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Show NEW YORK BREWER MAY BUY YANKEES By DAMON BOTTYON ' By International News er 1 e NEW YORK, Dec 8 The purchase of Edd e Collins by Charles Comlske was hardly more of a factor of excite ment around the Waldorf today than the rumor that Jacob Ruppert the New York brewer and Capta n Til Ingha-st Huston B. ret red mil lonalre contractor had pur chased the Yankees This rumor waa e entually denied but t Is genera ly bol eved that it lad a stronger founda tlon tl an anv of the ot er rumors of t e d sposit on of the Yanks that ha e been floating aro nd for weeks It Is pretty certa n tl at Ruppert and Huston have seriously considered the propos tion of trying to purchase the club and It a believed n many quarters that they are st)U considering it. Tonight it was reported that there was a d ffer ence of $100 000 between the figure asked by the owners of the Yanks and what Ruppert and Huston were willing to pay Cartain Huston, a former Cincinnati man who nade a fortune in Cuban con tracting was around the Waldorf bus y deny ng the various stories todaj The captain is a great friend of McGraw and It Is eald that he and Ruppert would have bought the club instanter at Farrel s own figures If they cou d have obtained McGraw as manager which is of course out of the question ! Ruppert la lose to the Fleischmanns i who ha e an interest In the Cincinnati i Rods and it was probably through them that he first got the Idea of acquiring a i financ al Interest in baseba i Ban Jol n son Is also bel eved to ha e made a strong effort to put the deal o er It is said that the price asked b Farrel was : $600 000 and that the offer waa $i00 000 |