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Another addition to this thread...
In 1932 there were apparently rumors that the St Louis Browns (yes, yet another rumor involving the Browns...) and the St Louis Cardinals might move to Montreal. (The rumors were not that both would move, but that apparently one, then the other had been approached...)
The Cardinal rumor was that John McGraw would take over the team in Montreal... McGraw was advising the owners of the Montreal Canadiens hockey club, Leo Dandurand and Joe Cattaranich.
The Browns rumor involved the two Canadiens' owners (who were also involved in other sports, including horse racing) approaching Browns owner Phil Ball about buying the team and moving it to Montreal...
By October of that year, Ball had said that he had listened to the two men, but had told them that "it was impossible to buy a club and move it to another city," and it was seen that if any club were to come to Montreal, it was more-likely to be the Cardinals...
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