Evening star., 1940-04-03
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From the
Press Box
Yankees Might Regret
Spurning $115.70 Bid
BY JOHN LARDNER,
9pecfal Correspondent of The atar

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NEW YORK, April 3 (N.A.N.Ao-
There is no truth in the rumor thai
the New York Yankees have beer
purchased by syndicate headed by
your correspondent for $11570.
That was all we could raise, anc
the owners, after weighing our offe,
against those of $6,O00,00O apiece BY
James Aloysius Farley. Joe Kennedy
Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey. Bine
Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Jimmy
Walker, the French government
former Kaiser Wilhelm and Deanns
Durbin. decided in favor of one o,
the latter.
The chances are that they were
Influenced by the mere difference ir
money. If so. they made big mis-.
take. The simple things in life art
best. and you can be pretty happy
on $1l570. Can you buy health anc
a good digestion with $6,000,000? o.
course, the Yankee owners are
pretty healthy, and their digestion.
are the talk of the league. but why
quibble? I am talking about the
principle of the thing.
EosiIy Gets Loon Of S.,
But it Won't FIoot
Besides, if the Yankees had been
sold to my syndicate. we would have
given every stockholder of the old
regime a season pass (not good fol
World Series or Sunday games).
Most of the Yankee stock is held
by three women. Hearing that they
were anxious to sell, my syndicate
went down to Wall Street to float a
loan. Right on the corner of Broad
and Wall, our vice president OBJ
tanned loan of IS without hardly
having to show his gun at all. He
returned home, filled his bathtub,
and attempted to float it, but the
sum was chiefly in silver and went
to the bottom without trace. This
Is just a sample of the discourage
ments and obstacles we had to over
come from the start.
However, we managed to get the
S115.7O together, and the syndicate
called in a body at the Yankee
Office. In the waiting room were Jim
Farley. with s6,000,000 in his hand
(mostly in ones and fves), and a
gentleman from Wisconsin with
$6500.000.
The Yanks had not been sold yet
Plunking our cash on the counter
we asked to see Bill Dickey, who is
rumored to have unsound legs.
mo use buying pig in a poke,
Lardy," said the vice president OF
our syndicate.
That's just what was thinking" F"
I told him. We'll look the whole
club over before closing the DEAL
"Wait minute!" barked James A.
Farley.
Hold on said the gentleman
from Wisconsin.
Deal me in!" exclaimed Deanna
Durbin, bursting into the office with
q satchel full of cash.
lone at a time" said the secre-
tary in charge of selling the Yanks'
"These gentlemen are first in line
this morning. What's your propo-
sition?"
THE whole roll I told her, count
ing it out. I'VE amt pikers, sister" :"
Cont Buy Browns After
H.ref,,I Investment
The secretary studied it and said:
"You can't buy the Yankees for
that"
"How about the inheld alone?" I
asked.
Nope"
"Well, then, just a couple OF
catchers?"
Nope"
"Will you sell Paul schrieber, the
batting practice pitcher, for this?'
"Nossir," said the secretary in
charge of selling the ball club. For
that kind of sugar we can let you
have three bats, dozen balls, 10
box seats and the autograph of Tim
othy Sullivan, our batboy. Next"
AS we shuffed sadly out OF the
Office James A. Farley was shoulder
ing his way to the head Of the line.
I don't know how he made out. I
know how we made out. BY invest
ing the $115.7O judiciously in the
third, fourth and sixth races at
Tropical Park we trimmed our stake
to $13.O8 by sundown. You can't buy
the Browns for that.
AS we 60 to press the rumor Is
that the Yankees have been sold to
Jane Withers for $4,000, 900. I
warn them, they won't be happy.