Show I h IF p if A ATRIS TRIS SPEAKER CLEVELAND INDIANS I There has been a disposition on the part of ot some people to criticise the ball player for getting all the salary he could shake down from his employer In a few cases a ball player may have done this if It so 80 his conduct was but a duplicate of what is commonly done in other Une Lot business A clerk in a dry goods store doesn't see anything improper in asking for tor a raise if it he believes he has earned it It t and if Jt his employers for tor some reason are arc unable to pay ay him he believes he is Justified In going elsewhere I As a matter of ot fact the ball player seldom drives a hard bargain even when he has the opportunity TUBBY SPENCER DETROIT TIGERS Most ball balI players can tell you to a fraction traction Just what their batting average is any time you as ask them I cant can't though In fact I dont don't know what my average was in any year that I was in the majors When I was with St. St Louis and Boston I never bothered about my hitting I tried to drive in runs when I got a chance of ot course but I wasn't figuring on my base hit or my average Ive I've got some sense its it's different I want those blows as much muchas as anyone And Im I'm going to try to get them No more fooling for or TubbY Tunny I only wish I had started sooner |