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Show Wt. Tries in Vain to f Buy Baseball Club L'fl ni l HMj i ti.e oal iti th I s pRi .-.nji-u bj old ii C, L.( according to 11 the report of Rebel Make.-, former i Federal league hall player, now a waalth oil magnate In the southwest. B' 'akfs. since leaving baseball, ha be-1 H i ome real hot e:t-to-goodness oil ' opcratoi Is to b ..r -h very H close to a million bucks. If he eared H to close out his holding entirely. I H Oakea conceived the idea he would, H like to plunge Into major league base- h ball as a magnate, and he tried to es-i H tin purchase Of the Pittsburgh H' ' lub, but without success. H Angling around tor some weeks I t . BH Barney Dreyfua. The Pirate owner HH did not mince words. Ho told Makes H he was not eager to get out of base-1 H ball, but he would cut loose from the! l Pirate property including Forbes' B field for a cold Si. R00, 000. just half V of which Barnej wanted a tho down; H payntenti with fairly reasonable terms H'i on the balance. Oakcs couldn't see H tie deal and told Mr. Dreyfuas he H ould not understand how the Pirate H property would be worth a million and H ij a half when the Giant proposition . hantre.l hands for less, than that H That's price." Dreyfu-s replied, H and please remember too, that the i Slant deal did not Include the Polo Hf grounds." The Interview ended ab- 1 Bft i i no |