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Show MAJOR LEAGUE 0PENS TODAY Baseball Season Begins in Seven of Ten Cities Composing Com-posing Circuits. NEW YORK, April 10. Prccedod by a forecast of generally fair weather, but low temperature, tho major leaguo baseball season will bo formally opened open-ed tomorrow In sevon of tho ton cities cit-ies composing the National and American Amer-ican league circuits. In tho National leaguo Pittsburgh will play at Chicago; St. Louis at Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, and Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Tho opening game at Boston with Now York has been declared off bocause tho grounds aro covered with snow. On tho American circuit Chicago will open at St. Louis; Cleveland at Detroit; Washington at Philadelphia and Boston Bos-ton at Now York. Tho leaguo executives and club 'owners 'own-ers aro loath to predict tho effoct of the present international .complications .complica-tions upon the national game. In a general way they believe that baseball is facing a fairly prosperous season, but expect the receipts and attendance to fall below ostimatos made before the developments of the past few woeks. Precedents upon which to make calculations in tho present situation sit-uation are fow. During tho Spanish-American war baseball experienced little, If any, setback. set-back. Last summer the international league clubs in Canada enjoyed marked mark-ed prosperity notwithstanding that a large proportion of young Canadians wero in or training for tho trenqhos. Unusually close races aro expected in both loagues. The clubs of both organizations have been strengthened to a point where at least six teams in each circuit are considered real pennant pen-nant contendcis. |