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Show BASEBALL FANS WANHO KNOW Monty Presents Few Questions Ques-tions That Are Being Asked in League Circles. (By Monty i New York, Jan 17 There are several sev-eral things that baseball fans would like to know just now. Here are a few . Why is the merlcan League observing ob-serving its passhe and apparently complacent attitude toward the Federal Fed-eral Lea8u- ? Why Is the Federal league practlc ally confining its player raids to the National League" Who is interested financially In the F'ederals beside these men whose names already have appeared in connection con-nection with the affair 1 Who, if anybody. Influenced Charley Char-ley Comiskey to persuade John Mc-Graw Mc-Graw to go on the world tour with bJni? Did Comiskey have any reasons aside from the plain desire for such a trlp How man; members of McGraw's New York Giants will be Federal Leaguers by the time McGraw return re-turn home" Why Pid Rlckart Leave Good Job? Who had sufficient influence to persuade Lloyd Rlckart to go over to the Federal League as Its secretary, leaving a lucrative job as secretary of the St. Louis Browns when everything every-thing seemed against his new move? Have other American League pow ers placed Bob Hedges, the Browns' owner. In the same boat with certain National Leaguers so far a6 the Federals are concerned? If so, did the stand of these clubs j against Tom Lynch's re-election as National League president cut any figure" Is any high American League official offi-cial jealous of any prominent National Na-tional League official Does anybody feel peeved at being forced to play second fiddle who for-1 I merly played first fiddle? Does any such man feel peeved I over the fact that another man in a rival organization now draws a bigger salary than he? Are such personal feelings reflected in the attitude of any league toward any new league" How long will it be before certain scandalous rumors call forth a for-! mal denial from the man mentioned j most In connection with them0 Would It be possible for that man to wipe awav the idea by a mere de- I nlal" Presidential Candidates Attitude. Are any former candidates for the presidency of the National League watching the efforts of the Federals with more than the interest of an outsider ? What has become of Tom Lynch ' Also w-hat Is John Montgomery Ward doing now" Does any man formerly prominent in baseball hold an option on a baseball base-ball park in Greater New York If so. is it with a view to letting thp Federals use It later on" Is It likely that such a park would be one formerly used by one of the big leagues? Some of these questions have not been asked before this. There are still others that the fans would like to have answered One of them is j this: When the Federal League schedule Is announced, will the home dates of I the Chicago and St Louis clubs con-flict con-flict with those of the National League or with those of the American Ameri-can League? |