Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1919 — OWNERSHIP OF EDDIE PLANK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OWNERSHIP OF EDDIE PLANK

Browns and Yankees Both Repudiate Star Left-Handed Twirler —MixUp Between Clubs. If Eddie Plank applies for reinstatement to organized baseball he will find that he belongs to two clubs and again he will be informed that two clubs say he does not belong to them. Traded to the Yankees by the Browns

last winter Plank refused to report to the Yankees. Miller Huggins announces that the veteran southpaw is not his property, because it was agreed with Quinn that Plank and Cullop would revert to their original clubs if they failed to sign contracts in. 1918. However, Quinn . countered Hug’s opinion with a statement that the ancient southpaw flipper was the property of the Yank and tlml Cullop belonged to the Browns.

Eddie Plank.