Show World Series Is Baseball Baseball Troublemaker I Ily H n BILLY EVANS J Fob Feb cb Every S-Every S Every major C club owner has hag de- de dc Jig ns on OU the tho pennant pen In his Ills league Yd Vet the winning of a 0 champion champlon- championship championship ship shill the tho worl world series In particular particular lar lat Is baseballs baseball's greatest troubleS trouble trouble maker maker malel The Tho first reaction Is felt among tI tin fans tans after the magnate hM has who vainly tried to satisfy have Ve applied tor for tickets when his ball park will seat scat say any only 40 There never was a world orld series I pi t 11 l hat didn leave a 0 trail trill of o and among the fans tans of the elt city win win- winning win winning ning the right to play in the tho base base- baseball ball bali classic Already echoes of or last are proving that the experience of the President Samuel Breadon of ot St 51 Louis Loula Cardinals is no exception exception tion lion to the rule rull SALARY T GRIEVANCES The second cause for grievance centers among tho the players When hen It cornea comes come to signing up alter after playing on a II team that has won a world championship the athletes In some somo cases get an ex- ex exaggerated ex exaggerated opinion of at their worth 1 Either that condition exists or else the Iho Is lg Inclined to be tight tho the cash on hand Dati Dali Ballplayers play players rs no matter malter how much they are getting gelling will always Vas refer to the tho magnates as misers It is 18 1 only natural that a player after ho Ito 0 has hRs helped win In in a pennant and a a world series should be bo of the opinion that his services are worth more money Ho lIo then pro pro- proceeds proceeds pro proceeds to jar loose from the tho mag mag- magnate nato nate as much as he ho possibly can before signing DIG BIG MONET EY SERIES The first series In which real big money was taki In at the gate was the tho 1912 clash between the New York Giants and tho the Boston Red Sox In that series people paid to see seo the two clubs battle tor for eight games garnes the Red Bed Sox finally winning on the now famous Snodgrass muff mutt of ot a fly ball Jimmy McAleer the man who gave me my start In ill base baseball all was vas president of o tho the Boston Ren Sox that season As I recall It the annual ann ial payroll of o the tho club that year ear was OOOO mighty big In those days but a mere mero nothing now Jimmy once told me rae that after winning the tue 1912 series eries It cost him close to to sign the boys up for tor or 1 1913 13 WOE VOE 01 OP OJ CARDINALS IS Since that time the tho receipts of the world series Serle have havo constantly and also the tho salaries With ith the training season about a month away the tho St Louis Car Car- Cardinals Cardinals havo have only signed ned about half haltof of the regular players In a year ear that has been free from holdout talk It Is learned that five of ot the Cards Alexander Rhem Ithem HaInes Bell Dell and Theve- Theve now now are aro tar far from signed These TheM five stars stara are aro the back back- backbone backbone ack- ack pone bone of o the club and must bo be satis- satis tied satis-tied tied fled in somo some manner If It the Car Car- Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals are ace to repeat Amen says Sam Dreadon Breadon Car Car- Cardinal Car Cardinal dinal president to the belle belief that winning a world series aeries makes trouble for or the magnate |