Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-12

luIOuSllOQI Lilo lndJOI lcdk u6 this week, and the baseball season of 1909 will be started on it's six months race pennant ward. The eastern wing of the American league will be the first clubs to open the ball season.
 Athletics Open in New Park.
 On Monday at Washington the New York Americans will engage the home team, and at Philadelphia the Boston American league team and the Athle.- ics will clash at the new park of the American league organization. On Wednesday. April 14. all the clubs in both Hague will march upon the play ing field and the dash to the pennant pole will commence.
 In the National league the eastern clubs will play against each other and the western clubs will start the sea- son on their own playing fields Brooklyn will cross the river and play the New York National leaeue club al the Polo grounds in Manhattan, while the Philadelphias will go northward and meet the Boston team at the Massachusetts capital. In the west, Pfttsburg will engage the Cincinnati club at Cincinnati, and the Chicago club. the worlds champions, will have the honor of inaugurating the season at home with the St. Louis club as their opponents.
 The western branch of the America. league will get into action next We'd nesday with Chicago at Detroit and playing at Washington and Boston at Philadelphia the first four days of the week.
 Giants New OutfieId.
 Radical changes in team compost ton and changes of managers have this year increased the uncertainties of the pennant race. In the National league the baseball fan finds that the New York club has practically a new zog, while the pitching staff has been strengthened.
 The Chicagos will be without the services of Catcher KlinE and Second Baseman Evers during the early part of the season at least and this is a problem that Manager Chance must solve before his team can come up to last years standard.
 Pittsburs Little Changed. Pittsburg remains practically un- changed from last years club, which made game fight clear to the finish while the Philadeiphias will present the same formidable array of players that last year upset the pennant hopes of New York and other contenders, Roger Bresnahan, former catcher of the New Yorks, is now at the helm of the St. Louis club, made up of young players. Bresnahan believes his club would prove a stumbling block to many championship aspirants.
 Griffith Hopeful for concinnsti.
 The Cincinnati club, with Clark Griffith as its new manager, has se- cured fine pitching staff and claims first division honors for his club. The Boston club will be guided by Frank BoWerman, who is making no claims but hopes to figure up toward the top at the close of the season.
 Detroit Has Eyes on Pennant Aaain.
 Many changes will be noted in the American league. Fielder Jones will be missed from center field and as manager of the Chicago club and Catcher Sullivan will probably sue ceed him. The Chicagos will continue with practically the same club as last year. With Moriarty at third. the De- troit club again has pennant aspira tions.
 Laioie Strengthened in Pitchers. Manager Lajoie of Cleveland braced his pitching department by the ac- quisition of Cy Young from Boston and believes he has a championship club which will be in the race from the start. St. Louis will make the race with the same team that did so well last year. while the Philadelphia, Washington and Boston clubs have been strengthened. New York has a new manager George Stailings. who has developed a team of youn gsters with a few seasoned veterans