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Show Why Charley Vceghman Decided to Quit Game '. hi reLiuie av pi ,detit r.f the Cubs. , He is one t-f the unfortunate m ft who , had bee ii km eftil in biisiliefts itrul "ought l.asehail at a itie.in of recrea -lion jiiuI profit only to, ! doomed to d'a ppuiiittncnt. iy-ti after Wefphmsn broke into the , h'eib-ral l'-i;'ie h was aeke.t h's reason for dojng so. . ""I want a meann of Inventing suip'ufl capital nnde out of my buinss," explained ex-plained Weeghrnan. 'and 1 muj't "con-; fi-s I like the gafll'.' j It ts a f.i'r enni.ite t put U'e'-gh- Ilia n't osk in t,tyi- ;n at a t ua rter of J -i nn'ljon dotlarh. He negUi-fed his i reiaTirat;t und :tnk all h.s surplus capital in the ra)ie. He st ill holds ' some stork 1 1 s the club, but o ri ty -lt this tooM ti Mr. Wrigb-v. w h ! eventurtily will control the club, at- ' cording to an-inviile tip. i Thr An a moral in the failure of' Weghim:n a thorntigh sportsman, in hasehx'J. It proves that If requires j mtr than cbsinpionships to Succeed . n the iiii, Weeshmaa was success- i ful In the Federal league, so far as 1 winning went, snd th Cub l.iit -ar capltitei the NHtionai league championship, cham-pionship, and -t he ret iris a benvv-i I r imh ntuail . to ay nothing of; wht the :i un- lias cost tho!e- he as-' fociated with him. MATCH FOR REYNOLDS. By Associated Press. CK!All KAI'U'b. .Iowa, Inc. j Jack le ndds. a local f tvorilo and h-.idcr of the welterweight hamp'on- 1 ship of the wnrhl. will wrt stle jiilMe ! Itoman.ff of Vmiaha.' Net., in tins cuy'j IHemler Karmer li'itns )iaa cn- i sented. to refrrve the match. . . CLUB XMA3 TREE. T'lanS are being made for a bg. ChriMtnaa luncheon and eel. bratlotl at the Commercial cnl. A ln tree will be reled in The center of the; dtnlig room,- from which a reril Itve : Santa Claus wiil distribute mirth pro- : vokins preaenu to Ue mamora i ST. I,nrS. Iec. 1.1. Baseball fun in Chicago, according to a dispatch dis-patch to the sporting News, got two dust im t jars last we ll. The story continues l Hie w.as the news tl, at Charley. eghmjn would retire as premtTit rf the Cubs. -The otiier was the story fr-en the Kant that a-minority faction rf the American league, working hand In band with certain National egie interests, waji trying to e'.ze hfhal! utbirity from those with whom it ba re-te,j for yer past. The retirement of Cnsrlev Weegb-maa Weegb-maa la aa actual fact. Fred iiitctieU, ( mar.asT of- t)ie C tbe. tm to Sue. erd j Weeghman as i !ub preshiem. thus 'heipuig upon out- pi-r.,n d;M n-tiui ti nd duties seldom ret urded in t. i-- Salt lint MitcheM eminently nnalif..! i4 V, the dual ioe ntut the fa n. fJjymW' I egret t 'Pi; Weegttflian's refnrili'Til, air ' i weJ p!a--d , J ! William Wr gb v Jr , one . of the heayv h t ck hoh t-re in t!i O.i.s. an- noiiu:cd the chance in ti.e h' ad f I he , Hub. H'iP'neroj ihhiih were riK"l i f-.r the switch. It w:is r.n'--ar, Mr f I Wrcl'v explained, for Mr. V-i.bnian : devote hiK ufiitiii. itt. r;i,'-n to ' his pnvaie affairs. ' ( li has. been known for many s:j j |