Deseret Evening News | 1902-11-08 | Page 3 | Big Price for Lajoie

1 BG BiG lIt IrOn Offered IIO I wi h n a Base John T Brush did In town consequentlY consequent Tuesday ns scheduled the annie of the great reat American lealue league the New ew York player recently signed by b club Jim IR still In I It ItIs Is known cub hocer that Mr Brush was In renty recently and log Ing with Mr wih WatkIn manager of the IndIan club who Is ery close to Ir ct cose lie he told me yesterday that thal knows was ns offered In cash ns as a bonus to sign 1 a two years con contract t to the tract for tor In addition bonus which 2500 would make hIs salary for tor t two 0 years ears How Is tha that tor or 1 a two or thre three hours pleasurable excItement ever oven afternoon during the summer Who le be I a bal ball player Instead of a bank president a of at offered And nd those amo the tho salaries llares being by the New York club No mixed ate for tor the downtrodden decked bait player this Har soft coal winter sinter lie He cnn can play pIny pinochle Al nil through tIme the and for tor a dollar a cold months month I 1 corner comer and never flinch thousand dola dollarS makes n a pInochle or st n 45 game look like 35 25 cents lok And there are other who have hao ther ar salaries In proportion been offered who Is at al time the race track every tiny Ilay and who hal lists ben been flirting McGraw has been ot of offered Manager IMager In cash al as advance mone money and 50 his contract to fill ni out himself him self lt gen Del Is still and playing the races on n a system AnI still wIth those fabulous sums wih staring sti tiem In the taco face the players fire arc makes It eat ent that the AmerIcan lealo league hal has some soma In Its own coffers money corer god good Is nut But this only adds addY to the Interesting situatIon