Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-23 | Page 12 | Frank Chance Says Cubs are for Sale

FRANK CHANCE SAYS CUBS ARE FOR SALE Former Los Angeles Manager Man-ager Returns From East; Thinks Well of Reds. Special to The Tribune. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 22. William "VVrigley, Jr., owner of the Chicago Chi-cago Cubs, has had his fling at baseball base-ball and is ready to retire, according to Frank Chance, who has returned from a protracted trip through the east. "The Cube are for sale, and Barney Oldfleld and myself had the backing ln Chicago to purchase them," said Chance, "but we did not go through with the deal as I have no desire to get back into baseball. base-ball. "In fact, with tha exception of the Giants, White Sox and two or three other clubs, practically every club in the majors Is for sale; that includes the New York Americans. I heard th:;t the St. Louis Cards may b! transferred to Milwaukee; thev sure ought to send the Cards somewhere some-where because they are an awful looking look-ing club." Chance saw the Reds, in action, and believes that Moran's club will give the American league champions a tough battle bat-tle ln the world's Beries.. He says that Bailee appears to be ln better form than ever before.