Magee signed with the Seattle Turks of the Northwestern League for the 1909 season. The Oregonian noted "To provide against a possible loss of [Pug] Bennett, [Dan] Dugdale signed Lee Magee, a fast youngster, who so far has justified the advance press dope of his touters that he handles himself in the field like Johnny Evers." On August 19, 1909 Magee was sold to the St. Louis Cardinals by the Seattle Turks of the Northwestern League.\n', '

Fred W. Kleine of St. Louis, Missouri replied to his wife Harriet Kleine\'s petition for divorce with a charge that she would meet various baseball players at Robison Field and bring them home. In one instance in May 1910, Fred W. Kleine claimed he found his wife drinking beer with Lee Magee, Jack Bliss and Kitty Knight. Another instance, according to Fred W. Kleine, his wife had to assist an inebriated Magee down their stairs. All of the players denied wrongdoing, but said they had been guests at the Kleine\'s house, which was across the street from the ballpark. Magee responded that it was a leg injury that made him require assistance down the Kleine\'s stairs. The Oregonian noted that "Magee\'s name in a divorce suit along with other ball players, is not much of a surprise. Lee was a handsome boy and women admired him. He had an escapade on a sleeping car when he was playing first [base] for Seattle, that took diplomacy on the part of president Dugdale to smooth over."\n', '

In 1915, Magee was sued by the St. Louis Cardrinals after he jumped to the Brooklyn Tip-Tops in the Federal League. Jim Gilmore, president of the Federal League, instructed Magee to ignore the suit.\n', '

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