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Show I PREDICTS SUCCESS FOB THEJEJEIS Nick Young, National League Head for 18 Years, Com-, mends Independents. By Tribune Special Sport Service. NEW YORK. April :5. Nick Toting, "for eighteen years president of the National Na-tional league, seems to have signed his own death warrant by venturing the remark re-mark some daya ago that "J think the FederaT league lias a mighty fine chance forfsucccss." vSjucn treason on the part of the man tybograbbod off money bach month for eighteen years for prcsldcntlng the National Na-tional league 6hall not so unrewarded, In the minds of organized baseball, nnd Just now, 'tis said, they arc debating as to Just what method will bo used In Ecndlng Nick along to the beyond. Shall he ba shot at sunrise, strung from the nearest lamp post or fed slow poison? Those aro the questions, and Just as soon as the answer has been round Nlck'a friends and relatives may begin preparing thcmHcIvcS to go Into mourning for the grand old man of baseball, base-ball, and one of the Hnest, snuarcst gentlemen gen-tlemen that ever was connected with the game. Toung. now In retirement In his home in Washington, la quoted as saying that the Pedoral league teams, as constituted now, seem to be even stronger, and have more major league caliber, than did the American league clubs In 1001. Young also declared that the American league was Just as much despised and ridiculed when It began Its fight on the Nationals as the Feds aro being ridiculed today. "The situation today as regards the Federals and organized baseball and that in 1301, when the American leaguo fought the Nationals, is about tho same." a!d Toung. "Fow thought hack In 1901 that the American league could force recognition recogni-tion from the Nationals. The chance Reemed to be against the Americans, yet they made a big fight and won out. "The Federals, despite tho fact that they arc up against organized and wcll-Intrcnched wcll-Intrcnched opposition, seem to have a mighty good chance. Their entry Into the field brings about continuous baseball In many cities that didn't have It before, and I think that baseball has grown to such air extent that the fans will support continuous baseball." |