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Show Baseball Player Today Rated as Business Man "What's the difference between the player of today and the old-time players?" play-ers?" was the question put to Grover Cleveland Hartley, veteran catcher, in the Giants' clubhouse. "Well," replied Hartley, "the ball player of today is a far better business man than the ball player of yesterday. The player of today knows the value of Florida real estate, and he knows his value as a box office attraction. "And when it comes to signing his contract he lets the club owner know he's a business man as well as a ball player." That's the difference between the ball player of today and yesterday. The old-time player was smart In a baseball way, but a poor business man. |