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Show BOSTON NATIONALS BUY QATTERY FROM SEATTLE Boston, July G The Boston Nationals Na-tionals have purchased James, a pltchor, and Whaling a catcher, from Seattle. The men will not bo delivered de-livered until the close of the season. sea-son. It Is said that Boston paid ?S,000 for the pair, but few If any r" the fans believe this tale, for it was proved last year that the Northwest league people wero not getting a fourth of what they claimed they were for players The Paul Strand case was but an example. It was reported that Boston had paid $5 000 for Strand, while It was lator found that they hadn't paid a third of this price for him. Bert Whaling, the 1909 Sajt Lake catcher who has been with Seattle for several years, and who was sold to Cleveland last fall but turned back has again been grabbed by a big league team, this time bv the Boston Nationals. This Is the third time for Bert. Tie was sold to Detroit at the close of the 1910 season. Paul Strand, the 18-year-old schoolboy, who became famous last year through hla supposed sale for vm $5,300 to the Boston Americans ana H then dropped out of sight, to appear again this spring as a member of the San. Francisco team, where &e lasted j long enough to be hit for nine runs ,H in one Inning in a practice game, has ;: dropped out of fast company. H |