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Show TIER ID Ml GET COLUMBUS CLUB Famous Cub Player Will Manage A. A. Nine; Price $65,000. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 22. Joseph Tinker, former manager of the Chicago National league club, tonight arranged to purchase the franchise of the Columbus American association league team for j himself and Thomas Wilson of Chicago. I Tinker announced that a partial pay- ment had been made for the Columbus I franchise and that the deal would be completed com-pleted before January 3. Immediately after completing arrangements arrange-ments to buy the club Tinker left for Chicago, accompanied by Thomas Hlckey, president of the American association, who attended the meeting here between Tinker and tiie Columbus owners. Tinker and Wilson will pay $fio,000 to the Columbus magnates, it was announced. an-nounced. This will give the former Chicago Chi-cago manager and his associates control' of 75 per cent of the'club's stock. The other 25 per cent will be retained by the present owners. |