Show SMALL FORTUNE FORTUNE 1 FOR MATHEWSON UN Cubs Would Give j Cold Cash for the Gi Giant Giant Giant ant Twirler Ic New ew York Oct 3 The Herald ted tod says that Charles Charle W Murphy the theof o 0 ncr ner of the Chicago National league baseball team tem has offered for or Christy Ma jia ta the crack pitcher r of or the New Yorks and that John T Brush and John JohnJ J McGraw had spurned the offer ofer be he became b came known kown last night When en through an intermediary Mar Mur Murphy Mtr phy ph and und Frank Chance who ho is his h hj man manager ma manager ager set Bet tet a price of ot O on son the New York management E 6 ant nt back word that even this unprecedented price was not half hal enough to obtain the th he transfer of Mathewson To make sure that their message was thoroughly un tin understood they added that Mathewson was not for tor sale eale at any an price Murphys offer of o 0 which was made in good faith and with no Intention Int n tion ton that it should become public was wa communicated to Brush and M Graw row through a business man ma In this city iy who Is interested in thoroughbred and other othel horses and who has the confidence of ot the New York and tile tHe Chicago National league baseball magnates In making the offer oter for Mathewson Murphy and Chance Chan e explained that the Chicago team which has been a unit for forso forso forso so long must eventually d and that the addition additon of ot Mathewson to the Chicago roster would be of ot the highest importance to them them Brush and M GraW told the that it would be use useless u use useless less leso to open negotiations for or the sae zar 5 e of Mathewson even Ven at a price prie five t greater reuter than that once paid for 10 Q Kelly Kely The tentative offer oter of at o was n r badly bad frost trost bitten by b the New York ra t r that the intermediate intermediary reported report back lack to Murphy and Chance that there then was not a chance in the world f tr fr C cage cago to t get Mathewson |