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Show FUTURE OF SPIDERS HANGS IN BALANCE Much Mystery Surrounds Movements of Bresnahan; Sinclair Quits Baseball. CHICAGO, Feb. :S. Mystery today surrounded sur-rounded the movement? of Roger Breyna-han Breyna-han and his c-onncc'tion with the future of the orphanfti franchise of the American Amer-ican association and its proposed transfer back to Toledo. It was reliably stated that Bresnahan was In Chicago and expected to meet Charles Weeghma n. winding up affairs with the Cub leader, which would leave him free to purchase the franchise. That much was confirmed by Weeghma n. but later there came word from Toledo quoting quot-ing Bresn.iha n as sayine he had abandoned aban-doned all hope of genius the franchise. It is understood t ha"t Weeghman has decided to pa In a lump Bum the 120,000 due Bresnahan for the two years remaining remain-ing of his contract with the Chicago Nationals: Na-tionals: He and the former weal Hide leader, he said, would meet tomorrow and settle their difference?. If the transfer to Bresoahan fa not effected the committee of Cleveland bankers bank-ers handling C. W. Somers's affairs will take over the franchise themselves and operate the club in Toledo, it was reported. |