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Show (Continued from Page Two.) $50,000 CASH FOR WALTER JOHNSON Boston, Sept. 11 James R Mc-Aieer, Mc-Aieer, president of the Red Sox, has offered 50 000 cash for Walter Johnson, tho Senators wonderful pitcher. It is the highest price ever offered for a baseball player about twice the Marty O'Tooole figure. That shows just how anxious President Pres-ident McAleor Is to win the world's series Here is the story McAleor, with Ban JohtiBon and Clark Griffith and a number of other friends, was dining in a club in Washington. The talk was baseball, and McAleer finally looked at Griffith Grif-fith and said: "I'll give you $50,000 for Johnson and you turn him over to me tomorrow tomor-row Hero's $1,000 right now to bind the agreement." "Are you kidding me?" was the reply re-ply of the Senators' manager. "No, I'm not kidding," roplied McAleer. Mc-Aleer. "Here's the thousand on the table." Griffith refused to consider tho offer. |