Show Rumor Rumor Has Has Buyer For Bees BeesBy By y JUDSON BAILEY CHICAGO Dec 9 UP As UPI As was wa natural the baseball meetings meeting buzzed today with talk about the reported sale of the Boston Bees Nobody kne official officially ly y but everybody agreed unofficially that this looked like the thereal thereal real eal thing The Bees have been on n the block for a long time with their heir purchase often rumored but there here were indications that this deal eal would be consummated All AU Works Out The Associated Press reported last ast month it had learned that the sale probably would be completed within three weeks and that Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner Kenesaw M M. Landis had delivered an ultimatum id to Charles CharlesF F F. Adams to dispose of his interests interests inter- inter ests because of race track con con- The announcement in Boston last ast night that Adams had arrived at t a valuation of my interest with Albert H. H Powell wealthy retired retired re- re tired ired New Haven Conn coal dealer deal- deal er r and former officer of the club apparently fulfilled the predictions for or a sale Bob Quinn president of the Bees and trustee of Adams' Adams stock in n the club dub left the minor league meetings at Atlanta intending to visit relatives at Columbus Ohio but was understood to have been called to Boston suddenly for a week-end week conference Manager Casey Stengel and Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- John Quinn of the Bees came on to Chicago where the major league sessions are scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- to start tomorrow Both insisted insisted in- in isted they knew nothing about the he sale From the standpoint of ot the baseball men already on the scene here the reported deal was taken takeno to o mean that Quinn would continue continue con- con to head the club and that the Bees would not figure in any trades of consequence There had been rumors that Boston would have to o sell one of its several fine youngsters youngsters young- young to make ends meet unless a anew anew anew new owner for the club was found during the winter Good Field FieldIn FieldIn FieldIn In the past the Bees always have lave been among the most active traders in the annual ivory market and their removal from the field caused no great pleasure among the he persons seeking to raid their talent although representatives of other clubs expressed hope the Bees Bees' unsettled ownership finally had been straightened out There was considerable expectation expectation expectation tion that the trading would be picked up quickly where it was left leftoff leftoff off iff in Atlanta but aside from con- con conjectures conjectures of various brands and sizes nothing was shown In the league meetings tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row the problem of handling players players players play play- ers who are drafted into the army will be considered There also is isa isa isa a movement afoot to have the American league rescind its rule against trading by the pennant winner |