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Show M GRAW PUTS IN i BID FOR NEW YORK , GIANTS; WOULD BE i A REAL MAGNATE J ! I Scrappy Manager and GaftV ney Seek to Buy Out Hempstead's Controlling. Interest in Nationals j By Ed Curley j NEW YORK, Pec. IT. John Me- ' Oraw, manager of the Olanln, j , limn lilimmn furlh lha iiimiiiif aeason aa a real, genuine, honest hon-est to goodness magnate. With Jawn, as a partner, may be James J. Gaff-ney, Gaff-ney, the former owner of the Boston Braves. These well Vnown charactera In th bass ball world have made an offer for the atock Harry S. Hempstead owna n the New York club. There, fore. If the deal goes through, Mr. raw and Gaffnev will control the deatlnlea of the Giants, For the past few days McOraw and Gaff ney hare been holding heart to heart talks. This waa rather astonishing astonish-ing In view of the fact that the pair have not been little pals since the afternoon. aft-ernoon. Gaff ney prevented MfOn'W from playing Benny Kanff against the Braves. It is known that when their paths met ech appeared to reach the conclusion that there was a stranger In town. Consequently, when they be-, be-, gan to hobnob, everybody knew something some-thing wss brewing. It haa bfen known for years that Me-Oraw Me-Oraw wsa desirous of winding up hla! successful career In baseball aa a magnate. mag-nate. Ilia particular anxiety waa to become a part nwtjjr of the Giants, the team through which he acquired worldwide fnmc. ' When John T. Brush died It was fully expected that MrGrnw would receive re-ceive a block of stock fi per cent of the total- from the magnate's estate. Instead he waa given a fa'r increaae In salary, but that didn't make up for the atnckhntdlng privilege. Qaffney has been ewdeavwHnr 4e ee-turn ee-turn to baseball for the last year or so. ftlnce he sold the Braves to Percy Haughton and associates th former magnate was never happy, or the call was too strong to be overcome. At one time he had Hnrrv Sinclair. I the oil magnate, make an bffer for th Hempstead stock, but the final wasn't consummated. The Hempatead Interests Inter-ests own per rent of the Giant stock, which would rive McOraw and Geffrey Geff-rey a controlling Interest If they put over the deal. While Hempstead represents the Interests In-terests of the Brush estate, and is fond of baseball, he Is willing to retire from the pastime If he receives hla price. He haa big Investments In Indianapolis which re u I re a lot of his time. |