Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1918 — PROVE PATRIOTS OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PROVE PATRIOTS OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES

Captain Huston and Jim Dunn Outrank Rival Magnates. Owner of New York Yankees Was First Man Financially Interested In Game to Enlist—Cleveland Gates Ordered Closed. When the baseball history of the stirring times of war is written two names wifi stand out above all others in the magnate end of the game as batting 1.000 per cent patriotism. They will be the names of Capt. T. L. Huston, half owner of the New York Yankees, and Jim Dunn, owner of the Cleveland Indians. Captain Ruston was the first man financially interested in baseball to. enlist in his ; country’s service. Au

’engineer of great ability and a veteran of the Spanish-American war, Hunton joined the. colors soon after war was declared. Jim Dunn was the first magnate to order his ball park closed under the work-or fight order. The day after Secretary Baker? announced that ball players must either don a uniform or go to work In some essential occupation Dunn wired his business manager to close shop and to disband the ball club. There was no quibbling on Dunn’s part. Although his club was in second place and had excellent chances of copping a pennant’ this year, he didn’t hesitate. . “If the government needs my men it can have them.” That was Dunn’s philosophy. Dunn offered the use of his great construction organization to the government early in the war. “If they’want me,’’-lie said, “I’ll go along and run It.” The government decided that the Dunn construction forces would be more use at home. Baseball was more or less of a mania with Dunn. He had owned several minor league clubs before he decided to get into the major game and bought the Cleveland club. He never got his money out of the Investment and never realized his ambition of winning a pennant, which to him meant a great deal more than the mere money involved. But when the time came he gave up ambition, investment and all. Dunn can well be rated side by side with Captain Huston.

Capt. T. L. Huston.