Show S V rorY V V w PITCHER WILL WILLET GET ET BIG SALARY John Chesbro National Leaguer To Receive a Season PERHAPS MONEY lONEY II lii Power of or 1 o Could I Etor cr I lJur ur for tor or Iwo 10 Weela irM tr ir ry John the star etar pitcher of the tho th e National league leo ue last year ear will ivill receive e a salary enlar of this season sea from the th Ih the e New ew e York American league club He lie U Is Uthe I Ithe s the highest salaried baseball pitcher In tn I n America and ani probably earns corns his money moneymore moneymore mone y yn more easily his hl employer believe In I n these days daB of ot model n ball playing It U la Is I s considered a n positive hardship for Cor a astar star pitcher such u h as n Ch Is to om cill elate In more than two io games Hames a week A twirler who Is as lied to do more Inore than that complains generally of ot III treat treatment meat ment and unfairness at nt the hands of his hl manager and It I pressed into ser set service serIco vice vico Ico against his will Is Inclined to b sulk In the tho box ox Chesbro If It he lie on an average of ot two games a n week will receive a game Jame Averaging six Fix balls In Including Including eluding fouls foula for each tach batsman with 31 of ot them at the plate In III nine rIne Innings Chesbro will receive every Her time lie le pitches a n Jail ball to the catcher In the tile game Glint With AVIth an nn arm arni t of steel and n a physique of ot phenomenal power Chesbro has demonstrated again and again to the tho satisfaction of oC baseball cranKs mat no lie is o ot pitching Nt ching every day ilay ton for two weeks If It he lie so de tie tires fires but such a proceeding would ouid bo be impolite anti unprofessional to eay SR ay the least according to the views of oC the players ers Pitchers of ot renown and skill built on lines JInes believe that lInt they the should save ne their salary solar arms arias n us ns much as os possible They feel that hat the less leI the number of ot games gaines they the rate ra te In each ench year ear the th longer they the will IlI be bp able to step up UtI to the captains of lice fice and collect what Is coming to them It Is n a 1 habit among Amon them to complain of oC the slightest lightest soreness In the lie elbow or shoulder mill to petition tho the Indulgent manager to be allowed to take tv I c rest on tIle the bench at nt the Panic Fame time drawing pay It Is a II strain to pitch two 10 games gaines amps a R week said H a 1 Na Nl National N lanai league pitcher recently Tim Th Tb box bux Is M iro far away from Crem the he that It require extraordinary skill kIli and strength ft to pitch winning ball bail It 11 Is not 10 so much great grent speed that exhausts ones ne stamina n as th Ih Ike change chane of ot pace till HIP lit accurate control contro one mutt DUSt nave hn e nowadays s and the great gnet rea t activity to be e exercised In folding fielding the position Io In n a 1 hard game In which both pitchers keep the hits and runs down It becomes fin eta Intense f strain on the nerves toward the close of ot the lie contest before a final result remit is III g attained What with the excitement of the crowd the noisy noly coaching and the tact fact that the lie whole game jam depends del on him undergoes an nn ordeal which makes It II necessary for tor him to rest nest sev several eral days daR before he enters the box again Yes two garnet games n a week neck fk say ray on Tuesday Tu lIl and aM Saturday are quite enough for any pitcher Looking back boek however to the th days when hen John Clarkson Tim Kete Char ley by Ie Ed Fi 11 Crane Charley Chancy Sweeney and ami other famous f box men wore ere In thIr prime one cannot help feeling that Chesbro and the other stars of ot modern times are enjoying a 1 com corn comparative snap When was wu wasa wun a n member of ot the crack Providence team In the tha National length ho he h was called on onto onto to 10 pitch every ever day ca The box boJC was rae only fifty nUy feet from the plate to be euro curt but Old Had lied had the Ihl best beRt batters bAtt be tore fore him day after day da He Ho had mar marvelous marvelous sneed when he wanted to use It Ita Ita Ita a wonderful slow ball great reat curves antI and antIa n a 1 head tilled filled to overflowing with gray matter Day after atter day Rad flad pitched winning constantly and soon creating a furore in the baseball world Provi dence nn nil n a result won the league championship in ISSI and Md WOK was alii famous all 01 over oer the land Clarkson WAS another wonderful pitcher It wai In 1859 1319 that the Bos DOl DOlton tons tans ton were r fighting the he New cw Yorks Yorka tooth and nail fur fop the championship The Ehe Boston management ement called on Clark CUrk on onto onto to pitch every day da John responded anti ani his hili work In tile the box WItS was ns a ft rovela revelation lion ion He lie had hall speed peed was ne and control Hut But the told toldon toldon toldon on him and though he remained In league leagie company several years rean longer lon er he never recovered his hili grip grill It II was nothing for tor Keefe Reefe Crane and ond the other star box melt meet to pitch three e and anil even four games ft a I week It was compulsory compulsory sory Or too for tor the big league teams did tild not earn half a 11 l dozen dzen pitcher pitchers In those days das da but depended upon two or three |