Show B z fan ays t. has han been pretty r good Od to me rae men I nh orr n I have no real kick IC coming I My 0 only regret Is that I was wan born too soon about bout T 1 i fifths tc It earll years says Larry Larri Lajoie t. t Larry's Larrys mJ remarks were prompted by some of ci the salary lary demands that are now being lot tot of ef ball players 4 bya a a. In In nil all p probability Larry never received f Q ff noto In his life lite Today any numb num- num b r tr b tt are getting around that Many of them who in no way Cf with I the 1 Incomparable pa le Lajoie le lewt wt are re a l grouch more I i were vouchsafed by Nick who In n his day wax was one of the greatest f 1 left handed i h edW pitchers l ji It tough 1 says Nick Here Nero are youngsters who have had a year I 4 bf tt success demanding demanding- twice a as aa much muche YC e of us of-us us u. old timer got sot when when-we were Ill 0 C S S ne 9 l' l It I Is one on of ot the breaks of th a due to the progress s of the sport port S a stating tin capacity and nd the Increased nt ti but nt Its Ita tough touch for us veterans or f was played the same came way wayS tt game L S f years ago In some some- ways way much betS bet- bet S 1 Ulan tod today Yet Tet If it a s. guy drew down a ai i aJAr then he was a wonder ledl- ledl t- t rie ballplayers simply sniff suit at offers If t r J S S S SS S'S S 'S Babe naba Adams Mama pitched hd the tho Pittsburg i to tO a a. worlds world's championship over De- De year ear he received a a. act or signed It U and was deI de- de I Some of ot the Yank Yanke and Giant pitchers who worked tn in th the world series ot of 1321 1921 are holding out for Tea Yea verily conditions have changed In baseball blUeball Stars like Wagner agner Math Math- Math Math-j ewson Brown Ed Walsh and many others Were ere oer born about f fifteen fitten years ears too soon While a number of the present day stars stan are being paid fancy fanoy salaries Babe Ruth unquestionably Is la now the highest priced mao man In baseball S S S During the winter while Ruth was was tourIng touring tour- tour Ing the country in vaudeville I had a chat with him Among the things he discussed l was 11 salary II n. n said he Intended to get for br the coming season reason even it if It was necessary for tor the other seven clubs to assist in paying for it Ruth figured that he be was wall a bl big asset not only to the New York club but the other V seven en American league teams as well When hen the story etory was printed about Ruths Ruth's Intended demands It was wai ridiculed on the theory that 1 the salary elary was out of ot proportion to his hisS I real rent value alue I IThe The wires during the past few days have been en carrying the details of Ruths Ruth's coned contract con con- tract recently signed ed On good authority It Is stated that the figure he will receive will be closer to than The contract Is to be II a sliding one with a home run proviso Those are surely the golden days for ath- ath letes It would be well for them to think about the tho rainy days for the sun isn't always always al- al ways going to shine so o brightly from a monetary standpoint |