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Show TINKER 15 mm MLESMCLElf Cub Roster Down to 43 Now, With Prospect of Reaching 25 Soon. CHICAGO, Jan. 22. "With Ihe sale of In Holder Joe Scimlz to the Pittsburg- Nationals Na-tionals today, the Chicago Cubs have cut down the number of men on the roster to forty-three, according to an announcement announce-ment ny President Weeghman. Eleven players have been disposed of eit her by purchase or release, and the new president said he expected to have ihe list cut close to twenlj -live in a week or two. The players who have been cut. off the Cub roster in the last few weeks are: Art Piielan, Bubbles Margraves of the old Cubs ehib and Beck of last year's Federals, who vent to the Kansas City club of the American association: Mc--any, Fisher and Schorr of the old club vrn sent to Los Angeles: Joe Weiss, last year with the Federal pagu. went to Minneapolis, while Jack Holland procured Walter Keating of the old Cubs and Tex Western and Jackson of the Federals for his Si. Joseph club of the Western league. Schulz was sold to Pittsburg. Rogr Bresnahan. last year's manager of tlie Cubs, and Weeghman on Monday arc to discuss Bresna ban's ironclad contract, con-tract, which is said to call for ?1,000 a year and runs two years more. Weeghman said that Bresnahan's contract con-tract will not be broken, and if Bresna-han Bresna-han wishes to purchase the Toledo America Amer-ica n iwsooiation franchise he will be 'given Ins release and will ha ve the assistance as-sistance of Welshman. The Cub head (odav said John R. Thompson and Cha rles A . MGulloeh : might, be addd to the local capitalists ! taking stock in the club. LschuHz to Pirates. CHICAGO, Jan. 22, Joe fechultz, infield-J infield-J er, was sold to t he Pittsburg Nationals j by president Weeghman of the Chicago I Federals today. |