Show early signs TA the bowall of a apriss arm r sow ov x 04 ermil I 1 if m lo 10 th she hill I 1 see IMI at boo on es tin ab bm A at bok tod villani willi me a ami who il is tha now effis from tin the 00 why blass my loul 01 ae tri bit US lot pt J 0 pay chick check thin then and now 0 ivr UR ATTENTION was called a you might say ay to a number of salaries al arles paid ballplayer ballplayers recently joe and ted williams were the only two above but there were several thai that ranged f from r a rn to including bob feller stan M u 1 a 1 tommy henrich J a c k I 1 a robinson a and d a few other others we are not no I 1 in cuned to s bed b a d bice inears ears over anything that happen happens in this upside down world but it seemed at the moment that tear tears were due for the old guard matty alexander cy young cajole walsh Dele delehanty banty joe jackson on through a long list of ballplayer certainly the match of any we have today I 1 recall the feud that cevelo developed ped between nap cajole and ed delehanty of the long ago phillies Ph lUle we were getting 2500 a year cajole told me once it might be remembered at the time both were hitting billing around delehanty had just truck struck off four home nuu runs in an one 0 game they agreed to tick stick 1 it t out together for a sk year two ballplayer ballplayers who today would be food good for at least lead a year it seems that only delehanty signed for leaving wale ont out in the frosty cold go larry jumped and signed with the cleveland Clevel mid club of the new league for an incredible salary paid by charlie somera Sor ners the then I 1 looked back and recalled ble big walsh who pitched 60 gamos games in 19 1608 ot of which he won 40 and saved 13 12 others the great walsh threw hia his ar anni away that season tor for the princely aceL sum am of paid him by a wild spender known ai as charles comiskey comiskey also paid shoeless joe jackson around or all that jackson could do was to chase ty cobb with a batting average 0 of that was a total of cd for walsh and jackson who today would be cheap at a year Mathew sons top salary was jl oooo so was bans magners wagners Wag Wagi ners wes matty wa was easily a pitcher and wagner an or ballplayer now how many are now around who have led a big league eight years at bat in addition to being tabbed dabbed the greatest shortstop of at an all time cy young was winning 20 25 and over 30 games a year for a royal stipend ranging from to a season maybe it was wax only a year he won only games and wound up practically broke after 33 22 years compared to old timers the ballplayers today are business tycoons and financial geniuses they are getting paid 10 for I 1 above the kings of yesterday an ordinary hitter today ell can n get more than wagner jackson on walsh mathewson or alexander ty cobb made his money from a soft drink not from a soft loft club owner rS shorter horter pay longer years the old system of lower pay at leat least had one extra advantage for the th club owner the ballplayer had to hang around longer for example there are a few 10 year men left in b both th leagues bat but at the golden d distribution 13 trib ution which took pla place c a from 30 to 40 years ago aboor or some 20 years ago look what happened pop anson hang hung on am for 28 26 years so did jack quinn ty cobb spent 24 years in big league harness and bilins wagner was on deck 23 years tris trim speaker and nap lejoye adorned the infield and outfield for over 22 seasons cy young was a 22 year man lle Remember member the e were all stars the top of the flock there are any number who worked on the big time lot for 15 to 18 years but today joe DiMagg lo I 1 one of the longtime long time veterans left managers will tell you that the game has grown so much faster than it used to be that only a few exceptions can outlast 10 or 12 years well cobb hit around in his campaign wagner was still a star in his year and hit him season id rather have bad had wagner at 38 or even 40 than any shortstop in the game today someone asked jack quinn one day how it was that he was still pitching after 24 seasons easy quinn said A wife and a six ix children |