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Show HRESXAHAN IS MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER Tribune Special Sporting Service. NEW YOPK, Jan. 2. -Poger Prestm-han Prestm-han is the most expensive human baseball chattel, according to tho figuring figur-ing of St. Louis experts who have "doped out" the market value of the players given tip by tho St. Louis club, in exchange for Bresnahan. Mike I Kolly, John Clarhsou, Theodore Breiten-; Breiten-; stein, Sy Seymour and Spiko Shannon famous as '$10,000 beauties aro mere pikers when compared with Bresnahan. Those $10,000 transactions were once considered the absolute .limit, but the lircsnahan deal more than doubles this ! limit, as it is figured that it would take at lonst $25,000 to buy tho release of tho men who were exchanged for Pogcr. i Por n long time $10,000 was the j standard price for tho host players. Last summer the New York club raised 1 the ante "when Mnrqnard was purchased from Indianapolis. Tho club socked up $11,000 for "Rube," and the national commission will mako affidavit io this statement. In the open market Pogcr would have brought more than $11,000. Even though ho cost the Cardinal club $25,000, it was a fine investment. St. Louis, last season, proved ono of tho best cities in tho American league circuit. With Bresnahan as a drawing card and any kind of a team, the Cardinals should play to big crowds: |