Show i I A Baseball Plutocrat I TIlE E new president of the Philadelphia National II league baseball club is himself the most conclusive sive answer to the arguments he makes Mr Lr Locke i s e resents tho the charge harge of Congressman Gallagher of Il Illinois TI- TI i that organized is is a n. huge trust of pernicious pernicious per per- J practices and amI enormous profits and nn replies to 1 it by declaring that a number of clubs made maa little oi or no money mOlle- last season But tho time proud and plutocratic plutocratic pluto- pluto cratic crati eminence to which the said snit President Locke I has hOf climbed indicates that professional baseball from the box office standpoint is a most remunerative o o occupation A few years yem ago President Locke was vas tho the poor bu but honest efficient but hut humble sporting editor of the Pittsburgh Press Ener Energy p industry and baseball acumen finally dragged him by the heels into tho the thet t position of treasurer for fOJ tho the victorious Pittsburgh club Then he lie became secretary and by some somo miracle of or frenzied finance over o which tho the interested observers obI observers ob ob- ob- ob I E servers n are arc still tin gasping raised the few hundreds of j thousands of dollars required to purchase the Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila- Phila 0 delphia team and and franchise And Amid now he lie is well on the time way to tho the dizzy pinnacle of baseball finance Arguments to be bc made against the thc allegation that baseball is is remunerative to those who invest est their money i ii in it t should be put forward by somo some other than President Locke of Philadelphia |