Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-16 | Page 10 | Billy Evans Says

Dave Danforth, the pitcher fori whom the St. Louis American l club gave eleven men, finds hlmsell ' in a peculiar predicament. ... When Danforth sinned with the i Columbus ti-am of the American us- ; noclalion. his one ambition was to win back a berth in the major leagues. ( D Dforth felt that he was good mouth to pitch In either the American Ameri-can or National league. However. It was up to him to convince some ma- r league manager. H Davo realized it meant work and effort to get back into the big show. In order to protect himself in case U Mine major leaguv club desired his fl rvlces, he signed a contract with the Columbus club that was a bit dlffer- . . . H It seems tho contract was drawn up B i Joe Tinker, who has since severed his interest in the Columbus team. Ac- ; iordlng to Danforth, there was a j 1 clause in the contract which said he ' H was to receive one-tenth the purchase bsssssk mice in caaa he was sold to a mcjor I league cub. At the Xow York meeting of the two major leagues it was rumored that several clubs were willing to go as high as $15,000 for Danforth. Such a :-al v. o ild have netted Danforth I 11,500. The St, Iiu:s club 'enured Oanforth by glvng eleven players to the Columbus Colum-bus club, SJb money figured In the transaction. Danforth's contract called for onr-tenth of the cash pur- h:ise. The question Is. where does Danforth get off'.' Danforth Is a rtetty wise fellow-He fellow-He says that $20. mm would be a conservative con-servative estimate of the value of the loven players turned over for hint ! That would make Danforth $2,000 to the good Dave says he must, get that amount before he signs. . Possibly Dave is only kidding, and that he will sign as toon as the St. ixtuis club sends him a contract The desire to get back into the big show, at a ealary much In excess of what bo received In' the minors, may overcome over-come his demands for part of the purchase, pur-chase, price. i Business Manager Boljby Quinn of the St. Louis club Is quoted as saying it is a question that Danforth must ettle with the Columbus club, as St. Louis lu in no way involved. It is a peculiar situation. Technically Techni-cally Danforth hasn't a rent coming to hint, since his contract railed for a part of the cash Involved, ami no actual cash was .passed between the two clubs. A fair interpolation 01 his cane, however, woud entitle him to K a tenth of what the players really jj Ware worth. It may prove to he a n case for Judge Landis to arbitrate.