Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-07-20 | Page 35 | Denies Rumor That Club is for Sale

DENIES RUMOR THAT CLUB IS FOR SALE v"illiam Curtjp, president of the Sacramento Sac-ramento club, has entered a. denial of the rumor that Manager Harry TTolverton, Ed Walter, former president of the Oakland Oak-land club, and two others have made a dicker with Jack Atkins at the reputed figure of 565,000 for the controlling In.-terest In.-terest In the club. On the face of the stbry It appears absurd. For one thing the Paclnc Coast lepgue has a law that no magnate can transfsj-his transfsj-his stock without tho consent of the league directors, and It Is a Bafe bet that Ed Walter would not be allowed to purchase any more stock. And then another an-other thing, why would Atkin want to sell after he had spent his money and time setting together a winning team that 1b making money? President. Baum aud the San Francisco Fran-cisco club owners think that the story Is one manufactured out of whole doth. Atkins has given no intimation that ho wants to step out of iiaseball, and It is understood that everything Js progressing progress-ing rilcaly In the capital olty. Certainly the team is going well and the crowds have turned out better than In years.