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T BOXING SPORTS OF ALL SpRTS BASEBALL' Cleveland team' of the American ass'n. If Roger can buy the club and move it to Toledo he will automat ically dispose of his own case, get ting his unconditional release. Even should Bresnahan become a magnate it is probable he will be given a goodly portion of the coin his contract calls for during the next two seasons. The paper is a tight affair and cannot be broken by one party. Should Roger fail to land in Tole do he may be' retained as a private on the North Side, in which event he will be the highest-salaried work man on the club, getting almost as much money at Tinker. However, after the excellent record he made with a combination, of misfits last season, Bresnahan would hardly like to go back to the ranks here in Chi cago. An answer given to the Indianap olis club of the American ass'n yes terday by Pres. Comiskey of the White Sox makes it apparent that Comiskey and Rowland have about abandoned hope of annexing a new man to protect third base. The Hoosier people wanted Geo. Moriarity to manage the Denver club of the Western league, owned by the same capital that controls Indian apolis. They were turned down, with the information that George would be a member of the White Sox throughout the coming season. He will undoubtedly be given the job at third base. Doc White, released by the Vernon club of the coast league, now is be ing sought to handle the Denver club. Harry Sinclair is -gradually dispos ing of the stars left over from the Federal league. His latest deal is the sale of Benny Kauff, Bill Rariden and Fred Anderson to the Giants. Rari den is a good catcher and Anderson is the pitcher the Cubs were after. The saleprice is said to have been in the neighborhood of $75,000. The advantage major league man agers this season will have over the men who handled big league teams in 1915 is well illustrated in the way Joe Tinker is disposing the surplus material of the combined Cubs and Whales. Already he has cut loose seven men and the way is open for the ros ter to be further reduced, making way for men of more ability. Bob Fisher, Polly McLarry and Ernie Schorr were yesterday sent to the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast league. Their contracts with the Cubs had expired and they were held only by the reserve clause, which allowed them to be dealt with. But last season a manager was under a severe handicap. He had to carry a team,' practically every mem ber of which was protected by an iron-clad contract, and there was no opportunity to reduce the roster and make way for new material. Bres nahan several times tried to let out some of his veterans who had be come valueless, but was blocked be cause of the war-time salaries which the athletes were receiving. No minor league team would as sume the contracts and the men be hind Bresnahan couldn't see it as good business to pay the difference between what the minors would pay and what the contract called for. Tinker is able to dispose of his people through straight sales and is beginning with the men who failed to do their share of the work last year. He has been advised by peo ple who watched the Cubs through the season of 1915 and knows just about where he stands. He will un doubtedly make some reductions by letting some former Feds go, but so far has found it difficult to dispose of them. The case of Roger Bresnahan still hangs in the air, pending a settle ment of a proposed deal for the -