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Show iIi iiROUGH FOREVER jRPHY'S ASSERTION inn Feb. 2L "I eold out at 7 r the long distance telephone, V Murphy sold, in continuing KiHit from organized baseball, ft offered me more money than kancht was in tho world for my tot of tho Cubs's stock, and I ac-Hthout ac-Hthout qulbbllns. I am forever Vllh professional baseball, lto lea and squabbles. I'm tho (Ban In the world tonight." Fwould not give tho price for Ytoi tho controlling interest In Lft can tell If ho wishes," Mur-i Mur-i "The transaction la clo3cd, and ethlng more to say about It. ex-t. ex-t. Tm glad Mr Taft has the r. Admitted that the storm of 'which swept organized baseball ted unexpectedly dismissed Man-PB Man-PB "mlsht have precipitated" tho buy him out. Wit have somo bearing on tno i tald. and evaded further quea-tm quea-tm drcumatances which brought deal Ho did not want to die-laying die-laying he was happier than ho i.for twenty years and as long as Trwhed his hands of the game !d to forget any of its unpleaa-r unpleaa-r would Murphy say what would of the threatened suit for dnm-ilnst dnm-ilnst President Johnson of the a league for Johnson's alleged ef-bust ef-bust him from the National , i tfhrough with baseball," he reload re-load Indicated that the Buit !Vtr be Hied. t raid the Chicago National Sub Lad clone hotter than any ib in the league while he owned jrould not ay how much If had elm. He purchased the control-irest control-irest In the club from James A. I' years ago, and In that time the m two world and four league puhlpe. ire Happy. N Fla.. Feb. 21. Many of the p of Uie Cubs' squad, training ptssed their gratification at the it of Murphy. "Hank" O'Day. rnmnaRer, said he would wager tithe Cubs get both Perdue and rifrom Eoston In exchange for who might be the president of tho dutx rr.?M5 ? .1th8 , Poatponament ' of the iSthVi,of ih? toArd o' dlraotoro tonight, to-night, tho otatuB of Johnny Evariiro- ?n J Barn an(I,1la Pane will oonie w?H Lh-iJ.S06 wh,ch Probably h,?16, Ithin the next week, niri (11 li "ol'eycd that matters per-inic per-inic tho .F6 league wor0 dlo-d dlo-d durlne the meeting of tho managers, man-agers, no announcement of any action taken was made. Decides Agnew Claim. CINCINNATI, Ohio., 'Feb. 21. The national na-tional baseball commission today refused the appeal of Player J. W. Agnow of the Portland, Ore., club, from a decision of the national board, which declined to allow his claim of 5741.50 against that club. Agnow claimed that ho had been Injured In a gamo on June 1C, 1913. and asked for his salary to tho end of tho season. Tho Portland club aosorted that he waa not injured in a game, hut paid him two weeks' full pay and two weeks' half-pay, half-pay, according to a provision in his contract con-tract If the Portland club keops the player on Its reserve list, however, It must pay Agnow hlo full salary for the season. If it does not eo elect, thc player becomes a free agent. Professionals Barred. CHICAGO, Fob. 2L .Besides barring entirely any player deomed a professional, tho National Amateur Baseball association associa-tion at Its cession today adopted rulon prohibiting .the players in Its contosts from receiving any compensation for tholr participation. Rigid regulations regarding re-garding professionalism were incorporated In the association's eligibility code. Tigers Go a-Training. DETROIT, Mich.. Feb. 21. Ton Detroit De-troit American league baseball players started for thc spring training camp at dulfport, Miss. Manager Joinings ls already al-ready at the training camp. |