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Show 1 r f MAJOR LEAGUE CLUB OWNERS CARRY BIG THE GREAT BABE RUTH IS INSURED FOR $159,000 it INSURANCE POLICIES ON STAR PLAYERS " I i Major league ball clubs travel 25.-000 25.-000 miles every year. That is a very conservative cvimate Including the spring training trip practically every club will travel in excess of that amount. The big asset of every major ; league . lub Is its players A park to play on Is very necessary, but it is an easy matter to find a playing field. In comparison to getting together a pall club. Making all kinds of hurried Jumps, traveling on fast trains during the summer and slow ones during the training season, constantly plact I the players in Jeopardy. An accident acci-dent chat would wipe out a team, or so Injure it that its playing strength would be greatly Impaired, would be a body blow to a majoi league magnate. mag-nate. Such a happening Ls always t possibility. pos-sibility. What then do the magnates do to prc.'.ect themselves against such a contingency'' Every major league bail club is heavily insured. The Insurance covew Injury on and off the ball field. The New York club of the American league as B team is insured for about $250,000. The average Insurance of the major league clubs runs about $150,000. If a club boasts of some of tho big stars like Ruth, Speaker, Slsler, Cobb. i . SJSJSJJ Hornsby, Roush. Ftisch, Groh and the g& like, a special policy Is taken out b: ' the club.o cover any loss suffered through injury or Illness. The moment tho New York club ft secured Ruth in a trade with the Moston club, a policy in the neighbor-hood neighbor-hood of $150,000 was taken out on Ruth alone Thus it will be seen that he major . league clubs arc well protected in K - case disaster should overtake tho t".trn in traveling around the circui However, the Insurance that would I.e. received would In no way com- pensate for the real loss of the play- IK' ers. Very often no matter how much HP 1 money a magnate has. he finds It m?, Impossible to buy ball players |