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Show Barnard's New Job -t -so X rl E. S. Barnard, now president of the Clevelr.ud Indians, is to succeed Ban 15. Johnson as president of t lie American Amer-ican Baseball league in November, according ac-cording to reliable reports from baseball base-ball circles. Barnard, it is said, had been offered of-fered and has accepted a three-year contract at !?4().0;a per year. It was also stated that when Barnard Bar-nard takes over the new job he will announce the sale of the Cleveland club by Mrs. James Dunn of Chicago to a syndicate of Clevelandcrs headed by Alva Bradley, capitalist and banker. Tris Speaker will become president of the Cleveland club and Umpire Billy Evans !ls manager. |