The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
STRENGTH OF TANKS AND GIANTS DUE TO
 HUGE EXPENDITURES
Cards and Browns Repre- sent Wise Conservatism in Baseball Purchases.
By DAVIS J. WALSH International News Service Sports
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International News Service sports
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 New York, Junly 22.-If either or both of the St. Louis entries should head the Giants or Yankees at the end of the major league pennant races, it will be a triumph of conser- vative building over commercial frenzy.
 The St. Louis clubs have cost their respective owners nothing in partic- ular beyond a few heartaches in for mer years; the Giants and Yankees are an ensemble of baseball prima donnas, almost prohibitive in price.
 Consider the present Giant roster, for example. Heinie Groh is sup posed to have separated his owners from a mere matter of $150r000; Bancroft, s75,oO0; Meusel. s5O.ooo; Toney, Douglas, Snyder and others well above S1O, ,000 each.
 Ross Young. in right field; George Kelly. first baseman; Bill Ryan, the Frank Frisch, in the infieId, alone are developments of the safe and sane policy.
 The Yankees? Kindly see J. F. Morgan & CO. without delay. Babe Ruth cost more than $125,000 before the price of major league chattels got out of focus. Even before then r mer for $3O,0OO, while Mays was bought for S4o,OOo several years later.
 There is no such thing as estimat- Ing what Schang, Hoyt, Jones. Scott. Bush. McNally and other former Red Sox cost the Yankees, because they figured in trades where the cash con sideration was kept dark as Kid Norfolks countenance. Even more recently Whitey Witt escaped from Philadelphia at a cost of $1O,O00.
 Next we will call the attention of the class to the St. Louis Browns CTS in baseball, was a gift from the Yankees; Severeid, a fine catcher, came up from the American Associa- tion at the usual rate of exchange; today, was secured from Michigan University for the cost of a free lunch; McManus and Gerber are minor league purchases of slight amount: ington, and Williams and Jacobson, outffelders, were inexpensive minor leaguers. Pruitt, great young left handler, was an inexpensive colleSian.
 Tobin Was Expensive
 Of the entire outfit Johnny TObin, having been a Federal League star, cost a rood round sum because of the rather frantic bidding that prevailed at the time, and Dave Danforth, the eft handler, is supposed to have come from Columbus for consideration well above S40,0O0.
 The Cards were assembled at financial outlay similar in propor- tions. Flack was secured from the Cubs in 'hoss and hoss'' trade in which Cliff Heathcote also figured; Jack Smit!. cost less than S1,000; the great Hornsby less than S1,500; Mueller was picked up, merely as promising minor leaguer, and the same might be said or FournIer, who had failed to make the rifle with the White Sox and Yankees.
 Milton Stock and Jeff Pfeffer are the results of trades in which the Phils and Dodgers respectively took much the worst of it; Ainsmith was picked off the batieban boneyard CIemons, another catcher, was a moderately priced young man, and McCurdy, a third, was a collegian, hence cost nothing.
 Doc. Lavan, the shortstop, was chased out of the American League and was sold by the Senators at the waiver price, while Doak, Sherdel. Walker, Haines, North, Pertica and other pitchers came to the club at little or no expense. Not to mention Specs" Toporcer, one of the best utility men in the game, who was found on the New York sand lots.