New-York tribune., 1921-12-07

The amount of the cash considcra {
ZION was not made public, but it is be-
heved here that figures were set on
hoth Burns and Gonzales, and that
tho cash paid made up the difference
between these figures and $500
Gonzales is Cuban, and came to the
Giants several years ago from the st.
and can,e to the New York club from
plsyers VINO ever appeared in Giant
uniform
Many Clubs After Groh
One of Herrmann's principal reasons
{or attending the Buffalo meeting of
tie minors was the profitable disposal
NJ Heinie Groh. Of this there can be
no doubt. Several major league mag
mates who are here had been angling
sor Groh. but the price asked by Herr
mann is said to have shocked them into
speechlessness. One of them said to
the writer tonight that the price
transcended any ever asked for a
plsyer in sill the history of baseball,
exceeding by a considerable margin
that paid by the Yankees to the Red
Scx for "Babe" Ruth.
The Chicago Cubs. represented here
by Bill Veeck, president, and Bill Kill
lefer, manager, were said TO have had
what approximated an option on Groh.
It is a fact that Veeck and Killefer
did some bidding, but the price they
offered was so far below what Herr
mann asked that this phase of the
transaction went I'D in smoke.
Garry Wanted Cash
WED have to sell the ball park and
Z L. - eIs I.
Garry Hermann wants for Groh," re-
marked Killifer.
With q view to reducing the none
tary end of the deal all sorts of in
volved trades have been put UP to
Hermann to-day, but the latter de-
manded cash for his highly priced third
sscker.
McGraw is said to have first offered
sum in cash and a number Of ball
players, one of whom was a valiant
figure in the recent worlds series, but
this was turned down and a tentative
agreement is said TO have been reached
on a cash basis.
Colonel Jacob Rupert, Colonel T.
L. Huston and Manager Ed Barrow of
the Yankees spent busy day behind
closed doors with number of minor
and major league magnates, and it is
=
the American League champions will
be consummated before the New York
delegation pulls out of this town to-
morrow night.
Economy Minors Aim
The minor league convention was
opened to-day in theA ballroom of the
Lafayette, and while the mooted draft
question had been reported as the one
frot- = o%% Tor Af !,
delegates, it was never mentioned.
The feature of the opening session
was the speech of Michael H. Sexton,
president Of the National Associate
IN which he outlined 8 policy of econ
omy and retrenchment for the minor
leaguers. If his words of advice are
followed the general operating ex-
penses will be cut in half. This will
apply not only to pay rolls and salary
limits but will deal with every other
form OF expenditure faced by the
minors
Mr.. Sexton said that the operating
cost of individual clubs in Class A
Leagues for 1920 ran from $4,000 to
out cost of 1851 per club for each
game. In Class B leagues, Sexton
stated, the cost per club was from
$4,000 to $4,000, or $25S game. He
declared that in the smaller leagues the
salaries being paid to players was far
IN excess of their actual value. He
advocated that each club in leagues
under AA should be required to file an
affidavit with the association on the
lst and 18th Of every month giving the
actual amounts paid to their players
With some reluctance, Garry Herr
mann announced tonight that he had
paid the San Francisco club of the
Pacific Coast League $4,000 and four
players fer Jimmy Cavanay, Frisco
snortstop. The names of three of the
players were announced. They are
Coumbe, Brenton and Geary, all pitch
ers. With them goes an unnamed out