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Show SELLS MANY PLAYERS Manager Dunn of Baltimore Has Developed Various Stars. Ill Twelve Years $150,000 In Cash and Player Has Been Turned Over to Him Turner Barber IsLnteit Player Sold. Johnny Dunn, president nnd mnn-nger mnn-nger of tho Ilaltlmoro Orioles of tho International league, formerly of the Itrooklyn Nationals, Is In n class by himself when It cornea to picking out hall players, developing them nnd then disposing of thorn to major lengua .clubs. In tho 12 years that Dunn has Yimnngetl the fenms or Trovldcnco and Ilaltlmoro $150,000 hns been turned over to him In cash nnd players for tho 2.') ho has sent to tho big show. Ills recent re-cent snlo of Turner Ilarber, formerly nf tho Washington Americans, to tho Chicago Cubs for ?1C,000 la tho highest high-est prlco Dunn has ever received for a blnglo chattel. Of tho many record pales transacted by Dunn the most notoworthy la tho enso of Oeorgo Twomhly. Frosh from n hlghi school team Just outsldo of Dos-ton, Dos-ton, Twnmbly reported to Dunn nboul six years ngo. Ha wns n shortstop, nnd about na rank n ono na could bo found. Dunn saw n chnnco of 'dovel' opmcnt and hung nn to tho lad. Later In tho season ho tried thrco times to fnrm Twomhly, but each time ho wns returned. Tho next yenr Dunn succeeded suc-ceeded lu getting Twomhly n Job In n finull lengup, nnd hfs mndo good. A third yenr found him In tho Now York Stnto league nnd tho fourth ho wna n star for llnltlmorc. When thu Federal lenguo Invaded Italt'nioro Dunn sold Twomhly to Cincinnati Cin-cinnati for $."5,000. The Iteda alldn't llko him, nnd they gnvo him back to Ilaltlmoro with tho understanding thnt Dunn could hnvo him If ho would llvo up to tho contract Twomhly hnd signed 1 In Itedland. Hack with Ilaltlmoro Twomhly hit well over .800, nnd last i winter Dunn sold him again. Tho Una-j Una-j ton 15 raves were (ho purchasers this time, nnd $2,C00 wna tho nmount they ' gnvo up. Non- Twomhly Is back In tho Intcrnntlonnl lcaguo with Providence. Hero nro somo of tho plnyera the Oriole lender hna sold In tho last 12 years: Ira Thomas, $11,000; James Morgan, $1,000. draft; Fred IlurcliPll, $0,000 "Illll O'llnrn, $.1,000; Jack Knight, $0,000; "Lefty" Ilussoll. $11,-000; $11,-000; Allen Russell, $1,000; "Rube" iMendowa, $5,500; Fritz Mnlsel, $12,-lOOOfCharlca $12,-lOOOfCharlca Schmidt, $3,000; Claude Devi Ick, $10,000 ; Oeorgo Twomhly, ?5,-000; ?5,-000; Hon F.gnn, $7,000; "Ilnbo"'lluth, $12,000; F.mlo Shore. $12,000; Dave Dnnforth, $:i,000; "nirdlo" Cree, $5,-000; $5,-000; llert Daniels, $1,000; Morrlr Roth, $1,000, draft; Wilbur Clood, $1,-000, $1,-000, draft 5 Rill Kopf, $1,000; Turner Rarber, $15,000; George Twomhly, $2,-500. |