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Show .fpHBHT wnir ITEM TNSgftilize Task of Furnish--Hm Public First-class ?Hf Baseball. . jSBIf YORK. May 2, Haw many ' 2Er stop to think about tho busi STELaajrernent of a big baseball B-Thfl,vrork of tho players on tho WISKft ever closely -watched, often W:Hfcje3, more often criticised and rkJKWoly enjoyed, but tho public iWlmtlo or nothing of the trials Bibulstions of tho men -who put JTJJK money for salaries and other cJK'baseball magnate, so called, is iD most cases as a corpulent 2 ftJKflorid of face and rolling in J5o generally is pictured in tfCHLd's oye as sitting complacently fSsKis clerks count the money and Wfcde his profit. But as a matter 'Lptlie owner of .a ball club, if his Eefti nt ?et 011 o' tne s'ou6a ot-UBS' ot-UBS' naaally turns out to do a JC' individual who sends good mjKifter bad in a frantic effort to HsssHfre tide. And -with the invasion VHFnBjor league circles by the now mJHu league, there are certain to bo 4Bf the latter class of magnates Btf tho former. hi you any idea what it JEjo earn tho Cards of the mKj, the Cubs or the Reds, the jfc or Athletics, tho Chifeds or 'Brown 's new St. Louis aggrcga-tlKfcrough aggrcga-tlKfcrough a season? You have seen feEticBse crowds at the grounds and not help but believe tho club SiHf aro making monoy making it SHover list. But in a number of Kiuch judgment is mistaken judg- Hte the Giantf, for instance pen-JRrrinners, pen-JRrrinners, Kutional league charn-ilflR?.,.It charn-ilflR?.,.It is true in tho last few years JriHfcew York Nntioiml league club 'sAK avo boon large, but it is also tVE'that tho expenses of the Giants, jHed of every other major league .. yR&vo been tromendous. toHftho Giants' case, the rent of tho .oundB, together with taxes, fHjlts to $80,000 a year. Of this fliHVd owners of tho Vankces pay a Kl)ecause of their present lease, by $LHi'' they use tho same grounds JEBrush stadium. But this lease TaHpates in the fall and tho New jjKAmericnns open their now park JHHfeir out in the Bronx, near Two Stved and Twenty-fifth street, next fBk'at the salaries for a moment. TpMcGraw alone draws nearly $30,-jwr $30,-jwr annum for his services ns man-jKhd man-jKhd Christy Mathowson probably Hs all of $15,000 for the present TjBb. Other salaries in all major flBf clubs approach these. . Possibly ijH&he case of the Giants it is safe JR that the other players, number-Hfo number-Hfo dozen, draw a total of $00,000 IEthe club's coffers this year. The 3Hpttof tho salaries of the club's SEs is close to $15,000. The hiring Jndrs, epocial police, gate tenders, tJBf ' sellers and ground Keepers con-gBat con-gBat least $10,000 more. Railroad lpotel bills, including training ex-IH'n ex-IH'n the. south amount to $50,000 jfcvery lowest estimate. Advertis-IBpairs, Advertis-IBpairs, care of tho grounds, uni-balls, uni-balls, bats, gloves and inci-i inci-i will pat up another .$5000. New rt obtained by draft or purchase tssB 'owni conservatively, at jBuis Huge Item. -Bitningjt up. it is not rnsh to say York National League club jKpff out about $225,000" to provide Hbus with a first-class ball team j of winning the championship H?n Last year the owners of tho r received more than $70,000 from BKorlG's 6cries, From privileges ftntal the club gathered perhaps HPO ndditioual. As it is estimated Rtha profits did not exceed $150,-Kt $150,-Kt readily can be seen that the PiagQ, both in New York and iu B cities where tho Giants plaved fc,Qrl was phenomenal. Bt MUt'tw tne business of this Bv ent Ilempatond and Sccre-J-Oster aro ut work practically all Teflr. around. When McGraw wants KPlaycrs he lolls them to produce ppney. When the club gets into gntc ovflr the services of a plaver, fpard of directors on tho national HUfEion must bo appealed to. Mrahzing, now, lot mo add that a iHf letters from fans, crnnks and trhaschall clubs, major and minor, rbfl opened and answered iu every H;leaguc club oflico every morning. xaval ho spent planning to short-MJroad short-MJroad jumps or to obtain trans-fiou, trans-fiou, together with hotel accom-H10 accom-H10 Every little detail must bo f! tutor and tho clerical work iu H;club office must, of necessity, be VDi .too, tho free pass question dc-Kf dc-Kf i?iucV- va,n,lblo time. Each club vt"8 "St secret, but it is known HbAi0 V,emaU(1 for compHmontnncs K.1?.0 1S enormous, and this un-Ki, un-Ki, ""sinews must, bo ntl.ended Vitn much diplomacy. League aC- must bo looked aftor and Into Kero is almost no end of corrc venco on anous subjects, of ut-'Coacoru ut-'Coacoru m many instances. The .rjpfts and agents send in reports K-mtist be read ami acted upon. K1Q of ,,eIP b anothOr gront task. S persons with "pulls'rcomn in 4worlt,ftt a,1.V oM price. Mnnv Hr'10 turned dowu, for evorv club H - t0 ''cpend, for tho most part, H.A W liolplts tried and truo Reos, Oihcials of the clubs must K1, the scribes daily, iu nddi-BkrL nddi-BkrL J400k'nt: after many other re-raents re-raents of routine, Then late in tho Kpome 0f thorn must be nt the ball Kthly SC ,at t,linK8 aro running Kouis Fit Case. team, is losing both gnmcs and ,Jor ,t. owners, ou the other M-i aero ib increased weight upon fill Proprietors' shoulders. Tnko Hpxamplo thn enso of St. Louis a K7- ('onsflo,ablv aggravated bv Mgyaaum of. tho Feds. Robort Leo HE?QJ;a lm" out mnny thousands K 'ar' t0 mtl,co thc Browns a first RMtcnV -vct 0u'uer Hedges is fortunate if ho has come out 01 tno Rfm in tho last few Bn;T,Uc,cft Britton, who inherited ffl1". repentedly reported r vLi l-hc can CQt her prico. K- rd:ca Brown 'b toam drawing SAtl,(l floral league bugaboo EV . mfn 'K l088ea for both tho K LJnu Hc'JKS8 Only to tho ex- Kni.ni Wcck V1 a.,ul wcok out whon teaais were having a hard battle iL Put collar Position, be- BriCJe,ht for ,,ottin th Cards' K'Wt ow,n?rs down as easily as .havo been lot down, o.vor the clubs that have boon op- LATE ARRIVALS PICTURED FOR FIRST TIME IN UNION ASSOCIATION UNIFORM aua y10' 'jj orating in thd National and American leagues from tho timo of their births and you'll find that less than half a dozen havo boon consistent moneymakers, money-makers, yet tie promoters keep on putting put-ting up monoy. noping, trusting, praying pray-ing that some timo tho goldon tide will turn llioir way. Baseball, thoroforo, has become a business bus-iness which requires all tho timo and attention of the men interested in it. With the exception of Gnffney and Lan-nin, Lan-nin, tho Boston mngnutes; Tuft of Chicago, Chi-cago, Somers of Cleveland, and Shibo or thc Athlotics, tho major loaguo club owners have been compelled to devote thoir timo exclusively to thoir respective respect-ive portions of tho national pastime. Running tho inoidu affairs of a big ball club is not productivo of an easy life. |