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Show JACKSON TO BE GIVEN LARGE BONUS Napoleon LaJoie never has been known to 'complain regarding the salary sal-ary paid him by Charles W. Som-ers, Som-ers, but It is quite likely that he wishes that d.uring all the time he has worked for the Naps their liberal lib-eral owner had offered him a bonus such ns Joe Jackson has been proffered prof-fered this season. The Carolina clouter, according to a rumor, is to get so much if ho hits above $400, so much if he hits above .375 and so much if he hits above .350. Never having hit below the last named mark since he has been in the American league, the chances are that J. J. will earn at least one of the extra sums his contract calls for, even if the Cincinnati base-hit has been abolished. abol-ished. Look what Larry would have had, however, in the way of extra remuneration remu-neration had his contract called for more money In the event of his hitting hit-ting above .350, .375 or .400. In 1901, working for Connie Mack, the king piled up an average of .422, still the highwater mark for the American league, and only approached by Ty Cobb in 1911, tho year he was accounted ac-counted the most valuable playen in the younger organization by. the Chalmers' Chal-mers' jury of newspaper experts. The Georgian hit .420 that year and .410 the next, Joe Jackson having an av-erage av-erage of .40S in 1911 and Charley (Duke) Farrell an nverage of .404 In During tho two years of his em-ployment em-ployment by Somers, Larry has hit better than .375 and In five years bet-ter bet-ter than .350. Cobb has been above tho last-named mark six times. Hans Wagner five times, Joe Jackson four times, Tris Speaker twice, Ed Dele-hanty Dele-hanty twice, Claf Henriksen twice, IH and Mike Donlin twice. |