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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-31
IA LEAGUES MAY QUIT
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
international and American Do
Not Want to Give , Per
Cent of HccciptS.
IBy Associatcd rrcss. !


BALTIMORE. MD. Dee. 3O.--The
possibility that the International
League and the american Association
may withdraw from the National A.
ISOLATION of professional! baseball
Leagues. composed OF III" mirror
leagues OF The country, and enter into
a new national agreement AS a sep
arate and distinct body is Indicated
IN CORES pondrncC between Pres idcnt
Hickey. OF the American Association,
ana Jack Dunn. president OF the I;al-
timnrr club OF the lnt"rnatioiulS
Judge Lands. baseball high com
missioner. Is quoted as Sayin-; me SAW
no reason why the two class IA
leagues should not enter the agree
inrnt to be adopted at Chicago ucNi
month as a class by themselves alOnG
the same lines aS the National and
American Leagues.
The chief caus" of the disSatis:ac-
ton Of the two big minors is the ri!l-
ing Of the national association that
II u" given > per cent Of the gross
receipts of all poSt-scasou series
President lllcky IN "A recent letter
To Dunn, protested against this ru
Ing aud declared h" would Withdraw
from tn" national body rather than
submit TO il.
Manager Dunn. who agrees wi,h
Hickey II his stand. has asked Pres
!dcnt To"lc, OF the intcrnailnuu!S 40
hay" Il mail vote Of tn" other club
owners Of tn" league taken OH the
situation. hut thus FAR has not heard
from Nj. Tooic.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-31
AMERICAN TENNIS PAIR
V|CTORS IN FIRST TEST
ridden and Johnston Beat i,roukcs
and Patterson in initial CLAIM
piunsliip Matches.
ma Nssorinirn &c. !

AUCKLAND; y. T.. Dec 30.-Ameri-
Gam tennis players today scored Z
Australian not stars and tonight hell"
| IN" position - iavoritcs ia the
ivurnHm"nt for the Davis cup. the
historic championship trophy Of tho
tennis world
wi.iiam I. Tiden H. Of Phnadcl-
phih' Battered down Norman u.
team. white William n Johnston. OF
San Francisco. virtually smothcrcd
Gerald l.. Patterson, the brilliant
y"uns star wn" won the ltugiish
mp!unship from his terminate
Hrookys. in 1913.
Tho Americans need only one match
to win the CUP The scores OF the
Tildcn- Brookog. Io-s. G-i. l-G and
81 Johnston Patterson. j-3. Gl aId
irook,s and Patterson hayo "a
chhH." 10 partially i,dycm tneIr ros!-
| ton tomorrow ia 'he doubles against
filden ana Johnston. ana there arc
/ many who hc!icV. Hey are CAp.. Die .:
/ !nS rated IS the greatest doubles
| players on thc courts today Tn"
! mai slnrl"s matches win >" played
| TIId"u was plainly puzzled by the
| splendid voli"yinG II BiCpN.S ;oday,
ana i:ro9k"s mainta'ncd terrific
! pace all through tn. ma oh. Tl.cn's
| brilliant returns ala much toward
american. although tho heat and
| itrookcs' age may lave had some
! ,hing to DO with the fnnl result
| Hrook"s' game VAS only slightly be-
| i"w That shown. when b." w"s In the
! hcyday az his ui!-tlmc mastery. Til
! drh's play justified his position as
! "C:ll'S champion.
Tnc mItcA was played IN Two and a
| quarter hours. including irtcryalS Of
| "cNou minutes between tn" sets II
/ was contested b!tt"=!y but IN the most
| 'p"rism anliho mana": lirookes de-
,ih'"Ai"iy driving -" bal. out or the
court on Ua" occasion IN order 10
| '.:.l'" ur frr an ASSUMED cri on %. the
! par' Of Hue umpire"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-31
E|FRANCH|SE DISPUTE WILL
be SETTLED ON TUESDAY
irginia League Promises Award
of Richmond Title at Meet
ing of Committee.
hYo ISLAND SITE ASSURED
fesidcnt Bradley Declares City
GnENSilI Have downtown" Park,
Sb3sWith Concrete Stands and Mod
s. ein Athletic Field.
Especial to The Times-Dlspaich.

5 ssSt Special to The Times Dispa;ch.l
Dec. 3U--f!nal arrange
mond franchise in the virginia
4 Leaguc viii he made on Tues day wIen
the franchise committee Will meet IN
tho office Of 4. Moran Barry, president
{Offthe Norfolk club.
{ssWho the new owners viii bc Mr..
Barry tonight declined TO state. NO
'finformat.ou. he said, Will bC given
out until after the meeting.
4, s~NegotiatiouS have boon carried on
for several weeks by w. Il. Bradley.
OF Richmond. president OF tn" VII
2 member ~ the committee, and who
i WIS authorized 10 make all arrange
s snis : Ma}o l.: q G's Mi e site
for the new bascball park = prac-
tically assured. although Mr.. Barry
refused 20 discuss this detail. The
surveyed by engineers and pro-
nounccd suitable for the construction
of a modern baseball plant. which VIII
also have facilities Tor football and
other sports. The stands Will be O.;
concrete and will extend over the
James RIVER. according TO the ienta-
::..sMayo Island many years ago was
the scene OF numerous baseball
games. and President Bradley was
one of the players OF those days. Jake
Wells is another who put Richmond
on the baseball map in the days OF the
Z old Atlantic. League, when the Viz
ma Ns'ii1sit ut.u inc WbIlu > tldln =
pionsh!p title.
Thc Richmond franchise tanglo has
occup! ed tHc attention OF the fans for
CSeXGrcH' months. since the league de-
-S1|.red the franchise vacated when
3"ne" Sen w. Wilson failed TO post
Nie SS,eOo guarantee required by the
S.hgu. Several efforts were made To
@-d3ust n" differences. but MIR. Wilson
5icc!incd TO rcCcde from his original
Spositcn. which required a schedule
giNing Richmond all Saturdays at
home.
THE action OF the Virginia League
mas been Uronicialiy approved. il Is
sad, by the national commission. he
t9re whom the facts We're laid. Cutil
as the official head o: organized base
ball. is obtained, however. no Official
Fatincat"n can he given. Precedent.
II. Is admitted, is with the Virginia
League.
The League committee comprises
owners Larry, OF Norfolk; Davidson.
and I}caman. OF Suf-
SIoik. ana President Bradley
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-31
HEARING liked FOR
RACE TRACK OFFICIALS
jefferson ,:,risI, I,ou;,si,p,
Course owners to BE Ar
raiSnd January ,.
iHy Avociatcd Press. ]


NJ" ORLEANS. Dec. 30.-IIcaring
"i IN" cases bought agains, racing
oihIliIS at the Jefferson Parish track,
and alleged "oralizcrs'' oncrntinw
the'c, VIII be heard by Judge Gau-
Yer on January ,. No decision has
n''h made as . the probable trans
!'f OF ihc racing program scheduled
I" open IN orI";nS Parish next Satur-
dhE I" the Jcb'rspn Parish track.
IN" b!Il OF p'etlcNlnrs fled against
ne JEFFERSON tr,ck onlC!Ils and oral
!%'ts Is based Va the observations of
district Altorn'y Conrad Huchlcr and
t"o OF his Gcpitics, who visited the
track recently md placed bets under
NC system .np.1ycd there. This sys-
Locke law
The Announcement OF District At
i"rh"E Mari, %! orleans Parish. and
Su?tf !ni"nd"ut q police Guv Molony,
'"In" ing - colt renee Wednesday
nItht' iE"t policemen would b. on
'u'y al IN" fan rgouuds track at tho
opening ~ the meet next Saturday.
- arrest all participants In any syi-
toh OF o.lli'is, las thrown the race
'ln,H ION" Srs INTO a stat. or un-
C"rtaint%. ana a th,,ug" In operations
considered.
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NEW ORLEANS RESULTS

5si r4G i've iarian5 sseg a@g@
sts lif};;n5 55S C-}yNyi S%sa SECOND
Isles. swee, Fa,u!is. zainsT Goniroli Sa "a
board, Rose Of ricardy Lusm"re. chef
! fs;;scror.t race--ciniminF $500: four ycar-
Slds and up, SIX furlongs-,Lady Long
to s. won; salute, {ii6 ,ll;oTrkiinsj. . 10 s.
TO 3 10 2, sacond Madras Ginrhan.
! rhine. li5 is. Baiarnsa. LiberaI6r, 30.
9si iI chesteriieid. saut Conduit, onheli.
NJ N.Y.. Car =. ,waAHer Alexander. Holy o.,
Third sae.-ela!m;ns $500, ,ws.ycor-
fkour,. ii. lMurrayJ. ii 10 ). to 5. ! 10
ses'4' .Esf S IS isira '4 Tt 'gsgl'
ssI5siot Bus,isr. supGs5e' Tony Smf'on Chsy,
rase-a!iowa nsos; sIos three t,.,
RVS lSi@onSgS 70; sN 'u 10 10 Es'i'
Izht.h9ny, 'o' g.unsforD. IL 70 .. even,
f sesSqa I@sk S sSiI T r, moa'!ffs". r.
lcaptain Iicsshler Ton. .McTassari, Head
36ls5 ses rdy .ro o 7 Rs Ea4n aae"
.5y Fifth ace.,h-a4.cup; sioco: for three
Sterling. l2n tMufray). TO 3. / TO c.
out. won: Chief, iS9 CRodrisue.D. 10 |.
= to .: put second Iarry Shann"Ai !iv
g1:46 i-5. GNgh"rty lihu.ts also ran.
Us Sixth ravc--purse,' 500; for thrcc-ycar-
5alds and m; 'm!c and .u etghth-Isaronc.
l02 tNioouey). TO &. to 3, to 8. won
Golden Dawn. 10. CRohcrtS), 10 ). to
10. TO g. second: PLENTY. 1903 uBrysonl ).
S-to i. 3 20 !. 20 ., third. Time. 3 {.
tCnpitai C!fy lack Reeves, MadronO.
4 iaquer. Oh McNenna. Nclio rorke also
ran.
(, Eleventh race-cln!m.nr; $500: for three.
steen,hs-i ectacgiar C;!rl. !UI CrhurserJ.
~ TO !. 80 = % :, won: Tugs. iij
u i. second
sA2tec. los CEubertsl, 20 :. ) to 3. / 10
10 third. 'Gme, i:55 IS. Athena, Lady
Rathbern Illinois Id Keep, Captain
Hodge. Al. I.nlar, rarascon. Cock Roach
MISC Fan.
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Rri;ons Lick Four
Nations at Soccer
IN, t>sucintcd I.rrs>.I

- ABSTRACTION. Dee. I1.-Snrr
nusrir> and bruises were pronii-
neat ulonr diplomatic row to-day.
ari>in. from >urrr football
match yesterday between q team
at british embassy attaches and
nu allied force from four Other
cmhnssir> ar Legations. 'Inc
Bri,"n> won, = 10 =. despite tnr
fnri that they teamed three men
I" the allied team 10 MI its ranks
tu war strrnSth h.
General ucthcI. british military
:.ttarir. capitalized the Briti,hcr>.
while Captain Huntington, Italian
military nt.achr, led the allied
host. which incirdrd two other
Italians, four men from the Meth
crlnn,i> legation. one brazilian and
one Argentine diplomat in addition
to the three borrowed Hritishrr..
The winners have challenged the
stair Department.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-31
MAJOR LEAGUES FRAME
SCHEDULES JANUARY 8
American and National Bodies Will
Meet in Joint Session in
Chicago.
lEN Asaorlnlrl 80

CHICAGO, Dee. 5o.--rhe n.ctill.: OF
the American and National Leagues
rch"dul c,..i'Hittce Viii hc he'd here
january y, according To an announce
Johnson. Of The American league.
liy frafl!nS their playing, charts fer
la2l at that time IN" schedule COM
miitccS w!li hc ready 10 report to
their RESPECTIVE" leagues at the time
al the JOINT meeting OF National and
American Leagues. January -. ana
avoiding the necessity of calling the
periunct"ry schedule meeting prcv!-
ouS!y hold III New York in February
NJ tlv January - meeting The pro-
posed new national agreement be-
( tween majors and minors viii be con-
sidcrcd and ratified. \ spcclsl Sos
sion al the Minor Leagues .Nssociu-
ton Is scheduled to DC held here jan
uar$ 10 and H.
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ALL-AGE BRACES RUN
uobcrt The Devil and Ringing bcii
Win First and Ih'rn m""'''
owned In New York.

.ETouATCHIE. ALA, Dec. 80
The ran OF thirteen braces oi me al !,
80 stalk; OF the Dixie field trials Was
E,rnIercl here last night followed
hy a run @: ten braces today TINS
.win complcte tn. trials OF ihc "Sso-
cation 70. tins season ~.
,,.s, none, $500, owned by william
2;c,,,cr OF New York; shores Zen
,noE second prize, siuo and is.nElhe
Fell third goo. I.!nsNS he'! -
also owned by IicSlcr.
With the iirs, series o.: the DERBY
AZ If Inc Dlxi" Field Trials Club
.ompleied today, stylish Wasp ana
Dnninorc's Jack were ordered on the
.5.I1 for Friday morning for run
of as 10 first and second places Com,
Melton OF This race wi!l be- foil lowe!
~ Inc calling OF other braces Tor dc
rtrmining the third an" i"n''" prl"'
t.-1ruevS.
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HOUSE Committeeman
INSPECT CAMP EUSTIS
''""mnnnicd by General Coo, ThcJ
Make Tour "i Atlantic Const

NEWPORT MEMS Va Dec 20
= !Et members OF the House Military
Sfup.oihin tee today Inspected Camp
hustIs' railway artillery training
most as link Ia The lpas, dcfcnscs
u" 3'nnitico arrived this morning
from WASHINGTON. accompanied by
nlOr-';cucrul COO
ms morning. following which tho
comm iic" wcut 10 EUslls. where tho
hiG mobile guns we're tested during
tn" Gay 40
Eustis. IS "a be abolished IN Juno nv,
"tt 81 Congress uuloss made "A uart
"i tn" coast d";.rs" system
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-31
STAUHTON ATHLETE DIES
AT FROSTBURG. REPORT
"Fop" Brophy. Football and IIu.krt-
bnii star. aud Itiur Ridge League
bIllplayrr. Sucrumb>.

SIAtNTDN, VA. Dec @U.--N"Ir s
reaching stanton records tho death
IN frosthurp, Md. this week OF
j"Scph POP Erophy Ills football
aud basketball star al the Staum;uu
Military academy H. WAS also at
sCh"o, part Of 1919.
Last season Egophy played third.
base on iAr Nart.nsburG Blue KlGSc
icaCu" baseball team Whllr AZ
S,aunton Military N"udcmy Bropn y
was on tn" football team With Ray
moud Mcmillan, who died ii.ccmbrr
S from blow during a boxing match
in jersey city tho night OF prCcm p
Der $. h-htinE under tho name OF
Mickey. shannon
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senator chnmhc-lntn improves.

WNSIl!NTTON, Doc 30.-Senator
Chamberlain, OF oregon. operated on
At a hospital here last Friday. was
reported ion!Gh, as showing cont.u-
ucd Improvement. Attending physi-
clans plan TO perform a second opcr-
al IN tomorrow. should the improve
n"ut continue through the night.
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CHALLENGE FOREIGNERS
4 mrri"nn Frrrcr~ VIII Send Dare to
English aud Italian Fellow
SrOrt>mrH.

NEW YORK. Dec 3O.-Thc Nina
tour Eenccrs League Of America is
considering challenging English and
Italian teams 20 a series OF t"urna
mcnts IN TINS country NEXT spring. il
was learned today The league made
public its 1921 schedule. which pro-
v.drs for eighteen competitions for
all classes OF sworGSmcn rho ma
I ouGl Guardianship finals viii bc held
In Now Nnrk ON Anril 90.
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CoIumhIn l. Chc,, ,hamr.

5rteessful!y defended IT. hampton
~ title OF the 20. II. y ' r'Ar S
sAlEue today by wluu.=, og--
I Enceton in the :nal rpuad Yu a.
I'll r boards. the .DcnI ,p.l.G4au-
8ytl two matches drew one. ana bad
Name total pf 9 - games v1u tuU
W. lost. Princeton, which WAS S..
Id with t"o victorious uat.u.s
lGS Harvard aud yale won aus j.
IA1es out OF l. mark cqGall,I rs
which lost itND IuHtcu.- t,G
kfcw one. Yale defeated Harvard 'a-
tay.p21-2 to H.. ana brought; ITS
!SfxS1st1 l-2
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NEW BOXING PLAN
Would Eliminate Causes for Obicr-
ti"n> by Faculties al Colleges
over Nation.

ny NSN|''.I J'I I'IWSS,
CHICAGO. Dec. 3G.-Thc boxing
CGinmittr" Of the National COLLEGIATE
Athletic Association Viii suhini, Il
lev plan ai.ended To the extent. that
objections, which caused the assoc!a-
tiOn To refuse 10 sanction boxing in
colleges and universities yesterday.
VIII he eliminated. ~ next Years
meeting, il was announced today.
Fear that boxing under the plan Of
f.r"d yesterday would get beyond the
control OF faculties ri schools Was
said TO h" The reason FOR disaprrovaL
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More .pr," nrrL. Planned

tNItNND. Dec 30 = IUrthrr r1Ils
on ALLEGED w"t spots OF The four cen
ira! states around Chicago arc CON
,"'npla,cd by Frank -. Richardson.
dry enforcement chief. he admitted
today. Tn" plans call for thc ~" Of
an niTpltrc. which NJ, Richardson
mas rcQunstCl frOn NATURALIZATION.
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AS!iiNGTON. bee. 30.-Thc uomi-
nation pt Peter Augustus jay. o.
Ehoao Island 10 be Minister - I;,i.
mania. was sent 10 the senate tOGAy \
d.. IrINLLlt.. NNLL..n
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English Team Wins

CONDOR, De-, 90 The Oxford
nbridge tcam "ou the crosse coin
iMraee ~ Roctasua;un today irom
i$Corncll iiiil aud pale runners
team scored 20 points 20
rHeil's 90.
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IFy INifTN N'WN,J
SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Dec. go
t.sninin cOrtinc2. aviator. attempting
mo nrst crossing Of the Andes from
santiago 10 Mendoza by aaropianc.
s.n with his machine Thursday and
r..s nv,
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Goodbye, Old Year!
Holiday aud Now Srar Events al IN,
Young Mems Christian
Assut.i;i

Friday p-co'Db"r 3lst-ii \. NJ
iitr'-nud- Hound Chase: $50 y "
gymnasium Exhibition and nuskct
hull: II T. NJ. Social. Pictures
"Watch- out"
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,ChIcngo Dricn,. rrIncc,on

Dec. 3U-Thc UnIvcrsit,
$i8453tago Ave he:cated Princeton i.
in the frat intorsec
4 kA&sSketball game this season.
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Good Morning, New Year,

saturday, January lst-1i ~ VI to
y j NJ Th. Excel Colorcd Nal
thoruS OF % Voices. Jas. =. Brown.
director I.nri'iard Chorus. Leader; 10
T. NJ. Basketball
UEN-An Wriromc-WOMEN
Tickets Ere. at Counter
Gr"c" and seventh Streets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-18
IN PHILLY
 BREAKS 27 BONES

Philadelphia, March 17-william J. Clothier, all-round athlete and banker. has broken another bone. He Is suffer ing from fractured collar bone this time, which makes his twenty-seventh casualty in this line. The present injury was sustained while practicing at hockey near his country place at Phoenixvil1e. Pa, ten days ago. His skate caught in crack in the ice and threw him heavily on nfs right shoulder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-18
WRESTLING BOUTS
 ON BOARDS NEXT

While passing away the time occa- stoned by the rainy weather which has been in vogue here the last few days, Coach Thomas, Central, has been look ing over the prospects of Central High School in the coming state high school wrestling championship tournament which will be staged here under the auspices of the Birmingham Athletic Club, March 26 and 27.
 Coach Thomas finds that he has sew eral hopefuls from the football and basketball squads of the past seasons. Stubbs. Crane, Barks Reynolds, Flaw kins and several other grid stars will take part In the preliminaries. Condi- tioning of the squad will begin during the next fey days.
 Coach Burbage has not had much op- portunity to see his baseball squad at work yet. The candidates reported Monday afternoon, but were forced Itc lay off Tuesday and yesterday. due to bad weather. Burbage hopes to have his players down at real work in a few days, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-18

from the Baronial camp has been in gilt tering generalities. The come-laters to- day will be in for more than the usual once-over.
 For one reason the unusual activities in Nashville and New Orleans have per turbed the Birmingham fan. He is hear ing daily of this player and that pitcher being signed up-the names being fa- mliar in Southern League circles-and he wants to know what's going on here 1t home. sS
 New Orleans has copped Joe SeweIl. shortstop, from the University of Ala bama; John Dobbs, who formerly was with Montgomery, seems to have a pen chant for Alabama players.
 Nashville yesterday landed Jack Far mer, former Vol and Pittsburgh Pirate who played last season with the Pa cific Coast League. The club had been working on the deal all season and ob- tained Farmer through the Detroit Tigers. who got him from Portland. Farmer hit 297 in the coast league last year, and is counted on to be among the top of Dixie's slugging aggregation this season.
 In addition to tho game today, the Phillys will play the Barons again Satur- day and then run over to Chattanooga for another exhibition game Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-18

RZ ES, the high cost of living is
 l1 just one financial jolt after
 another. But had you ever thought of the poor, dear ball club owners? They have been up against Old Man H. c. L. for more than a decade and have paid their bills without whimper until here of late, when many murmurings are being heard.
 Back twelve years ago the club owners began to battle the high cost of playing ball, which is the same thing as the high cost of living. And the market has never fluctuated downward. Ball players constantly have been tilted in price and the ante raised, denting bank accounts until there appeared to be no limit. Just think of Babe Ruth costing his club $125,OO0, in addition to his
 drawing $2O,00O for the season. The Giants really started the poker playing with ball players as the blue chips. They paid, at that time, fabulous price for the late Cy Sey- mour, taking him from the Reds, and turned right round and bought Spike Shannon from the Browns.
 Their first real bombshell in the l baseball financial world was in 1906, | when they gave Indianapolis $11, ,0OO 1 for Rube Marquard. In 1910 Connie I Mack paid $12,000 to the Baltimore Internationals for Lefty Russell. About this time Barney Dreyfuss hit
 the pace and bought Marty O'Toole
 from the Minneapolis American As
 sociation for $32,500, and gave l $5,0OO more for Kelly, catcher for O'Toole.
 Eight years ago. the Yankees gave 1 Baltimoret $12,000 for Fritz Maisel.
 Larry Chapelle, Milwaukee, cost Co-
 miskey $18,0O0.
 Eddie Collins forced Connie Mack to change his contract figures twice in 1914 and later the star lnflelder
 was sold to the White Sox for $25,- 900. Mack sold Murphy to Comiskey for $12,000 and Jack Berry to the
 Red Sox for $14,000.
 In 1915 Cleveland sold Joe Jack son to the White Sox for $32, ,000 in cash and Pitcher Plepfer and Fielder Roth, valued at $18,000, thus mak- | ing a $5O,000 deal. The Yankees bought Pitcher Dan Tipple from ln- dianapolis for $11, ,000. Frank Baker cost the Athletics $35,000 when he was purchased from the Yankees in l 1916. The Yankees spent $25,000 of this in buying lee Magee from the l Federals. Benny Kauff. Brooklyn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-18
Barons Try For Sewell, .ButLoseOut

University. March 17.--(Specialo- Capt. Joe seweu, captain of the base ball team of the University of Alabama, confirmed the report here today that he had signed up with the New Or leans Pelicans of the Southern League, but said that he would not report to Johnny Dobbs untf lafter the collegiate baseball season is completed.
 Ever since the completion of Ala bamas baseball season last year Cap tain Sewell has been besieged from far and near to sign up with the profes- sionals. He has had offers from St. Louis, Cleveland and Philadelphia of the National League, from Atlanta and Birmingham of the Southern League, and various other teams in the south, including the Atlantic and Texas Leagues.
 sewell is completing his fourth year at college and hence Is free to go into the national pastime as a professional However re will have to return to coll lege half year after this year to re- ceive his diploma.
 Captain Sewell expects to assist Coach Gordon Lewis this season in an effort to turn out another champion nine of the south at Alabama He will perform at second base again. Joe Is also a good man on the gridiron. and in addition is president of the student body. ss
 Tho exit of sewsl1 from the ranks of Crimson sport will make three players of the champion nine of last year that have gone into professional ball. Big" Jim Boone, pitcher. Is now with the Atlanta Crackers and Lean Styles, catcher, is with the Philadelphia Na- tions.
 Riggs Stevenson. of all Southern fame, in both baseball and football. is another member of Coach Noojin's win ming aggregation of last year, who will no doubt finally land in the big leagues. ''Stevie'' has Just returned from New Orleans. where he worked out little with the Cleveland Indians. However. the Crimson fuI1back and 5hortstop ts only a junior this year. He declares that beyond gentlemen's agreement he will not sign up with any team until after the completion. of tho 1920 season in baseball and football.