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Show RICKEY WOULD RELEASE POWER OF BALL LEADERS Branch Rickey, of the St. Louis C.ir", dinals would like to have some bHSob.ilh legislation enacted to do way With this I tiling of managers making great offers of-fers for star players. Rickey has in 'mind tho reputed $200,000 offer of tl .l:tnts for Roger llornsby. Rickey admits that .McGraw'n offer dt.l not ti'rn the youngster's head, but he admits ad-mits that it might have ruined) llornsby as far as St. Louis is concerned Rickey keenly regrets there m do way to punish magnates to make of fern as McGraw has done. He complains that such offers are usual! us-ual! made In the newspapers in the form of inter lews and the damage has no come-back. Rickey brands the McGraw method an 'rnk oommTclailsm'. and confesses confes-ses the offer for Hornsby had him worried for some weeks until lie fin-nallv fin-nallv got Hornsby's signature for a contract. Rickey thinks he can get I I n 1 y of support for such legislation j .it the aezt meeting of tho National magnates. Barney Dreyfuss of the, Pirates recently sent up a wall about 1' clubs offering large sums for players. |