Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13
Nationals Open With Boston in
Latter City.
A BIG TIME IS EXPECTED
Patten or Hughes to Work Against
Cy Young.
LOCALS III FINE CONDITION
Last Two Days of Benning Races.
To Try Paris Mutuals at
Lexington.
LOCALS III FINE CONDITION

The base hall pre,iminaries are over. To-
day will he given up by the managers of
the major league clubs to touching up the
rough edges and tomorrow every man
and boy. and IL good many women and
ci.ls. who has u drop of warm blood
in mis- veins will get right down To good
old fashioned roofing. 70" the champion
ship seasons of the American and Ma
tional leagues are due to start.
Every spring magnates. payers and
rooters Of each team expect the season
about to open To be the greatest on record
This has been the case for the past seven
years for the national game has been
growing steadily but surely in favor unit!
the greatest desire of the club owners.
next To winning a pennant. is TO hnd
grounds big enough to get all the people
inside the parks that desire to witness
the diamond knights perform
The Nationals left Louisville early this
morning for Boston. where they VIII open
the season with Jim McGuire's colts III the
city Of culture tomorrow The Athletics
Journey to New York to tackle the Hlsn-
Iautiers for the opening. while Cleveland
and Chicago will have the ST. Louis ana
DetrotS as their guests. respectively. he
greatest interest i'll this city. OF course
will center around the opening III Boston
AS everybody is anxious TO ascertain how
the reorcaniZed Cantillonites Will perform
before the real thing The locals en-
hbition games have been nothing TO Drag
of. but Manager Cantilon has declared
frequently that he cares not for eXhlpl,lon
games as long as the players continue
their work to perfect his system or play
He is right in this. championship games
are the ones that count among the patrons
of the different clubs.
New Men Will Do.
From present indications the new men,
Mcbride. Freeman and Pickering-wlll do:
the latter being the strongest find OF
the trio Many adverse comments Were
showered on Cantiion when he let oui
Charley Jones for Pick" but Sir Jo-
seph evidently knew the worth of the two
men better than he average sdn IL - 10
be reSretted that Aitizr lad - crop out
ON account of illness. but II little S:lpNe
can hit ne ball as he has dGEo in the
exhibition games the soldier hey VIII
have something "f q time working RIM
self back on the regular out't ttlr-
mony with big III has been Manager Can
tillons slogan all spring. ana eVeryooue
knows that band of mediocre players
working for the bencht III the cIub can
score more runs than team Il stars
The local fans will have to be patient
and see how the Na.io Iais perform on
their own lot before allowing !hejr opin-
ions to crystalline
Over in Boston Magrata Taylor and
his assistants nave been working Ike
beavers to make the inaugural Il graz
success. and should t.:c weather he pl &
ant the attendance will ne United by IL.
capacity of the park. Man"ger Mcclure
has given out the notice that t!:e veteran
"Cy'' Young will be on ne iuhl,e 10" TIC
oDenins game and t - more tEan ':keiy
that Manager Cantillon will send another
vet against him in The person IF Case
Patten or Tom Hughes. Both these
tWirlers have been very effective In
seasons past in Boston. hu- the new 10
ent under Mcclure may upset The cid
records very effectively Ii would be hard
for the Bostons to los, the FIRST gan1a.
but we can't help roofing for the Ma
tionals to pull down scalp.
Since the middle of last season. If not
before the managers of all the sixteen
ma ior league clubs have been planning
for the races which will start tomorrow.
Hundreds of players We're secured from
minor leagues the majority IT whom
have been turned back within the past
few weeks as not up to the standard or
else requiring more experience. More will
follow as the season advances
Will Tell the Story.
Tomorrow starts the chapter of games
which will tell the story of whether the
managers have planned wisely or not. 1t
is the gradual unfolding of the story
which the American public will watch
with more or less ''breathless interest"
during the next five months and three
weeks The amount of this interest Will
depend upon how each fans favorite team
acouits itself during the race.
It's a game in which everybody can
root the poor as we'll as the rich. the
strong as we'll as the infirm and the
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