PRENTICE LANDS KEY BACKER IN ROYALS BID: KAUFFMAN'S DAUGHTER

          Julia Irene Kauffman, daughter of Royals Founder Ewing
     Kauffman, "has decided to invest with Miles Prentice, the
     New Yorker who continues to beef up his bid to buy the
     baseball team," according to Charles Crumpley of the K.C.
     STAR.  Neither Kauffman nor Prentice could be reached for
     comment, but "two sources familiar with the Royals sale
     process have confirmed that Kauffman plans to invest with
     the Prentice group."  One of the sources said her investment
     would be a "significant" amount of money.  Kauffman's
     promised involvement means three "prominent Kansas Citians"
     are now known to have signed on with Prentice.  The others
     are banker R. Crosby Kemper Jr. and banker James Nutter Jr. 
     Prentice's main competitor, Lamar Hunt, said yesterday that
     his Hunt-Western Resources group "had not yet increased its
     offer, which the Royals earlier had rejected."  The six
     directors of the Royals board will meet today via conference
     call.  A team spokesperson said that no sale announcement
     was planned, but that could change (K.C. STAR, 8/14).