Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1917 — COAST PLAYERS COME HIGH [ARTICLE]

COAST PLAYERS COME HIGH

Big Prices Paid by St. Louis Browns for Pacific Coast Stars—War* Won’t Interfere. Philip Ball, the former Federal league magnate, who now la the owner of the St. Louis Browns, Is ready to spend big money for new players. Ball already has purchased two Pacific Coast league stars. Pitcher Speed Martin and Outfielder Kenneth Williams. Robert Quinn, the business manager and scout, has received authority from Ball to buy up all the best pldyers in the minor leagues regardless of cost. The Browns’ owner says that he does not Relieve the war will hurt baseball, and that a winning American league team in St. Louis will yield large profits. The success of the Cardinals probably has induced Ball to loosen his purse strings.