baseball The n looked up at Dan and myself and he h e said Mein leIn Got Mr Leary I am a a valk in timepiece Here I got five fhe e In mein pockets three f r m de d e players one on froom de d ground keeper and aDd a nd Von ron from tram yourself all aIl given gi to me lt f l or r bR baseball debts I might us as veil vail en give up sp t lt de hotel and valk t ak k around round town t own as a 8 traveling jewelry store But my good man maim said Id Dan your wife auld and daughters should have some jewelry j on them as your friends will willay say sa s ay p that you are a m mon n if I you yon Q wear all the tire jewelry Your wife and nd two t tu wo beautiful daughters will think more u of you Hep Help one of or o your own citizens c out here Mr Ir the jeweler vho m had the bad luck of or paying Ing out omit advance a money last winter to players p els who ho never showed up ul upI 0 Veil YeU V eli Dan said saW the Ule landlord lan lorl TU ru I I take ake t ti tic tc de tle jewelry jewell dis time but I will 11 ac accept u tig tg c ept IK more for debts or I vill in hf haf to g gif bir if o Up p de do hotel botel business busin Those indeed ind were the days of or racy baseball bLeb b lI The Toledo club disbanded and a nd as there was nobody to play Mil MU Milwaukee waukee and Kansas City had to give gie up U I the ghost |