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Show Pratt Deal Held Up. NEW YORK, Jan. 4. Milier ITugglns, the new manager of the New York Americans, Amer-icans, announced today that all negotiations negotia-tions for the purchase of Derrel Pratt, the St. Louis American second baseman, has been temporarily called off. Iluggins said that the Yankees would start training at Macon, Ga.,-on March 1.". Tlie pitchers pitch-ers will report a week lief ore the regulars. regu-lars. The chili will take only thirty players play-ers to the training ramp. T he New Y o rk Na t i on a I league club announced today that it had received 191S contracts from Ferdinand Shupp, Adam Swigler and Schepner, a recruit inlielder. President Tener of the National league held a conference today with Presidents Hempstead. Ebbets and Baker of the New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia clubs, at which routine affairs of the league were discussed. |