Show MAJOR lEAGUE LE AGUt BASEBALL TEAMS NEARING HOME FO FOR OP OPENING ENING GA GAE E INJURIES PlAY r HAVOC WITH ITH I I TEAMS t NEW V YORK April The 11 Th sixteen six x teen teams of ot the two major baseball base base- ball bali leagues were ware home horn tonight from their long training tf grind Inthe in inthe inthe the south Some Som Were still till camped a few ff miles mile from their own fields for exhibitions in neighborIng neighbor- neighbor Ing cities but th they y were the ne I less Ie M near enough enouch to fe feel l the pulse of ot the welcoming fans tan who will send end them away on their drives for the National Nl and anti American league championships n next next next- Tues Tues- day In spite of accidents which have shunted hunted many of the games game's fa favorites fa- fa to the side aide lines managers lif both leagues leagues' pronounced the majority of their athletes in excellent excellent excel excel- I lent nt physical condition for the six months' months struggle ruggle Probably never before have so many recognized stars been maimed in the practice g games mes of ot the southern tours as this year But although opening day ardor arck r had been somewhat dampened dampened dampened damp damp- ened by the probable absence of ot Ruth Friech Cobb Maranville Hauser Groh and others hope was held forth furth that th they y would return to the lineups of ot their respective teams tooms before the end of next peRt week With the double purpose purpose of holdIng holdIng holding hold hold- I ing the keen edge of their condition condi- condi j II tion and giving a preseason I son estimate of their strength man many many of the clubs found I games awaiting them In the north j i during the next two days The I IBra Bra Braves ves and Red Sox in fri Boston the j i Phillies and Athletics in Philadel- Philadel phia and Cardinals and Browns in i I I St. St Louis the Senators and Giants j jand and the Robins and Yankees in II i New York offered spectators early I I opportunity to view their entries I I before the call to league conflict i Both New York clubs rating as as' formidable contenders for the pennant pen pen- pen pen-I j nant were prepared to open with i makeshift lineups I I Although Babe Dabe Ruths Ruth's absence from the Yankee fold due to an a attack tack of ot flu and indigestion I took from the Huggins host its greatest drawing card the Giants I tonight were by far the harder hit of ot the two Frisch lorisch was back at athis athis at athis his post on second base in today's I game with the Senators but he again injured his leg in fielding a ball bail in the fourth inning and had I to be removed Ross Young comIng coming coming com- com ing In from right field to take his place It was said that Frisch would not be able to appear appeal in the I II raising curtain-raising game while Lindstrom Lind- Lind Strom McGraws McGraw's best utility in- in I fl fIeder and Heinie Heime Groh third base I were nursing maimed limbs I |