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Ball Players Winter Pur suits and Offseason Trades
The piece surveys how big league stars spend winters far from the diamond, turning to farming, law, banking, vaudeville, writing, auto business, and other professions. Prominent names like Baker, Mathewson, Cobb, Wagner, Collins, and La Joie are noted for offseason ventures in farming, law, real estate, or automobiles while continuing to stay connected to baseball.
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Frank Baker
Philadelphia Athletics
Trappe
Scranton
Shrewsbury
Baker
Maryland
Dubas
South
Ting
Hee
Vauderville
Swoodgrass
Fred
California
Jead
Josh” Devore
Sandgrass
Detroit
Hugh Jennings
Jennings
New York
Athletics
Hous
Fred Clarke
Pittsburg
Kansas
Frank Chaner
Hiicago Cubs
Glenders
Cal
Cbs
White Sox
Chance
Fred Snodgrass
Giants
Hadie” Grant
Cincinnati
Harvard Law School
Boston
Fred Merkle
Fants
Ohio
Merkle
Connolly
Dave Fultz
John M. Ward
Siants
Eddie” Collins
Cap Anson
Tanstowne
Philadelphia
Columbia University
Christy Mathewson
Mathewson
Swork
St. Louis Republic
Matty
Nancetea Mathewson
Cuba
Coombs Farms
Bender
Coombs
Morgan
ASM Tesuit
Cy? Morgan
Wales
John Coombs
Colby
Combe
Alee
Maine
Seagan
Joseph Faversham Pinker
Chicago Cie
Harras
Toledo
Bresnahan
St. Louis
Hoblitzell
Darry” McLean
Beau Brummell
McLean
Frank Bowerman
Michigan
Fielder Jones
Chicago White Sox
Northwest
Rube"j. Elis
St. Louis Cardinals
Los Angeles
Cardinals
Jake Stoh
Boston Red Sox
Washington Park National Bank
Sixty-third Street
Evang Avenue
Chicago
Jake” Stahl
J. Garland Stahl
Tager
Jeelé
Garland
Vincent Campbell
Campbell
Pirates
Motors
Ty” Cobb
Atlanta
Cobb
Hans” Wagner
Carnegie
Wagner
Hans”Wagener
The
Connie Mack
I'y” Cobb
Bill” Evans
Cleveland
Bill
Rigler
Virginia University
John Kling
Chicago Cubs
Kansas City
Cubs
Big Larrys
I McLean
John Evers
Troy
Marquard
Meyers
Demmay” Taylor
King” Cole
Ray City
Mich
Gregg
Visher
New York Yankees
Hal? Chase
Fred Tenney
Ane
Louis Drucke
Ue Giants
Texew