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Show CHAI.CE WILL HOT MAIIAGE IIUIDEilS Peerless Leader Will Im-part Im-part This Information to Farrell Today. (By IntamaUonal Keee Mervlca.) BY BIU. BAXI-BY. KAiriAS CTTT, Ma, Jaa. 7. frank la Chase anil aot auaaca tha Xaw Tark Hlgbiaadan la IBIS. Ha auda thla I aoatttv (tataataat aa tha BaoU Ta 11m-ltad 11m-ltad raa from Topaka, If ia , ta Kiaaai City. Ma. H aald Uat ha wag making mak-ing tha trip from Olaadorm, OaL, to Chicago that ba mlsbt moat rtank Farrell, Far-rell, ownar of tka Maw York taam, and tall kin paraoaally that ha woold ba out of baaaball for one roar, at lsaat. - Ckaaao laid that aia miad waa made up drtnltaly and potitiraty and that orithei tka eloquence of tha alub owner or tha jlngla of dollara could altar It C banco will I pond th rummer of 19U oa hi Califoraia ranch. Ua may return la tha game ia 191t, asd he may aot. Tba former Oob naaager waa oa hit way to Chicago to meet KarrelL They war rbed.uled for a eonereece ia Chicago Chi-cago today. bo I boarded tha Santa Fa limited at Topeka and found tha former Cub leader in oaa of th compartment. " What ara yon doing out buret'' waa raee'a query wkeg I entered hi com-partmeat. com-partmeat. , , "I want to Bad oat what'yea arc going go-ing ta do wkea yoa meet Mr. Farrell," I ronlled. 1 "Whea I tell yea von 11 b sur-prised." sur-prised." was his aaswer, 'aad If we war aearer Chios I wouldn't tell you," he continued. "I doa't blow ehcther I sbonld as it Is. "But I certainly hate te as you come all this dtstsnoe and then go back with a wrong Inipreaalon. What do you think 1 am going to dor' "cigu." was ths enewer. "No," aald Chance. "When 1 sea Farrell Far-rell I am going te tell him that 1 have decided te remain out of baseball for one year. "I'm going te CMcege te tell Mr. Farrell Far-rell thla In person. He treated ma fairly and squarely and I want to do tbe same 1-v him. I oould have written him te thte effect, but I felt I could not make him understand. "I don't know that I bn ever get hack In tha game. I may and 1 may not. But 1 waut te take oaa year oft. I went to find out whether be aa ball ta neoossary to me. rn going te try the renc-n and give tt all my time for one whole year. If at the expiration of that time I And that i eat still alive for baseball. 1 shell try te come baok. If . the Now Tork position Is waiting, all well and good. If ll Is not. end T still want to return, thee I will be ths loser. But for one year 1 shall let base ball alone and devote all my time to railing orangea. "The reason I hate te give yea this story I that Mr. Farrell does not know tuy dsvlaion. Me will hear It whsa 1 get to Chicago. "It s only the fear that he may resent bosnng bis arst news of my deeisloe from a newspaper that makes ana aeny le toll you this, for It la tha troth "Wont you be open te arm meet T I asked. "Mr. Farrell will likely d Die best te oowvlnoe you that yea should return re-turn and he will likely otter many fancy Inducements. . "There Is aot a ehenee." rerun; the former Cob. "My mind le made up and It la not to ba eluuured at thl tine A I aald before, at the end e eas year I decide to return to the game, I haU sea position, but not nowT And believe me. thte dedaton was reached after a great deal ef thought. I wantod tot go aa New York aa euuiager. It s the one plaoa that I wanted as manage man-age In. Had the offer oome from another source I should have reuaed oa the In. ' JJU ' a great opportunity there. The teem waa down end tbe maa who built ft ue would be eonsMered e mighty successful f.Uow la has arofae-slon. arofae-slon. "It was i thte that made me hold ee? ee Ion. I thought that maybe ta the end that I would go. And It waa thla thai n ode me hold off to what may eeem e late data te many. "It wee not your health whk awd, you determine te leave the gamer' Chance waa asked. "Do I loo like a alcfc manf Chanea queried In return. -I never felt better In my life. I weigh between le sand to Founds. I haven't had a headache since h.-id the operattoa In New Tort I'm strong and heelthy. No, It len't 111 Health that has determined me It'e the ranch "There are between it. aot) god li.ooO boa of fruit en the trees, with the P'toe anywhere near reasonable 1 ahouat make considerable money from It. "On top of that I have aome ether ta-veotmenta ta-veotmenta that look mighty goo. go JJc, money end ef It Isn't bothering m. Which migreeted another qviem ,.Tfu irm"ber that w reed In Ologgo that Chan, e first demanded 110.000 e year to menage tha Highlanders. Then ths report cams that he would have to have a perrentege of the profits. 1 msds no such demand and I did not give out any of those. Interviews." eM Chance. "The only thing that f ever aid waa that If I want back te blsebell ihsH would heve to be mad. worU m |