| Show On or Off Field Players I Show Shaw Sore Some Characteristics s t 1 w LH I ILL I'LL TaKE ALL t 1 1 r r SENT OOT T H I I I I I Q z 0 I f I I n II II I I 4 v II I 1 I I If they're tight at the bat they are I careful of their moneY Them Thero are arc types of ot ball players who reflect their everyday habits of oC living HYing In Ill their style of ot batting their way of ot living Ih Is mirrored by their conduct on tho field It If in private life lite they Uley are saving and careful with their mono money they ther I arc aro not apt to bo be extravagant on onI tho the ball field and the pitcher who I has ono one of or them facing him knows ho will havo to give them something good or they will not waste their I swings I On the tho other hand hanel If It they are extravagant ex ex- extravagant ant off tho the field pitchers havo have I learned that many of or them carr carry this trait to tho diamond and aro liable to swing at almost anything Miller Huggins Willie Keeler Johnny Evers Kid Elberfeld ant and ana Tommy Leach were the tho hoodoos of or pitchers I They would stand at the plate and j I watt wait alt for Cor what they wanted They didn't step out outside l e to hit at wl wide e I ones nor edge back to take tako a chanco chance at the tho high ones inside They didn't waste anything those wise boys and they dont don't waste anything any allY thing In private life Miller Huggins Is noted for his thrift He has bas invested In real estate estate es es- es tate and when he be retires from rom baseball base base- ball he lie will have to do nothing except except ex ex- collect rent heeler is livin living off the income in Inv come from Cram his apartment houses In which ho he built from money saved sayed while ho he was playing baseball base base- ball Johnn Johnny Evers the most unfortunate unfortunate nate of at them all all Is rebuilding a fortune fortune for for- I tune lost lot in hi ill III advised business deals Il Kid Elberfeld owns a great farm I Inear near Chattanooga which yields ields him him him-a a abig big hig Income an and Tommy Leach has big I Investments in Florida land Theres There's Heine Heino Zimmerman who would be bo one of ot the time games game's best hit lilt hitters hitters if Ir ho he would conserve his swin swings s and wait walt em cm out no now non and then Zim Is as free with his mone money off ocr the tho field as with his swings when h s he s 's suP I up there I Zim's money goes for Cor high priced I neckties which he wears once or I twice for Cor anything he takes a fanc fancy to whether he needs It or not and I his pay check is usually gone gono before ho he gets ets It I Almeida the tho Cuban star Is another mother of or the tho same samo type He buys buya 12 shirts one day dRY and gives Ives them awa away the tho next He throws I his Ills money right and left and on j the ball field feld he Is handicapped by I I like extravagance when hes he's facing lacing a j pitcher Ditcher I i I i ii i o T- T 4 1 z i n 1 r l j LARY w i I B A K Jo Q p VIA 1 an S 1 I I I I I I If f they swing at anything they're ex j ex-j tr off the field I |
