The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-14
BASE BALL
Is KING

New York, April 14.-The base ball
season opens all along the line today
| in nearly every league in the country.
Both the American and National
leagues will play their full quota of
games. The American Association
will have its opening games and also
many of the minor leagues. The Nat
| ional League opens with Brooklyn at
New York, Philadelphia at Boston,
Pittsburg at Cincinnati and st. Louis
at Chicago, while the western dfvis-
ion of the American League finds Chi
cago at Detroit and Cleveland at st.
Louis.
National League Starts Campaign.
New York, April 14.-If the weather
man is kind, the season of the Nation
al league is to be inaugurated today,
with the Brooklyns playing in New
York, the Philadelphians in Boston,
the Pittsburgs in Cincinnati and the
ST. Louis Cardinals in Chicago. The
season will continue until October z,
the schedule providing for 156 games.
The race of 1909 will be the thirty
third annual tussle of the National
league. Since its inception in 1876
there have been 32 cities to hold mem
ibership in the organization. Chicago
and Boston were charter members Of
the National league and are the only
two cities that have held membership
continuously since 1876. They have
been in every National league race be
tween them and have won more PEN
nants than all the other cities put to-
gether. The Chicagos in 80 years
have won nine pennants, only once
have they finished last. That once
was in 1877, when there were only five
clubs in the league. The Bostons
have won eight pennants in the 80
years. They also have finished last
but once-in 1906.
The list of cities that have been Ma
tional league members is as follows:
Chicago, Hartford, St. Louis, Boston,
Louisville, Philadelphia, Cincinnati,
Providence, Indianapolis, Milwaukee,
Buffalo, Syracuse, Cleveland, Troy.
Worcester, Detroit, Pittsburg, Kansas
City, Washington, Brooklyn, Baltimore
and New York. New York was in the
league in 1876, the team of the me-
tropolis being known as the Mutuals.
The first seven cities named and the
Mutuals comprised the National
league circuit in its maiden year The
circuit has ranged in size from five
cities to twelve.
l. All signs point to an interesting
race for the season now opened. Ma
ny important changes have been made
III ali uIt IedulS. EVERY one Ol
the teams which finished in the second
division last season has a new mana
ger and many new players.
In Cincinnati, Clark Griffith a veter-
an baseball general has been put in
charge of the Rods destinies. ST.
Louis has the old catcher Roger Bres-
nahan for leader. The Bostons have
placed the managerial reins in the
hands of Frank Bowerman and the
welfare of the Brooklyn team has
been intrusted to the hands of Harry
Lumley.
The Chicago club, winners for the
last three years, has retained its old
lineup practically unchanged and
looks to be the best bet for the pen
ant again this season. There is a lot
of splendid talent opposed to the Cubs
but it looks now as though New York
has the best of any OF the other teams
and it would not be surprising II the
Cubs and Giants would again fight 1t
out for championship honors as they
did in the e1crung race of last year.