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Show PRESIDENT NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE Being a governor is all right, but being a baseball president is better. There are many more governors than big league presidents; in fact, there are only two of the latter. Everybody knows who the president of the National Na-tional league is, and John Kinley Tener, when he ceases to be governor of Pennsylvania to become president of the National league, will be a vastly more widely known public figure than he is now. Giving up the gubernatorial chair in Harrisburg for the National league president's chair in New York has its advantages, as well as being a unique happening in the history of the national games political and baseball. The National Na-tional league presidency is a much higher position, physically at least, for the league's headquarters are on the thirteenth floor of the Metropolitan Tower. Then again. Mr. Tener will have John Heydler, National league secretary, for a faithful adviser, and that is another distinct advantage. Also Mr. Tener will have his salary " raised. He is to get $25,000 a year for four years as president of the National league, whereas he receives only $10,000 for governing Pennsylvania. The National league covers a much greater area than the Keystone state and contains con-tains spirits quite as turbulent. |