Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1914 — DOLLAR HITS BRING RESULTS [ARTICLE]

DOLLAR HITS BRING RESULTS

Mike Finn, Manager of the Memphis Chicks, Works Unique Cure for Players Left on Bases. They are Selling one on Mike Finn, manager of the Memphis Chicks, that Is a good one If true in any degree. -Mike, they say, was very anxious about six weeks ago for some base hits that would drive in runs. His men were getting on bases, all right, but the hits to put them over were always missing. Finn claimed that he had more men left on bases than any team in the league. So he proposed that every hit that |>rought in a run would get the hitter one round silver dollar. The scheme worked pretty well and more runs were the result. The Chicks pulled out of last place. Mike let the players’ account run until Frank P. Cdleman sold the Memphis club to Russell Gardner, so the story goes, and by that time It had run up to sllO. The Chick manager carried the bill to Coleman. . Mr. Coleman is not a stingy man, but he has been in baseball for a number of years, and he never had to pay players extra to make base hits. He looked the bill over, then turned It back to Mike with a grunt and a shake of the head, which meant nothing doing. And—maybe it’s all a joke—they say Mike had to dig deep into his own jeans to make good with the players.