Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1917 — BONER BY MANAGER HUGGINS [ARTICLE]

BONER BY MANAGER HUGGINS

McGraw Offered BL Louis Ford Schupp and $5,000 for Sallee— Cardinals Couldn't See IL An interesting story Is told by a St Louis scribe to the effect that when Harry Sallee was pulling his retirement stuff last jammer and John McGraw was seeking his services* McGrew offered the Cardinals Ferd Schupp and $5,000. Miller Huggins turned it down, and McGraw then made a straight cash payment for Sallee. At the time Schupp didn’t look to be worth 50 cents, but the information from McGraw that he was on the ragged edge of a job set him going and he finished about the best pitcher la the National league,