Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-20
led BARROW SPIKES DOUBT
|. ABOUT NEWARK CLUB DEAL
League Chief Establishes Genuine
ness OF Sale of
Franchise.
GIVES OUT SOME OF DETAILS
Purchase Price Was $40, 0n0--Skee-
tiers, Not Royals, Get Truesdale
From Yanks-tiarry smith Gather
s ing Up Good Lot OF Players.

NEW YORK. April 19.--Al doubt as
to the genuinencss Of tho sale Of the
Newark international League Club was
/. dispelled last night by y positive state
ment b. Ed Barrow, president OF the
circuit.
There have bccn destinations that
thu Newark Club was not really sold to
George Solomon nnd Charles H. Mcdi-
Gus, but that II had been transferred
purchase" said Barrow. I'm Contradic-
lion OF that report. / want TO give YOU
my word that the sale was a bona tide
ono, and ! challenge anybody 10 come
forward and prove otherwise
solomon and Mcdicus arc now in
fun control OF tho club. They own 3D.
from Mossrs. l:bhcts and Mckcever
their 2o2 shares. solomon has long
owned seventy-hNc shares, While Henry
w. Meaicus turned over TO his son the
seventy-tVc shares that wcr. held III
his name The purchase price was
$4,000. J VIII admit that all the money
WAS not paid right over
The now owners paid quite sum
down, and for the BALANCE they gave
Messrs. Ebbets and McNecvef notes.
which are to be taken M periodically.
The entire sum is TO be paid oil inside
of two years
Brcak With BROOKLYN.
Brooklyn club is 10 turn over TO New
ark three playcrs--two pitchers and a
CATCHER: or three pitt,chers--if Harry
OF the players all relations between the
Newark and Brooklyn clubs will be
absolutely severed"
Barrow asserted That In addition TO
the men now under reserve ana the trio
IL be obtained from thc Superhas the
Newark club would very likely take
over Councilman, q pitcher. and Murphy,
u catcher. from the Montreal club. Ac-
Cording 10 Barrow, both We're offered
TO Jersey City, but George Wiltse could
gnNr r1,r, - \
Smith that he take them. and Smith
will probably take the boss's advice.
Pirates. He Is a frst-clasS hur!er but
Fred Clarke cannot carry him on ac-
count OF the twenty ..one-man rule.
Councilman was with Pittsburgh for
brown University. While ut Providence
he shut Columbia out without a hit.
The Newark club yesterday received
outnelder transferred by Brooklyn
: the end OF the 1914 season. and Al
me great ball for the Indians last
{ ,mmer. Both We're holdouts. and CAL
IAN was reported TO bG diGkering with
ne Feds. Newark now has four OF It's
Leo Witterstaetter, outticIdcr and
TrucShnlc for Sl<rctcrs.
smith was in conference with the
new owners yesterday and later had n
ia!k with Eddie Zimmerman, the inticld-
or, who Is a member of the holdout
brigade. Smith hasn't Very much time
70 rose II he is going TO send n fairly
conGitioned team into the race on
BARROW last night also said that
Frank Truesdalc. The second ha*eman
who was reported to have been sent 10
montreal by tho Yankees. had been
signed by Jersey City. ana Will take
lhe Held with the Skcctcrs against
the Giant regulars at west Side rnrl;
this afternoon; Montreal tried hard
10 get Iiucsdale, said Barrow. hut
George Wiltse prevailed u..n bono
Nan 10 transfer him to the JERSEYS
WlItSc yesterday aVoyycG tnIr bn
had purchased big league nitcb1r
hut he refused 10 give ou; his name
uhtH waivers are obtained all alon..
me line. George continued house,
cleaning and handed two roos!cs-lIc-
iSctNa' pitcher. ana Burst, Catchcr-
their walking papers When ,;"orr,,
Esls ms consiHnmcut from Holm No
"raW, which may be at tho end Of ,I,n
game To-Day, he viii let some NOR. On
49,, Nash With Mou,rcnl
N"!io Montreal d!d not land 'Trucs
H"ie, II got another inncldor OF bi..
'T"sGc CAMPER IN Kenneth Nash from
Nash, who is a G,rsmer PROV, ,.,..;,.
star. is ! ow ia the'tlaes.p thlS,t,s >'',@itE
iature, and lie rGTus;'d 10 ioIn IN .:, -
lats. f!c asked To bo sent 10 SOM. 1j,,,
ear home. Dan Howlcy. tn. NIr,r.,'
leader. has given Nash pcr,,i.sio, -
lepprt late on May IL w.
iiha NASH consented to 20 South win
me cards he would unaouh,cdlv AN.
been retained hy Nucrins, ,yho S,n MY
playing In st. Louis me