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Show O. B. PAYS FEDERAL PRICE OF INDEMNITY NEW TORK, Feb. 23. John C. Toole, attorney for the National Baseball league, today handy over a check for $"5.0rO to James Hindman, attorney for former Federal tea-rue clubs, settling the National loairue's account up to date with the Federal learue clubs under the terms of the agreement of two years ao. Of the amount. 000 goes to the Pittsburg Pitts-burg TruFt company, receivers of the former Pittsburg Federal lea true club, whirh settles in full the National league's obligation to that club: 2fJr)) goes to the Robert B. Ward estate for two ytars' rental of the Brooklyn Federal le-aifuo ball park, and S 1 0. . )( to Harry Pln-!a!r for two years" rental of the Newark Federal Fed-eral league grounds. It also was annound that the National Na-tional league has eighteen more annual payments of $10,000 each to be madrs to the Ward estate and eicht additional payments pay-ments of JoOOO to Sinclair. President B. B. Johnson of trm American Ameri-can league. It was said, alo will send a check for S.OOO to the Federal league attorney in the near future as the American Amer-ican lea true share of the Federal league peace Indemnity. John K. Tener, president of the National Na-tional league, will rmike all future payments pay-ments for his lea cue without further action ac-tion by that. body. Elimination of the Federal baseball league will cost the National league and American league J350.00O. |