New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-10
HOWE RUN KING
MAY WEAR WHITE
sOX NEXT YEAR
Charley Comiskey Said to
Have Lured Baker from
plough with Gold.
DAME RUMOR SAYS
Cubs ARE FOR SALE
Code However, May Not Get
Chance to Buy Chicago
National League Club.

C,nc!nnatrs. ploughins the neids'
- tho call Of the Roman citizens
- ,..pnsd the dictatorship Of the
-, republic. and J. Franklin Baker
re. been following the plough over
~. MARYLAND farm lands, will forsake
-. fgrrow and again swing his mighty
s., aver the baseball world.
T. was learned yesterday from an
.,,borjtatiye source that the Home
pn, King" would guard the far turn OF
SSsrIey Comiskcy's South SIDE heIa IN
Sbicsgo. wearing the livery OF tne
Vile Sox All details have oeen ar
,snged. every last obstacle mas oeeh
a,,Seome and the consent OF BAKER 70
vlsv once more has been gained u was
", Tb. purveyor Of the information
,onld not tell just what price wHs psiu
a., Baker. nor what the terms OF nis
Nv contract we're, but he said with Q
IONS Of significance In his voice., II
wss enough" And IL must have oesh'
80 n ia known that Connie Mack de-
wsnSed $4,000 from the Yankees Tor
psksr's release, and Paker himself held
-, Tor $4,000 a veal for three years
IL ,lso demanded a -breakaole con-
60, So II woull have cost Captain
uv..on and Colonel Rupert round
40 400 10 secure the erstwhhe star OF
,ts Wsekian constellation. This stag
g.ring price they refused to pay. g,
n Is reasonable 20 assume that MACE
Ai5 no, deduct a single dollar from the
Price dema ded FOR Bakers release
Sor ia A likely that B ker has placed q
iov.r valuation upon his services. TX
nsn,s Notwithstanding, Charley Comls,
Eev IL simply obsessed with the idea OF
winning the American League pennen'
one, more. II is known that his fall'
M, IN the campaign Of 1914 was bit.
tsr Sisappointment, and, having spent
a fortune buy.ng stars-Joe Jackson
T4dis Collins and eddie Murphy among
Stbsrs-it is not likely that he will
sto5 AZ an additional $4,000 If he is
reasonably sure that such expenditure
will win i'm the goal O. his ambition
II Baker has signed with the White
gov-snd IL is more thar probable tna'
Ie bas-one of the little dreams OF the
FEDERAL League magnates vanishes INTO
~ ether. Harry F. Sinclair never
.b,r4oned hope Of getting Baker 10
s;gn with his league, although James
a Gilmore said that, in his opinion
R.lst was not worth the money he de-
manded.
Already men IN the baseball world
ere wondering just how and why II Is
ia. C,r,iskey Is able to grab he sew
eral stars on which he sets his eyes.
He tore Joe Jackson from the grasp or
me New York Yankees when Captain
Huston was willing TO pay any reason
able sum for the services Of the noun
,a:neer Needless TO say, Jackson
would have been most welcome &C
QUESTION to the local team.
Whoever II vas who said that 1.-THE
melancholy days are come" was never
a winter baseball writer When the
frost has nipUed the leaves from the
trees and the wind bears an arctic sting
IN It's breath, the merriest time OF all
has come for the news gatherers. why
IN the summer nine magnates might
earie 10 this city and parade along
Broadway and not get an agate line on
n, sporting sheet but now the appear
sn.s Of one is sufficient cause for the
starting Of 500 perfectly good rumors-
Charles +. Taft, the owner OF ne
Cubs, arrived 7 this city yesterday
md, by coincidence, perhaps, a stock
holder In the Chicago Federals,. who
vas introduced by James 4. Gilmore
a. Nr. Knisely. was here, too. Al once
Dame Rumor had the Cubs sold 70 q
fyndicste made up OF Harry Sinclair
F. Gwinner and George S. Ward. Mr.;
Tai, vas asked about 10. He refused
70 talk Nr. K1isely was asked about
81 he main,ained a becoming silence.
Nr Gilmore was Intercepted on the
natter he was q Sphinx. Whether