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Show Roger Breshnahan Quits Baseball CHICAGO, Oct, 17 This winter will mark the passing from baseball of Roger Patrick Breshnahan. one of he most picturesque characters ever con-nected con-nected with tbe national pastime. The Duke of Tralee ' is about to depart the game in which be gained renown Breshnahan. it will be rem inhered, streaked across the baseball horizon in the days of the old Giants, when he was thp leading catcher of the National Na-tional league. He was so able that he topped the batting order and often performed per-formed in the outfield when not eni ployed behind the bal. Getting down to more modern Umes Roger Patrick acquired tho Toledo dub of the American association after that team had played an unprofitable season in Cleveland, and set forth on his merr way as a magnate. He ran into the worldwide war and finauclal J difficulty, and it was rumored tha: he went broke on the venture. Frank Coates, president of the company com-pany that operates the electric light -and street railways in Toledo, ha ; been offered the presidency of the Mudhens, which means that Roger Is I out Coates is in doubt if he will accept. ac-cept. John Gansel, a sterling minor raan-lager, raan-lager, has Indicated that he wishes to , acquire Breshnahan's stock in the To-! To-! ledo club, and he ma succeed. He has managed the Kansas City club for the past two years, prior to which ho was in i he Federal league and in Reeh ester, N. Y oo |