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Show ' TRANSFER OF CUBS , MAY YET BE BLOCKED CHICACJO Dec "4 Following the re eeipt of a telegram from Charles F Tait today Charles Weeghman said be might wait until Mr Taft s return from Texas before meeting him to arrange finally for -he purchase of the Cubs. He had ex . pected to go to Texas next Sunday B B. Johnson president of the Amerl can league, who returned from the Cln cmnati meeting today was authority for the statement that it was still possible that the deal for the Chicago Nationals might fan through and declared if It did ft would be a bad thing for the Na tlonal league According to Mr Johnson, the acre merit between Taft and Weeghman would permit the former to withdraw from the deal Friends of Mr Weeghman how ever say be has faith In the strength of the agreement James A. Gilmore said today he did not expect the Federal league s suit against organized baseball which was tried be fore Judge Landls last winter would be withdrawn within a week or ten days |