The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-19
Ebbets Asks
TWO Millions
for Dodgers
Brooklyn Owner viii Clear
100000 if Someone
Buys National Champions
at His Price,


NEW YORK, oct &c lIDrrulcg Eh.
bets Is generous old soul lie has tired
OF baseball aud will sell his club TO any.
one VINO wishes 10 part with s. 600. 900
Just that ana nothing more G Hercules
might have demanded 81, 600 900 or 81
! 100000, but he isn't the kind of fellow
| who wants TO drive a hard bargain lie Ia
snu'ted win small profits, such rs about
Nlnu',OoO II he sold hts club for So 900 900
The whole Dodger team didn't cost
, Ehnets $40 900 20 recruit. II he placed
'tch player ON sale today II IN doubtful
I y he would get much beyond 500 900.
Just how much the stands represent In
a question. However. about 1900 OOO would
more thnn cover II. Allowing an extra
Slul-nuA fer the valuation Of equipment
means that the intrinsic worth Of the
whole outfit iS $500 OOO
so the difference between $500 900 and
s. 900 OoD can be explained by the cost
~ good VIII who wants To pay c.
Hercules 81 500 900 for his best and hearth
est wishcs' Don't crowd, boys-dont
/ crowd
$3.50 an Hour for Gregg
Nenn Gregg is another ono OF tho.,
| lucky guys lle was wished upon tho
! Red SuN late IN 1914 hv the Indians. Then
/ hls left Nm lost its wggllng power and
Nrau did little els. than nurse II for tho
balance of the year
+ In 1915 and again this season Grcgr
. was almost useless to his club Tho main
chores he performed were those Of the
relief variety In 1915 he worked to n
decision In only six games, this year It
7 was five.
For performing In eleven complete COM
bats IN Two years Gregg got his regular
Iinlnry. reported To be- a. 900 % stHson and
two cuts Of the worlds series melon
That means approximately 81 900 for
worklng about twenty hours In two years,
/ or $500 every sixty minute
II Won hive tpnrH In ghpd thta Ia NOT
the spot
Batter "sealped" pitcher.
The funniest play Arthur Irwin
paused for what YOU might clll ref1ec-
| liOu. Arlle IL one Of those ancient and
hononblcs AS FAR M baseball is concerned
lie began playing professional baseball
about six weeks after NoHh's skln
bumped into IN" mount. He has played.
secuted or managed ever since.
Well responded Artie. "lvc lamped
q lot Of funny on"s, vt IN" Urizr night
be voted 10 an incident that happened
Few years ago In the american assocla-
ton
Frank homer. once a big league star.
was AZ bat, with a fellow named Thomas
pitching. Thomas was bald headed, but
not proud about II. 70 he wore n wig
Bonner knew nothing about the dome dis
guisc.
Frank picked out one OF Thomas
twisters aud drove n right back nt him
Tho bah smashed Thomas on the upper
division ~ HIS forehead and promptly
knocked of Thomas cap and his wig
THE ball Travelled so quickly that l.
had bit Thomas and unCrowned him while
Bonner, although already running was
watching the flight Of the bail
when II hit Thomas and exposed his
shining knob to the rays OF the sct,inI
sun. Bonner stopped and looked and
gRsped. One of his team mates rushed
from the bench aud yelled at him
" Run. YOU boob, run"
But Bonner gaZed NJ the hairless
Thomas, and then In an nWcd voice.
rasped
" Good heavenl I've scalped him."
Mother Peculiar Play.
Didjn ever hear of batter being put
out. shortstop to leftfielder7 Well such
play actually occurred In IA game in
Boston between the Braves and Dodgers
one OF the Dodger hattcrs hit To short
LEFT Maranyllle ran out for /, and tho
Boston leftfleldcr came In Just when II
seemed that the ball would drop between
! them because neither was close enough N
10 make the catch Maranville dove at the
! ball and batted II directly toward tho
lcftfieldcr, who made the catch Naturally,
Mnranrille lie was credited with AN assist
on the play,