Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-10-04 | Page 11 | Indianapolis Club Goes to Denver Men

INDIANAPOLIS CLUB GOES TO DW n INDIANAPOLIS, lnd.. OcL 3. The Indianapolis American Association bnsc-ball bnsc-ball club was sold hero late today by Sol Meyer, owner, to James C. McGIU, George A. Wahlgrecn and Jack Hon-drlcks Hon-drlcks of Denver. The purchase price Is said to be $165,000, tho largest ever paid for a minor league organization. The disposal of tho franchise by Meyer comes after a year of futilo effort to build up a winning aggregation. lie became be-came owner during tho summer of 1912. and that season and tho one Just ended the team finished In last place in the association race. Since 1908, when the local team won the association pennant, baseball from an Indianapolis standpoint stand-point has been disappointing and attendance attend-ance has been poor. This city Is said to bo one of tho best baseball towns in the circuit and with a team playing fairly well the returns to tho promoters have been large. The negotiations that led up to the sale wore opened In midsummer when McGIII stopped here on a trip east and made an offer for the club. At that time, It Is said, Meyer held out for $175,000. Tho season Just finished was particularly particu-larly displeasing to the ownor. it generally gen-erally was conceded that all of tho Indianapolis In-dianapolis players were Individually among the best In the league. They could not play togothor, however, and lost regularly. McGlll for years has been president of tho Denver team of the Western league and he and his associates expect to bo-gin bo-gin work at onco toward building up the local team. In tho sale of the Indianapolis club, Mover also Included his holdings in the Springfiold (O.) Central league team. Springfield haa been used as a farm by the local magnate.