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Show j ASSET TO A BALL CLUB? I NEW YORK, April 7. Which Is the most valuable asset to a ball club a great pitcher or a great hitter? Here is a question that may be argued ar-gued pro and con from morning till night, and many reasons can be advanced ad-vanced from both ends of -the argument argu-ment But if you want to take a salary basis for It, the argument will end In favor of the great hitter, for the club owners prove It by the salaries they pay. Take the great batters of the game Speaker, Cobb, Chase, Wagner. Jackson Jack-son and others. Speaker, Cobb and Wagner have for a number of yeara IH been the highest salaried players la the game, and whenever it comes to " H squeezing the biggest salary out of H the pocketbook of a club owner, tho H great offensive player has tho best 1 chance. H The magnates are willing to pay H more money for the offensive star H than they will part with for a player H whose main value is his defensive H strength, for baseball is a game H where offensive playing is the most difficult, and whenever a player IH shines above his fellows in attacking H power he can command the largest H salary every time. H |