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Show Internationals Force Jack Dunn to Break Up Famous Oriole Machine : O, r r - I Reading from left to right! Top, Thomas, Ogden and Bishopt bottom, Bent'ey, Jacobson and Frank. Baltimore Hat Won Four Straight Pennants in In ' ternational League BALTIMORE, Md.. ct. 1 J. Three, maybe five, of thoae famous Italllmnre Oriole are going up to th big show fceit year. No wonder they smile. Jack lunn. Hnltlmnre owner and manager, hae done something that only on man before him ever dia he' developed de-veloped a team that'a too strong for the company It's In. The Oriole must be acrspped. but the scrapping will bring lune a hand-cm hand-cm profit. Against his own wishes, agslnst the wlahs ef Baltimore fan and against the wlahe of a lot of baseball man around th country. Iunn Is being forced to dismantle the machine that won four etratght pennants. Many ysar ago Connie Mark built a baseball machine that was too good f'-r the big leagues. Then he ture It down- from choice, not because of any ultimatum. Dt'R3Mi'rr ei.l. Now J ark Iunn ha been told by the other c)ub owners In the International league (hat he must sell at least three of hi Wars. They threatened tn put the draft back on the league If he refused. re-fused. He submitted. For two years nearly every big league club haa hidden for the star I Oriole player and Punn laughed. The Cincinnati Ke!a offered 110,000 ! for Jack Bentley. jMtnn laughed. Tha Giants offered in9.o0 for thre player Hentley. Joe Holey and Jack Ogden. iMinn laughed snme more. Hut now they're for sale. Itentley and TViley 1100,000 rath. Bag lilshop 76.0fM. Jack Ogden and Herwtn Jacobson 150,000 each. Tommy Thome IIR-OOO. Harry FYs n k f 26.000. rmnn will sell three of the lot. These re about the prices he expects. MKWfl FST UDHK, Bentlev la the minora home run king. He had 2 last year. Like Ruth, he s slow starting. He Is the best left-handed left-handed pitcher In the game. When not 1 pitching he plays first. Holey is one of the beet shortstops tn baseball. He Is young and has never had a miilor league trial. He hits around . 400. Bishop Is a second baseman. Lest eaeon he was the best second aecker In the league and hit well over .800. Verwln Jacobson la the star of the outfield. For three seasons he haa been up amongst the batting leadere. Jack Ogden Is the best right-hander In the league. He won 33 gsme last: vear and In one winning streak made I U In a row. - Harry Frank led th league most of I th seaaon. ! Tommy Thorn a a I a youngater In ! the box. Veterans say he Is th moat promising of the three. |