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Show RUCK SELLS STARS " 10 SAVE TREASURY Financial Considerations Behind Disposal of Last of Athletics. NBW YOI'.IC, Feb. 23... 1.-: Connie Ma. the wise bird, afler all? Did he pul) off a Mmvrt piere or bui-nel bui-nel ba.seball when he t-.old the 1ji:-1 of his I stars? In T'blladelpdia I he. ranr: have hern I RllrmlnL' aavil'j at r;onnie ever Kinef. ho let i l:ii..-.u. S. naiic'. Str-imk and M. Irtner; gu 1 awav'. The I,, lit"! ha'..: b.-en pi "dp ling that Ma.. '. H team 'A'ill plav to more eini.lv .-ats Ihl.-. season than :.nv major league .lub in liiru.rv. Oth'-r 1 . :i -- r .:i 1 i f-ntir ha'.e raid liii,.; a.nd that, arid there haun'1 b.-.Ti a boii'i';l in Hie. whole wave of ennime.n1. Kut a well-verged bar.-eball man, who l:no'A-K pra'll.ally all theie iK lo Idiow about I he bu.-ilri- -:a end of a b;UI elub. i"-u,ark.-i i.-.TiMy Unit .Ma.'l: pulled Hie Ah-'-, t :-.:ulT liiat i:im tie. n pulleil nil T-ln-l-r. Why? VV.'ll, bote are a few 1 . a : ..ri " : I In 'be fhat plae1 tl.'i .Mhbtlci have I be.-; i uiin'.po'ar in I 'billy '.''!- Hlnre th. y ' Krnil") '" do. Mo.-. Tli"V lia .'e not drawn 'lb", and Ma'!', tin lad li.aile ari) nion.'V al l,oni.'. In Hi.' "''.Mid pi,'"1.' aev.-ral of th- r.l.'.r:-. :M:t'-',: !'.;d v-i. i ! i "ra t if: fi"'I vith 'Oii'li-iioii'' 'Oii'li-iioii'' and .1' rii.iiiit. d mu' b larg.-r Malarle:-. Il.mi Ik- ' '"tld ' Icliil',' :ilf".'l lo pnv. Ak.iIii- Hi" Mii'-kM.-n l"'l .".'-."li ''t'lil plav in to the -ari.ni-. In a n.-ii''.; o.' lb-... lb-... vt-f '"id Mji k f . eirblli I'll.''.- i'l.-ir-in" lib" hi Hi" f'"1" "li" 'Villi bill" Ol ' no ,-lianr' lo lliil.-b a i.il blu.b.'l'. i Ma i-.'.l to 111-. ii in':, very lik"l,v, thai he -would do well to gel r'rt of bin Ii-sa Ii-sa I il ioil ,l;iyers v hlte h" eould r oinmand a big market ptl.e for thein. He saw n ehanee to el.-an up. In on" deal, praetl-. praetl-. ally twb-e a h mil' li money n.-i lie stood to lo?" on the M.nMon. With no rent in p."-' nt Sblbe park, overhead ixufinus ."mall and the rlmme to hold a vouiu; ball elub lo salaries av-eraL'iriK av-eraL'iriK S.a'ftH, Ma.k Haw a ehali.C to make some, uinnee on the year through plaver f.aeu. and he took It. Kv.-n .villi lb" oliirf lif dispo.""il of .Ma.-.k could not have built 1 1 p. a winner, liaaebull men III K-ncial uCfi: t " thin. And If wiiiie other bams In ll.e Alncri-idn Alncri-idn league have pood y.-aiH he Hlan.l:. a elian.-e lo rn.'ik" a little don::li on 111" road. Pi Kuril ik thai be would lone .money at home. Ma.k inoha.bly had a hiiii.h Ihat be eould break nearly even on I lie !..! hiKuiiean a.nd have what he Rot for bis Htars in reserve. Should h" break even Ihi? year he will have that iru.ily f.'.u.nnii In I a. I. Not a bad .'.ear, w'hal? |