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Show WANTS FARM (FORPHENOMS Chance Proposes to Buy Stock in the Jersey, City Club (Bv Monty.) New York. Jan 25. The nexi step In the building up of the New Yorks, as Frank Chance would have them called, is the buying of stock in a big minor league team located close at hand to be used as a farm' for j unripe young phenomenon, accord - I ing to a report from a source close to tb administration of the club to be purchased, which is none other than, the Jersey City club of the In-! ternational league. The price to be paid by Fran Far-roll Far-roll Is said to be approximately $15.- 000. This, of course would not giv him the club outright, nor even any-thing any-thing that approaches a controlling interest, hut according to the aRree-nients aRree-nients to be made his taking over of this block of stock would give him j full power to make any deals that he mipht dictate between his American Ameri-can leaguers and his "farm." In ,nisi respect he would be just as well fixed1 as is Prank Navin, owner of the De-troit De-troit Tigers, who also controls the Providence club of the International league. One thing that will give Farrell. Chance and company a great advantage advan-tage is the fact tluit'both these teams will do then sprmc training at Ham lllon. Bermuda, where the Peerless Leader will be able to look over personally per-sonally all the promising material possessed by Jersey City and to make deals for them right on the spot. In effect this will be almost combining the two bunches and dividing them into first and second squads. |