The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
TEAMS TAKE
 FIELD TODAY American League Season Opens Up. DOPE ARTISTS GET BUSY History of Teams for Past Ten
 Years. Detroit win Have Same Team Az Last Season witA Excepsie. 0f Downs
 -New Yerk HisAisnd-
 CTS Expect M.ch. l

New York. April 1l.--(Speciai.) )-- Weather permitting, the season of the American League will. be opened Mon- SsKa wae aaS sGs.on ssw xpas pssias Cleveland and St. Lotus will open the season in tho West with Q game at st. Louis Wednesday and Chicago will The present season Is the tenth In the history of the American League. The cities that have been component parts of the league in the decade of its dianapoIis, Detroit, ksnsas City. cieve- land. Buffalo, Minneapolis, Philadel- phia. Baltimore, St. Louis. Boston and New York. Chicago has won the pen nsnt n, three time. aud Sossop and rt phil, .o their credit.
 Taii-endersl in the American League have been St. Louis. once; Milwaukee. Baltimore. once; New York. once, and Washington, three times. All Ameri- can League circuits have been of eight towns In 1908 Boston won si games .s5s, the best ever established in the American League. The lowest percent age was .2b1 made by Washington in
 The position at the finish from year to year of the American League cities is shown by the following hgures;
 chicago--i. l. {. !. 2. ?. l. 5. 5. Av-
 Miiwaukee--a. g. Average standing.
 Indianapoiis--s. Average standing.
 Detroit--a ,. !. s..7. 5. .. l. l. Ay-
 Kansas City--s. Average standing.
 cisveIand-e, T. 5, g, l. 5. 2. l. 2. Average standing. 5 Is: ..a,n Minneapoiis--s. Average standing. 8.
 Philadelphia {, 1, ?, 5. {. 2, s' Av' craze standing. : les.
 Baltimore--s. s. Average standing. .rs s. |. !Su,s5,na .ssas,na. s,ss1 s ss 4 Av- sras sostoh.na ss s9.rs,n. 3 ,i,,li@ g. '. 5. Av. .,sSS;n1. NsT ToskIs. ] i.s. ,. s s.s. Avsraxs .. wssa,ngsSn.-s; "a .,a gs,, s,sa .. T. Av-
 Judging from the attendance ct the Interest in the 1 nsationai sfY game as'i Is 'as as widespread this year as ever. Predip. tions have been made that this will be the banner year for the American have made Q close study of the ciuhs the race for the championship should be closer even than that of last year when Detroit. Cleveland and Chicago very close of the season. aF
 Detroit will take the fieId with about the same team that won the champion. ship last season. with the exception of Downs, who played second base. Cleve- land has been strengthened by the ad. dition of old "Cy'. Young to the pitch. ing stan and looks like a Louis Criger has been added to the catching stan of the St. Louis Browns, which fact should materially benefit that aggrega. ton. The Philadelphia Athletics are short of catchers. and the Chicago White Sox apparently has had the out- field broken up by the retirement Of Fielder Jones. The New York High flanders expect much from their new manager, George Stallings. Fred Lake, manager of the Boston Club. has prac. tically a new team on his hands. The an unknown quantity.
 Athletics New BaIl Paxsk.
 Phfiadelphia, Pa, April 11.-The opening of the American League sea- son here tomorrow with Q game bee tween the Athletics and the Boston team. will also mark the formal open ing and dedication of the new baseball park. the largest and finest of it's kind an outlay of half a million dollars. The seating capacity of the grandstands and bieachers is 23.000. with standing room acoomm odatlon for about 27,e00 more. The stands are Of handsome architectural design and are built on. tireiy of steel and concrete. The open ing will be attended by President Ban