The evening times., 1911-07-24
ST. PAUL PITCHER
SOLO TO PIRATES
s22,500 Was Paid For Young
Twirler Who Has Been Do.
ing Great Playing

0I. raul, July I4.-WlLn the sweep.
ing signature of Barney Dreyfuss to
check for $22,5OO made payable to
the st. Paul baseball club, the biggest
transaction ever recorded In baseball
was wound up in this city Saturday
night and Marty O'Toole, st. Paul's
premier twirler became the property
of the Pittsburg baseball team Of the
National league.
President Barney Dreyfuss of the
Pirates organization arrived in st.
Paul on Friday morning, accompanied
by his chief scout, William Murray,
and on Friday afternoon, O'Toole, the
object of their visit to the sanity city,
pitched In game with the Minneap-
oils club, striking out ten of the heavy
hitting Millers, allowing but six hits,
and winning his game by score Of
2 to 1. Mr.. Murray had seen O'Toole
perform at Indianapolis previous to
Friday and he returned to his home
city with glowing reports of what he
termed the greatest pitcher who ever
performed on any diamond. The gen.
eral rush for the St. Paul pitchers
services and the reports of offers
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000 for
the battery composed of O'Toole and
Kelly, added to the enthusiasm of
Scout Murray over the red-haired
twirler's work, prompted President
Dreyfuss to visit st. Paul and see for
himself. He took one look at O'Toole
and then announced that he would on
the following day hold session with
Owner Lennon and Manager Kelly of
the st. Paul club to make an offer.
His offer came and was accepted, and
today Owner Lennon of the local club
is $22,500 richer in cash and $2,500
In baseball material, for O'Toole's val
ue was placed at $4,000 by President
Dreyfuss who offered the cash prize
mentioned and pitcher worth $2,500.
The price paid for O'Toole upsets
all dope on sale marks, and it is a
record that will not be equalled very
soon. When Dreyfuss handed over
that check he established name in
the baseball world that will not soon
die out, and when one thinks that
this price of s22,50O is $1O,5OO higher
than the best price ever paid for q
player before, they must stop and
marvel at the daring of this Dreyfuss
person.
Minneapolis, Mimi, July 24.-Bar-
ney Dreyfuss, president Of the Pitts
burg club of the National league has
purchased Marty O'Toole, st. Paul's
sensational pitcher, for $22,5O0, the
highest price ever paid for ball
player in the history of organized
baseball. All of the bidders dropped
out of the running early todsy with
the exception Of Dreyfuss and Mike
Cantillon, who was acting in the role
of agent for Charles Comiskey of the
Chicago White Sox.
Following O'Toole's sensational
work against Milwaukee, when he
struck out seventeen men, equalling
Rube Waddell's famous record, he on
Friday defeated the heavy-hitting Min
neapolis team, striking out ten of
them. In the previous game with To-
ledo he struck out eleven men and
jumped in a short time into. the Ma
tional limelight.
Bresnahan Of st. Louis started the
bidding by offering about $4,000 for
O'Toole and Kelly, his catcher.
O'Toole was summoned and an
nounced himself as satisfied to 60 to
Pittsburg but declared he would like
to have Kelly go with him. Dreyfuss
is said to have offered $4,000 for
Kelly, but Lennon is desirous Of real
izing at least $500 for him. The
contract calls for delivery at the end
of the American association season.