Show i 0 ase aU Season Ap roaches t C Cose Races ces for hr Pennants In Iii Major leagues Tf C E uro now on tho ova ovo of ot orthe otI i the ho opening of or tho the base baseball I V 1 ball season and at tt last I Iho tho festive tuna nna admit that Chat life Is 18 I worth WOth living Tho Ameri American can con fires cho the gun Monday I ApT 12 1 and two iwo later Inter tho Na Nn a begin operations Then the I fight for or tho two major league pen I nants nant will bo be on in earnest and our favorite diamond stars itar will once moro 1 cavort In front of or ui thrilling us UR by b hair raising two and three i and discomfiting our particular eno ene enemies mies ml by b sensational running catches i and one hand stops Yes Tes this i sphere of oC ours seems a pleasant place to live on now that tho the baseball cam campaign campaign n Is about to open again And having developed our voices to their proper strength prepared a collection of oC knocks for tor the tho lads who causo cause our team to go down downto to defeat last t and not l st having laid in a n store of oC fresh Cresh roasted pea peanuts huts nuts only five fio n a bag and filled our pockets with long black deadly wo vo 0 will proceed to wend our way w to tho lie clicking turnstile beyond which Wo o find pleasure such ouch an as genuine fans tans I would exchange for tor no other Indications point to this years American league race being just as tight and strenuous as tho the former Cormer fights fi for lor tho the pennants Fans Tans of oC al almost almost a most ovary every oer city on tho the circuit have havo tho the hunch that their representatives pos possess sess Be s a splendid chanco chance to land the flag and If It the tho aro are not san ean about pennant prospects tho managers are Lre This Is 13 tho the time of oC tho year ear when hen nearly ovary club has a n abright I I 1 bright outlook Later will come com dis dia disappointment appointment and sorrow lOrrow for tor manager and tan fan Just now nov however every everything thing Is rosy and mental reservations for tor tickets for tor the tho world caries to be played next fall taU aro being mado made in inmany Inmany inI I many cities Even Eon Washington first firstIn In war var first In and many times last In tho the American league race Is putting In a 8 bid bill for tho flag fia Manager I I I Cantillion thinks with tho ha addition of oC oCI WId Id Conroy the old New Yorker at third corner tho the team now looks looka like a n pennant winner A spirit of ot confidence Is 15 being mani manifested man tested all along tho ho line lino Hugh J cn does docs not sec Hee any an team on tho the horizon capable of ot preventing tho the Ti Tigers Tigers gers ger from a n record r cord In the American league and landing a third I consecutive pennant According to Hughey tho the Tigers have hae a splendid col collection collection Ce lection of oC youngsters from Crom which to select material Tho The Pennsylvania lawyer says that Owen Bush who played In with Detroit the last month of ot tho season last year will ho bo ono of o otho tho shortstops In the league this sea non eon The pitching department will bo greatly strengthened by b tho addition of ofEd a aEd ofEd Ed Lafitte a from rom Jersey City Ralph Works of or Syracuse and Elijah Jones who ho after aHer two years ears In Inthe the llio minor leagues leaU s aro are now reckoned capable of oC trotting In fast company complO Jennings says nays my that none of oC his veterans Is slowing up consequently cons ho can cannot cannot not nol figure fi ure how any club can call finish h ahead of oC him himI Even Een if it Fielder er Jones does docs not ro turn to tho the White Sox brains will sil bo ho boIn heIn hoIn In abundance on the Chicago team The Tho hitless wonders won ers will have havo Dilly Billy Sullivan George Georgo Davis and Frank Is Isbell Isbell bell still left leCt on tho the board of oC strategy President if It Jone Jonc does docs do s not nol como come Into tho the fold told may mn toss toRS aside his former habit and accompany ae tho th team teamon on its Jaunts jaunt to assist in all momen momentous momentous tous totis matters Comiskey says nays that IC if Pitcher Ed Walsh returns tho the team with the pennant aspirations will have to look 1001 lee out for tor tho the White Sox opine that there thero Is no noway noway noway way to keep the tho Napa Naps from irom climbing to the top and staying there thero combination finisher finished only four Cour Our points In tho the rear of tho the Tigers last fall tall and with tho the addition of ot Pitcher Cy C Young Youn whom hom the management secured from Boston recently Cleveland fans figure their team has tho brightest pennant chances chance of or any nn club In tho the Johnson or organization None Nono of oC tho ho kids grabbed by the Larruping has haG any chanco chance to make mako th team except Catch cm ern Terry Terr Easterly and Grover Clove Cleve Cleveland land Land Tho The Naps need a third to help out Nig Clark and Hurry harry Harr Bernie and think they will pick pickup pickup pickup up tho the a man either cither In Easter Easterly ly Ij or Land Easterly is from the coast while Land L la Is an tin Ohioan and bo be before toro fore has tried for tor a big league birth Manager of ot St Loulu Louis will like Lajoie rely on veterans in order to land tho the pennant The Tue demon trad trader er Cr has made mado only ono one deal since tho the close of oC tho last campaign Then ho got next ne t to Fred Lake and John I Tay Taylor Tn lor lot of oC Boston and passed Ed Spencer and a wad of oC cash for Cor Catcher Lou LouI I Criger who has haa been a major league backstop sinco 1890 1896 McAleer wanted 1 Cy C Young badly but tho Boston club which linn has been beon so often otton in inI I I trades with St Louis did not give sIo David DaId Harum McAleer any chanco chance to got tho the vet ct though It is a n cinch he would have coppered bid o of oC and two players worth In lit counting on his veteran pitchers to land tho the Browns In first place pineo Tho The St Bt Louis Louie boss bOBS says saya In D thero there aro are several good years ears left leCt In George Georgo Edward Waddell Jack Powell Bur BurI I ly Bill Dineen and Harry Harf Powell and will heap all nIl tho the work ork possible on these theno mon men Good work lu is expected of or Kid lots loto Swift Bailey and Graham In tho the Browns Browno lineup there thoro will be only ono one real youngster Al Schweitzer tzer Connie Mack whose who o Philadelphia team were pennant contenders contendere two years considers tho the outlook for Cor his nine promising premising and thinks ho has an nn outside chance chanco to win tho the flag Both President John L Taylor and Manager Lako Lake figure Boston ao a pennant con tender According to these thello Gentlemen tho Red Sox combination com of oC 1009 1909 la Ie i tho the fastest aggregation of o over ever lined up Washington fans fang ura uro chipper because j l tho the Senators havo hao a groat gront pitching staff and Md havo many players who aro are able ablo to clout tho the ball Tho The Senators made mado a n gallant finish last season leason and knocked tho the Naps out of o the pennant I II II I I Joe figures that his veterans will SIll ex cx extend extend tend themselves this season and that Washington for or the tho first time in mam years has haa a 0 chanco chance to win the tho pen pennant pennant nant As Aa for tor tho the Highlander Now New York fans tans are aro Manager Stall Stallings ings statement The Th team I command Is much bettor than enthusiasts Im Imagine imagine agine We Ve may not bo first but It Jo is J a cinch we wont be bo last I am nm amand hopeful and so should bu bo thu the Now York tans fans The Thc National League Prospects In the National league another close race raco IB is anticipated Now 1 ew York Chi Chicago cage caso and Philadelphia aro arc all nil claiming the much coveted flog The Tho Chicago team this season will bo bu practically the tho camo as aN tho ono one that lias imas captured three pennants and an two worlds championships Tho The Cubs pitching department will probably bo be strengthened by tho ho addition u of ot ono one or two youngsters There will bo be no change In any nn of oC tho the outfield positions p but In the outer garden sarden ArtIe the Cubs star tar utility man Is slated to succeed Single Slagle Manager Chance is not worrying about Johnny Johnn Kling He thinks his hl star backstop will return after niter tho the season searon la Is a n couple of oC weeks old Tho The New Yorka appear to bo ho stronger r than lat last year oven even though thou h Donlin and Bresnahan will bo ho mIssing Johnny Johnn McGraw has about tho the best collection of oC youngsters young ter in tho National league to draw from Crom Whilo Will vilI Willbo bo ho missed to a certain curtain extent both and Big BI Chloe Chief Meyers will sili surely show some excellent backstop backstopping backstopping ping this season ably helped along byj b by Snodgrass and Wilson Tho Cue Infield will bo be about the same rome but tho the make makeup up of at the tho outer gardens Is problem problematical problematical problematical But Dut McGraw has Seymour McCormick OHura OHara and Herzog Herzo to draw on Billy Dilly Murra Murray announces that the Phillies will vill have havo quito quite a n little to say about who shall carry carr off tho the flag The hustling manager says BR bin hla team will willbo willbo willbe bo be CO 0 per cent stronger this season Denson than thun last If It so time tho Giants Pirates and Cubs had botter better look out omit as tIme tho makes but tow few idle boasts With Pitcher Buster Brown back Into shape tho the Phillies present a Q strong array of oC pitching talent Tho The team has a n splendid In and out field to tosa say sa nothing of oC two expert backstops In and Doon Dooin Very Ver little change chango will bo be made mado In tho lineup this season Beason Man Inn Manager Manager ager red Fred 1 Clarke is wont to say much hut but docs does a whole lot and may furnish us u with a surprise Tho The only real weak weale spot on the llio team Is first base baso but hut the quiet handler of or the tho Pirates thinks will about fill nil tho the bill hili While Clarko Clarke has mado made no predictions It t s plausible to say sa that tho the Pitts burgs burga will surely sur ly bo be in tho tIme hunt for tor forthe tho the flag fIu Of or the other thero there Is in I not much to choose between Brooklyn and Cm With and an 11 Griffith tho the two now mana ors at tho the holms holm It is rather difficult to say sa what kind of ot a showing the tho two clubs cl bs will make Boa DOD ton has many veterans and also many man youngsters but Manager Bowerman may bo bc ablo able to get gel together a Winning combination All eyes ces arc are centered on Roger as manager manner of or the St Louis Cardinals Many Man any there thero are aro ar who expect expect to see Bee tho the famous catcher get together to a fairly good second di cli division divIsion vision team With Ith tho ho Installation of or McGraws methods in handling l a team It scorns possible that Roger Ro er of oC shin guard fame tame may ml ho bo as much of oC a suc success Uc costs cess as John was a failure BOISE SMALL |