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Show WILL H. LOCKE BUYS PHILLIES Will H. Locke, secretary of the Pittaburg baseball club, l preparing prepar-ing to move his household to Philadelphia Phila-delphia His own statement is that Le will have control of the Philadelphia Philadel-phia N'afonals. Locke denies thpf Mike Donlin Is to be manager and says Charley Doo-ln Doo-ln will remain where he Is. Governor John K Tener Is not financially fi-nancially Interested, but Locke says the governor made the deal posslblo by sw inging certain Philadelphia cap- ital into line for blm Had It not i been for Tener. Ioeke says, he would not have been able to make the rii- fie .iKUn T Harris of rittshurg puts no money into the Phillies because he is a stockholder of the Pittsburg ,'tlub The same is true of Oliver S Hershman of Pittsburg, who offer-I offer-I ed to finance the transfer to locke. i By keeping them out Iocke has pre-' pre-' vented all protest against syndicate : ball Distriet Attorney William A Plakely of Pittsburg is one of I ocke's ; associates, Blakely and Governor Te- ner are Intimate friends "Mj cousin, former Police Com- missloner Baker of New York, will go Into the deal with me, or stay out, as I I desire," said Locke. If T need his ! money he will come in Philadelphia capital is largely interested in this I deal. Governor Tener Is not putllnn ! any money Into the thing, but it was ' largely through his efforts In my be- half that I was able to get the club.' |