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Show New York Yankee Team Will j , Be Most Profitable in 1930 Figures are not available because they never are disclosed ollicially, but well-ported baseball men say that the ' Yankees will make more money this year than any other major league club, although they faded out of the pic ture as prospective pennant winners. j Colonel Ruppert's baseball franchise Is the richest in the game, yet It was the cheapest when the American league decided to Invade New York In 1903. Tho lute Frank Farrell actually paid yV-S.OOO for the franchise and playors vrllo composed the original "Invaders." I He built the ball park at One Hun- I tired and Sixty-seventh street and Broadway for S2o0,000, most of which was spent In blasting rock, and readily paid $50,000 in advance salaries sal-aries to the players. The Yankees' first winning year In patronage was In 1010, when the profits prof-its reached $S0,()00. Farrell sold the club to Colonel Ruppert and a partner part-ner for $400,000 In 1915. The Yankees then were hopeless tnil-enders and had a lease of the Polo grounds. Today To-day Colonel Ruppert's baseball properly prop-erly is valued at $10,000,000. |