El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
CHICAG00WNER
IS OUT To BUY
STAR FIELDERS
Made Big Offer for Services
Of Rogers Hornsby, st.
Louis Crack.
MONEY is IN BANK
WAITING FOR DEAL
D. osCAR 9. REICHOM.

~ RESIDENT Comiskey found the
- way to acquire for the White
- Sox an American league pen
nant and a worlds championship
when he spent exorbftant sums fol-
Eddie Collins. Eddie Murphy. Joe
Jackson and Chick GandL He did
not hesitate TO write out checks for
these men when the time came. for he
realized they were essential If he
desired to be supreme in baseball
It was his theory that a flaE win
uer could not be developed out Of the
material that the minors were send
ing up. He knew II was necessary
that he get experienced. smart play
ers- He got them and the results
were shown last season
Ready to Buy TIE Players.
For two years president Weeghman
and his associates on the Cub team
have attempted TO build I'D wiuner
out Of young material They have
found il a failure They have been
convinced that il cannot be done.
They know now that the play
eHs from the minors are Of only
mediocre ability and that they
require TOO much training 10
make mzjOr IeaEue champions.
They have changed their policy
anu urE now OUT 70 nuN NMe men
with whom they can duplicate
what the White SOx achieved in
the baseball world this year.
WeeEhmsn IS sincere in his deter
minariOn- 10 secure men of expert
ence and intelligence. He has 1c-
knowledEed that IT is q waste OF time
and money 70 dabble in minor league
men unless they are xrraordinarily
good He has abandoned thar svs-
TEN and has adopted the policy Co
miskey pursued when he went ont
and bought Eddie Collins from the
Athletics for $4,000. Joe Jackson
from Cleveland for $4,000. and The
other men for sums that went into
the double figures.
Expect to Have Strong Team.
The Cubs are going the limit 10
get the players that viii give them
the strongest club the National
lea que has had in years They have
the money and are willing to spend
IT, The three deals that president
WeeEhmau announced he had on the
fire are virtually closed and proh7 bly,
viii be at the meeting of the Nation
NJ league in New York this month.
And those are not the only ones
Weeghman viii e-de7vor 10 mt over
70 give the fans club over which 20
rave next sumner.
Weechuan has offered $50 hA IN
cold cash for ROGER Ho-DShv OF the
~ LOUIS NaAA' aAE 4lL'lA.Fa N.a.H ''NF.l
deposited in the Fort Dearborn bank
and is there waiting for Branch Rio
KEY TO take OF leave. This is not
bunk on the part OF the local clue.
for president WeeEhUan showed
letter which he had sent to E-7-c',
Hickey. and this is what il said
What sire YOU doing about u-n--
ers2 The offer for Roger HoruFl"
still goes There is $50, 600 IN the
bank-yov can tale. Or leave it."
VIII SEc7d S20O.O00 More
That f. nor II +he monev the Chi
caCo club. With William Wriglev. a {
d I.askar- T. ogden Armour and the
many others are willing TO snend for
nlavers There IS S"0o.00 more and
if that viii secure the players man
ager Mitchell desires the Cubs viii
90 into the coming National league
ski-mish prepared TO win the pennant
in n walk
We are going 70 have the greatest
club Chicago has seen in years s'i' Z
Wee-hnan- we are going ~ have
four or five PLAYERS that viii wake
the rooters forget about the White /
SOx.
1--WE want TO win n pennant.
and have decided on the way 20
do il. The players we are get
ting Will not weaken the other
clubs great deal, hut will
strengthen our weak spots and
give us a Winuer.r-ChicagO News. /