New Britain herald., 1923-02-20
FED. COLLINS DEAL
 IS NOW ALL OFF
Chicago Turns Down S5O,0O0 and
 Three Players Offer

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 eustamed grace and ease about sec
 ond hase for the Yankees when thel
 open their new stadium with the Bos
 ton Red soK on April is,
 The famous Collins real. born Jul,
 ie, 1891, was buried with solemn rites
 al the Bellevue. .stratford Hotel yes,
 lefday afternoon, The pallhearers
 were Col, Jacob Ruppert. Miller
 HugEins and Edward Barrow Of the
 Yankees and the veteran Kid 6lea- son and Harry GFahiner, manager and business manager respectively Of the chieag White sos. 4 large crowd att tended the funeral.
 ''rhe Collins deal is ofi." declared Col Ruppert with a sad look In his eyes as the meeting between Huggins and Gleason. which lasted for near ly two hours, ended.
 I'm going 10 stand pat on my team for the coming season." said Kid Gleason, ''The Yankees want Col lins: all well and good. They can have him, but in return they must give me the players demand. will not surrender"
 Deal Splits on H0yt
 The Yankees bid high for the brilliant second baseman. At first the old offer was renewed Of Aaron Ward, Bob Meusel and Sam Jones for Col lins. Falk and Robertson. This was thrashed over for sor1e time and when 1t looked ns if all hope was gone Miller Huggins made an even more flattering offer.
 Said the little manager: "I'll give you Ward. Herb Pennock, Sam Jones and $50.o0o for Eddie Collins"
 Even this tempting bid failed. Kid Gleason has set his heart on getting Waite Hoyt. He insisted that the Brooklyn boy be included in any of- fer and so the famous deal came to nothing with Hoyt the rock on which 1t split
 Col. Ruppert was bitterly disap- pointed. Both he and Col. Huston wanted Collins, judging by the final order they made but from the way he talked last night the deal is now absolutely dead.
 It may be revived but If it is the | Yankees will have to give Gleason the players he wants. including Hoyt | and Huggins insists he will not part with the boy wonder of Flatbush.
 Collins himself, logged out in a neat brown suit and soft brown hat, and | looking more like youngsters than a veteran of many hard baseball cam paigns, drifted into the hotel early in the day. Later he drifted out again still second baseman of the White Sox
 Speaking about the Yankees, Bob Shawkey, Joe Bush. and Herb Pen mock. the southpaw. were about the hotel. They came to see Col. Rup- pert about their contracts for next season. Bush and Pennock, who made the trip to the Orient, are down 10 weight and could go in and pitch tomorrow. Bullet Joe and Pennock will leave on Thursday for Hot Spring.
 Only Short Meeting
 The meeting of the American Leaguers, as usual, was short and to he point. The club owners went into session about o'clock and were through with their business for the lay by o'clock. The schedule was adopted for the 1928 campaign. The , American League, as previously an- will open its season a day ater than the National League.
 Opposed to Zone Plan Clark Griffith of the Washington 'enators urged that the league es- ablish home run zone in all parks Iaybe he is afraid that Babe Ruth , vill drive so many home runs into he center and right field stands that v e will ruin the league. The other . wners listened patiently and then Ike the National League owners de- ided against 8 home run zone.
 A resolution was offered to have he hits and errors flashed on the coreboard after each play. Ban ohnson thought that this move 'ould be of 'aid and comfort" to and so it was tabled.
 No New League
 The mythical Inter-Allied League as not even discussed at the meet lg. Ban Johnson knows of no such 'ague to combat the minor leagues hich refuse to submit to the draft.