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Show Joe Kelly Bought By Cubs; Record Price Paid JOE KELLY. v ' ' ' 1 . v.. .....tf'f'n J tl pHICAGO, July 12. At a price said to be among the highest ever paid for a minor league ball player, the Chicago Nationals today purchased Joe Kelly, Indianapolis In-dianapolis outfielder. In exchange, the Indianapolis In-dianapolis club will receive a cash sum of between 512,Ch)0 and $15,000 and two players yet to be named. Kelly is expected to join the Cubs tomorrow. to-morrow. He is a right-handed batter, who hit .300 last year and led the American Ameri-can association in base-stealing with sixty -one thefts, and so far this season iio is hitting about .300. |