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Show CUB TEAM IS MINUS HIGH-PRICED STARS Pitcher Alexander Is Said to Have Cost $50,000. The Cubs have been built Into a pennant contender with the expenditure expendi-ture of very little money, as present-day present-day player values go, observed Frederick Fred-erick O. Loib In the New York Tele- i t ' ; Grover Cleveland Alexander. gram und Mall. Two winters ngo the Cubs made s..me of rJiose magnificent gestures wlih their fountain pen and talked of writing a check In the hundreds hun-dreds of thousands for Rogers Moresby, Mores-by, but when the deal fell through the fountain pen was laid aside. Outside of Alexander, who came to the Cubs In the war year of 101S for $.0,l i, there are no high-priced, stars on the Cubs. Grantham, purchased In 1022 from Omaha, probably cost around $25,000, and while a good nominal nom-inal price was paid for Statz, Will Pl'.-;;- I I 1 ! i x A I S5s. .Xws.:s:.i.' " ' George Grantham. Wrigley, the (hewing gum magnate, merely took it out of one pocket and placed It In another, lie owns both clubs. - Ilollocher brought a fair price, but he was purchased from Fortland during dur-ing the war when player values were low. Keen was a Maryland collegian who was developed personally by KU-lefer. KU-lefer. Tony Kanfmann came from a small league In Canada. Aldrich was purchased from Indianapolis, but was developed at Los Angeles. Friberg, llartnett, Miller, Colter and Orlgsby all came at nominal prices, none costing over $10,000. Excluding Alexander, I don't think the entire regular reg-ular Cub team cost as much ns the combined prices of Jimmy O'Connell, Wnyland I 'can and Jack Henlley. All of which speaks well for the business acumen and baseball sagacity of Hill Yeech. former Chicago baseball writer, who is president of the Cubs, It also is a snleiulid tribute to Hill Killefer. |
