Show PLAYER SALE I PRICES OFTEN OffEN ARE PA PADDED KellY KeUy Deal Held Real Beginner of Lofty Figures I j I By BT B BiLLY EVSI EF S EV s S SC Feb Who I-Who l Who stalled C frt fr n l d finance In tn hue baseball ball I relative to the th ac of minor league u atar 7 Fifteen years year back It if some hush bush league lea u Jh non sought by bya bya bya a halt half doren dorn major league clubs brought 1 00 It was wai regarded as asa asa a 0 fabulous price pric to have hav paid for foran foran an recruit Thos Tho e das dao are arc over for tor at t there th r I 1 in no limit to a big bif 1 league rrue L will P Pa l tor for a paver of ot prom promise lee The Tle increased value now placed on the th bu bush h 1 al alro alo o ITO gos e forth for tor forthe the veteran isho ho I Fr 1 rated a 11 as one ono of th the tho Stars tar When 1 hen Eddie Collins stat nas sold by Connie Mack to the th Chicago White DX the th price pric was wai i ported as That Is probably what It no was as certainly no more mor The Tile day dllY the carried a a story tory that the Botn ne lIed Ped l Sox Pox had POrch 5 eat s 1 l Infielder lder ler Dudley e I I i 1 from the Tulia TullIA Okla Okia club of Dt the tho Western Vestern league lau for tor CY rAey AcY FOR ROOkIE Lee Le Fohl Foh I manager of o th the Drowns Browns tells tolls ml ma m that someone padded the figure fl ur In th the Loc Lee case carr c the th exAct amount being much cloer to than 50 0 50 Eten en at thet th hit here it Is I a club p paying at least halt as a much for tor fora a 8 a as did the th Chicago lub for tor Collins then rated tb bet best second Hacker oker In the tha I me When John paid the th In- In In Indianapolis club of th the o for Cor Rub Rube tAr liar Kar It was hl heralded as one OnA on of the sporting sensation of ot the tho ear earIt e r rYet It wu was used u as rt fh page non ne Yet to my way woy w y of ot thinking the theale eale 10 that ala started fr il fl- fl tl-nanc tl I- I hence nanee In baseball is n relation to tD buyIng minor leia star start nos the th I I deal tha that Barney fus of ot the th Pittsburg club ma made mad le for tor tho the tarn tarn- nu fam-nu I nus flu St Paul Mien Minn battery lattery 0 o Tools Tool and Kelly kable 0 roDt Tool Tool-nho isho ho ai a s1 lt ballel proc Irl every major league leafu club to bid for tor him hini finally to- to cured He-cured cure and hi his catchier catcher Billy I h hell II for tor the toni sum um ot of o OO a aI I figure heretofore unheard of o In It b week tho the magni- magni m tuile tulle tuile of ot the th transaction a sos a the th main topic tople of o co con er on the th sport pire ot or the country CD THOI BIG THO SItE I Tn In certain quarters tho the sale Ie price was regarded as mere mer bunk The rhe St Paul club finally produced d the th canceled check as a proof raid I chick check che k nat wa all reproduced In as a many papers as ai the photographs ot of oto o 0 Tool Toole 0 o proved moi mor mOl S or Dr loss of a a The Thc possessor of Dt a 1 tive he h lacked control and ond nd 11 nhon hon the th major leagues leru waited l him out hl hi onea enE eat as asI minimised H He Is classed In tho the light ofa of ot a JI failure I It la is cold aid that 0 Tool l Il failure caused ed Barney Darny Dreyfus to t- put a aban aban ban n l on all r and amId that lilt Il scouts eouts were ere instructed ted to pa i up urany any pitcher who depended on the th lie for tor success 3 No ND more trIck Pitcher for ney Today Is I a piker figure I for tor a minor league loru tar star I Jo |