The Washington times., 1922-12-18

At the time Of the Collins sale
Brooklyn club, declared, Baseball
''Oh, oh, Charley" said other
owners then. this IL most ,unu-
sual." But Mr.. Ebbets was right.
The other day at Louisville Mr..
Ebbets asked Owner J. Carl Ewing
of the Oakland club Of the Pacific
Coast League. what he wanted for
Pitcher "Buz" Artlett.
II may be inserted here that Mr..
Ebbets bemoans the modern trend
Of high prices and has no part
When Mr.. Ewing. said. "wel.
I'll make It $50, 700, for you. Char
ley. and a few players thrown in
by you. Very low. old man." 1t
was, compared to other figures Of
late asked and received.
Mr.. Ebbets ID said to have back
stepped In daxe, after the
manner Of . boxer banged ON
tho button. when ne recover
ed, he prophesicd: Financial hys-
teria will ruin the game. pre-
dactod u years and years and
years ago. Wait and see. High
salaries and these awful high
prices will smash baseball"
Maybe there is some truth In his
utterance. At any rate, the poorer
clubs and those with owners against
cutting purse strings, II they have
any to cut. seem due for head
aches and means.
No. Mr.. Ebbets did not buy
"Ruzz" Artlett
The holding out against the
drafting system by the Pacific
Coast League, the International
League and the American Associa-
tton, plays the most prominent part
In the big money deals. These
leagues, class AA, snubbed the
drafting price fixed for them at
1880 and are now more firmly
than ever entrenched against the
draft. As long as the big leagues
will pay 100000 and so on, they
take 1t as good. sound business. So
1t looks!
Owners In the majors in the
scramble to rake in coin by build.
ing up all star, or nearly SO, teams.
have handed around almost n
million dollars in the past two
years.
Here are some Of the biggest pur.
chsses: Willie Kamm. Of the San
Francisco club, 100000 by the
White Sox; Jimmy O'Connell, of
San Francisco. $4,000 by the
Giants: Sammy Hale. of Portland.
$4,000 by the Athletics; Jake May.
Of Vernon, $4,000 by the Yankees:
Jack Bentley. Of Baltimore. 5000
by the Giants. And all have yet
10 prove themselves in the big
time"
Then there Il . flock Of so, 90,
$1o.oo0, S15,o0e and $1,000 pur.
chaseA. Herman Pilette and Syl-
veeter SOhmsoa Were bought by
Detroit from Portland for $40, 900,
most Of Il for johnson, with PHI
lette ~ good measure" Pfllette
moro than made good, but John
son was Handicapped By IN asiing
arm.
Caveney, Of San Francisco, and
Pinelli. Of Oakland. brought $50.
900 from the Reds. They both made
good, johnson. Sheely and Multi.
gan cost the White Sox $50. 900 to
4. obtain from Salt Lake City. Sheely
/ showed the best. >t,. .r
| Getting down to smaller figures
: there Is the $4,000 paid by the
Browns to Columbus for Dave Dan,
forth, who got into trouble over al
legged tampering with the ball.
Lou Blue cost the Tigers $40 ,00t
from Portland. and proved worth It.
The Reds paid Seattle $4,000 for
Sammy Bohne. who did well. and q
like amount to st. Paul Tor Har
grave, . high class catcher.
Ten thousand was paid freely
Players bought for that amount
were: Couch from San FranciscS
by the Reds: SINNERS from Colum
bus and Cunningham. Of Seattle, BY
the Giants; Fothergill from Roch
ester and Bassler from Los Angeles
by the Tigers; O'Doul. Of San Fran
cisco, and Elmer Miller, OF st. Paul
by the Yankees; Krug, of Seattle
Maissl. Of Portland, Wirtx, Of Roch
ester, by the Cubs. and $4,000 fol
Mueller, OF Syracuse. by the Cardi
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