Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1919 — AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALLS AID VICTORY LOAN [ARTICLE]

AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALLS AID VICTORY LOAN

The highest price ever paid for a baseball was paid Thursday when J. D. Rockerfeller gave $1,000,000 for a sphere autographed by Christy Mathewson of the Giants at the subtreasury. Arthur Fletcher, Gient captain, received $500,000 for a ball from the New York Trust Company, and J. P. Morgan & Co., bought one from Larry Doyle for the same amount.