Show T hiking 1 Baseball U IB With Famous Big Six j By CHRISTY MATTHE MATTHEWSON Copyright S Captain aPt iri H Huston ston I and Col Colonel h hJ J Ruppert have i 1 just passed up a chance hance to get Roger Bresnahan by by bF paying him half of his present contract contract con con- tract which calls for a a I year so I have read in the news news news' I f papers I think these two owners 1 t of ot the New York Americans have havo lava made a big mistake if they had this chance Roger is one ona of the wisest players in the big leagues today and nd would be of great value to the ball bali club cub in breaking in young pitchers Roger would be a good drawing card in New York and he is not through with active catching yet Aside from his value at the g gate te and as an ari active catcher I l figure Bresnahan would make a great coach for a ball bali club The Yan kees have signed up Germany Schaefer for this purpose Germany Germany Germany Ger many is a good man except he is isan an actor at heart so o Clarke Clark Clarke Grif Griffiths Griffiths Grif Grif- tells telis me He never wants to get up in the morning I had Nick Altrock and S Schaefer haefer to work on the young players and act as coaches Griffith Grif- Grif I I confided to to me one day but butI r 1 I couldn't get Schaefer to do anything anything any any- thing but come t to the ball park parkin inthe in th the afternoon and coach Altrock was a a. a hard worker and would be out to morning practice every day working with the tho young pitchers But Schaefer could not get up that early If I had a a ball club I would like to see Bresnahan on arm it but Ban Johnson a advised against it and so so Ruppert and Huston like good pupils pu pu- pu pils pus p passed up up Bresnahan However it looks as as' as if Roger would come out of the peace agreement agreement agree agree- ment all right since he has a sound contract with the Cubs Cuba Some baseball writers have been rating G George Stovall and Roger Bresna Bresna- hart han as martyrs but I cant can't see where Stovall and Bresnaha are aro in the same boat at all The worst that Roger can get will be beto beto to take hold of a club lub in Toledo which Is s his home town and re receive receive re- re financial backing Previously Previously Roger Rogel got a good settlement with the tue St. St Louis Cardinals and was was' declared a free agent Homade Ho Homade Homade made his contract contrad to manage the Cubs and nd according to to the fleece neace e ce agreement must bo taken care of in some way George Stovall made a great showing in Cleveland when he took hold of the team there a a few seasons sea sea- sons ago but he ho was not awarded the permanent job He went with the Feds and did a lot ot of procuring and won over some of the best players from organized baseball that went with this league He did as aa much to keep the head of the Federal league above water as anybody connected with it and he was and is a very good manager besides Yet he cannot cop a ajob Job now His Federal league contract is is no good because the Kansas City club is bankrupt and everybody is against him since he did the hard fighting for the Feds Feda George Georga is is dished now a a a aI I am glad to se see aee that Chief Bender has come back into baseball base bae base ball bail and he should make good with the Phil Phillies lies for he lie is it a grand pitcher yet He told me when we wo were off on our trap shooting trip two or three months back he lie in intended in in- tended take the best of care of himself next season Bender is one ona of the be best beat t all allaround allaround allaround around men I have ever ever known in baseball For tha the first time I be became be came well acquainted with him when we were away together on the shooting trip stopping at various various vari van vanous ous cities trying to bust the clay birds The Chief Has all kinds of accomplishments accomplishments- First I an am am going to hand it to Bender Bende as a great pitcher one of the tha greatest ever in the game with a cool head and a fine arm and plenty of courage Besides this he can play golf goit well enough to make the best amateurs in the tho country hustle I believe he ho is the b best st golf players in any league league- big or bush He shoots Swell ell enough to be a professional and can sign up any time he wants to with a cartridge company to travel around through th tho country sell self J ing goods and engaging In In clay bird shoots He Ho has had many offers as aa a trap shot with powder compi companies compani Hos s hd received two or three while e w we were on th the trip together Bender can also play three three-cush billiards well wel enough to take care of himself and he ha can stand standup up after dinner and make a speech or sing a song and get away with it He does not need a guardian when he engages in the manly sport of poker and he ho I is A grand fellow I dont don't remember whether he played football at Carlisle or not The Chief has many friends wherever he ho goes and has a great faculty for remembering faces Ha Ho is is one of the brightest men I have ever met in in baseball and he should be a great card for the Phillies and Phillies and also win a lot of ball bali game games |