old time religion by Jim Linderman: Former Baseball Player and Big Ham Billy Sunday Rakes it in. Old Time Religion

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Former Baseball Player and Big Ham Billy Sunday Rakes it in. Old Time Religion

Old time religion evangelist Billy Sunday made FAR more money preaching to rubes than playing baseball. The former player was signed to one of the earliest baseball teams by no less than Mr. Spaulding, owner of the Chicago White Stockings. The German immigrant on the mound was really named Billy SONNTAG, but he went indie under the last name Sunday. That attracted crowds. Paying crowds...and he no longer had to fear throwing balls.

Sunday opposed drinking and gambling...fair enough, but he made folks pay admission to hear him say it. Some 200 bucks a sermon, and he gave FOUR A DAY. That was 800 bucks a day when the average yearly salary of a worker was? 800 bucks. Sunday made more in one day than the rest of the country, and unlike real workers, his sweat was from dancing around on stage like a buffoon sent by god instead of good, honest work. Fortunately, soon radio was invented, and folks could choose their entertainment on their own. Sunday faded into the either leaving behind thousands of real photo postcards now worth squat.

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