Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-10-15
Of $75,O00 Spent in Asselnb- ling Champs, S25,000 Went
 for Evers.
VALUE TO-DAY S2oO,O0O
Most of the Men Who Starred ill Biz Series Acquired hy Jim Gaffney at Small
 Prices.
(By Frank Menkc.)

It cost Jlm GaIiney less than Tto,- GOO to assemble his ball tC@m.
 lie could get about %2o0,ooo for the outilt if he paced 1t on the markct to- day. And, included in that $1o,000 is an item of S25, 1000 that he paid for johnny Evers, so that t will be seen that he got his other twcnty-four players lor $50,000-an. average of about 5000 each.
 Big Bill" James, the star twlrler of the Braves, went to the Braves from seattle. He cost Owner Jim a few thousand dollars. If Gaffney wanted to market his 22 year old pitching phenom today he probably could get $2o,00O for nim. DICK Ru- dolph cost Goffney out very llttie, yet Gattn6y, wouldn't nave much trou- ble getting $l0,0O0 to Slo,o00 for nls midget twirler.
 Schmidt, the huge first sacker of the Braves, went to the Braves from tns international league. He had a great l1eldlng record thcr, but was Aot figured as much of q hlttar. Gai- lney bought him for trlfllng sum. aaf1ney could gel about our times the old prlce 1or schmidt, now.
 Maranville, rcgardeu by many AS .he pest shortstop ill tnc old league, came from New bedford, Mass, in the New England leagu2. The sclliha price ol MaranVIii3 wasn't one alA'h of thc price that GafIncy cc1ld get for him today.
 Connolly, the siugging ouIiclder OF the Braves, came q Dargam prlc'' 50 did CaJCiIor NHdIlnS, Who hallcQ from tho Northwestern league. COW dy, the best young ca,cher i'll the National .leaguc, cost but lew thousand.
 Mann, the. fast center fielder of the Braves, was one o1 the few players who cost real money. His purchase price was about s5doo. Josh Devore was purchased fo,s a few thousand. Red" Smith, whose third basing has been 8 great help 10 the Braves, was purchased from Brooklyn at re- ported price of $430o. Herbert Moran the outfiel lder, who came from Clnclh- lati, is said to have cost the Braves about $250o.
 Davis, the young spitball pitcher .hat Manager S5tallinss touts as a coming wonder, was purchased Tor d song. as were several other of the Boston recruit pitchers. Otto Hess. the oldest member of ,hc team, cost out little.
 Whittcd and Gather went to Boston via the trade route, being an cX- change for Hub" rardue, tae pitcher.
 George Tyler, tue sou hpaw mann stay of the Braves, went to the Braves several years ago from the minors. rne price paid for hirl was around 5000.
 Connie Mack, who assembled a ;hampionship team with an outlay ol ,round 25.U00 and Gaffney, wnc turned the trick with Soo,ooO ex- .,anditurc, exclusive of tho S2o'ooo .hat he gave to Evers as bonus, are lot the only instances of cheap pai' .eams winning pcnnants. THIS nap penilg has come to be the rule in stead of the exception. The Cubs didn't cost their owners much money. Most of t.,e players were bought from he bushes, without any big outlay or money, and developed while with the Cubs.
 The Detroit Tigers won three pen nants, and not one of the men cost the owners much over 5000. Ty Cop cost &70O-and the fellow who sold him thought he was "skinning the De. troit folks when he turned the trick. The Pirates weren't very expensive outfit.
 The Giants probably cost more money than anyotler team that mas won the pennant during the last Six or eight years. Marquard cost $ll,- 900. That was the highest price pald for any player, but many other Giants cost sums ranging between 5000 and $7000.
 It didn't cost the owners of the Boston Red sox very much money to assemble their 1912 championship team. Most of the players came through draft or purchase from the smaller leagues at light cost And so the moral in this yarn seems to be:
 If you want pennant winner coi- lect lot of cheap priced ball play prS