The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-14
Big Leagues Open Their Sea-
sons Today
FORECAST OF THE SEASON
II Looks Like Pittsburg Or Chicago in
National Detroit, Philadelphia or
Boston IN the American--Some
Changes Noted.

New York. April l4-B Big doings to-
DAY on the ball lots Of the National and
American Leagues Providing tight skies
prevail Everywhere. eight umpires will
each toss ont new white ball. eight
umpircs will each in his finest voice ery
play ball and in eight cities the sport.
ing writers win chronicle thar the game
was on.s AT least these quotations have
done service from time immemorial and
there ia no reason why they should be
discarded at this late date.
This is the day when all the teams
are equal and that marks the initial
puncture OF The initial impetus 70 the
hopes Of several million fans In the
National ieagnc, Pittsburg will be the
attraction at st. Louis Chicago az Gin
einnati MN York At Boston and Brook
lvn 81 Philadelphia. while IN the Amer
Jean Cleveland viii start the ball rolf
ing" another quotation whose age COM
MINDS respect. in Detroit ST. Louis in
Chicago. BOSTON IN New York and Phila-
delphia IN Washington.
What win the end BET Call around
ia October and the answer will probably
be ready Never at the opening Of a
season has it seemed more hazardous 10
venture an opinion on the outcome than
this year. In the National league, this
Is due to the fact that the return Of
Catcher Johnny Killing has made the
three. time pennant-winning Cubs again
intact and tie doubt. more or less general
except IN pttsburg, as to whether the
Pirates can again maintain the steady
gait they set last year, a gait that land
"a them unexpectedly in FIRST place
In the American league, the rapid de-
yelopmcnt last year Of Philadelphia and
Boston and the hard tussle that Detroit
had 70 repeat for the second time her
pennant performance, makes the picking
Of championship team this year the
merest gness work.
About the only thing that does seem
assured Is that the first division teams
in each league will not differ materially
from those Of last year Pittsburg. Chi.
cago, New York and Cincinnati again
look 70 be certainties ia the National for
the upper tier while in the American
Detroit. Philadelphia and Boston appear
reasonably safe, with either New York
Or Cleveland having good chance to
wrest from Chicago her berth in the
upper division
As stand -patters. the pennant posi-
hilities in both Of the big le.sales have
Joe Cannon beaten to a 80 IN the
National, practically no char " appear
in the line ups Of the leadlaR teams.
while Detroit. Philadelphia and Boston
IN the American haven't found enough
new blood worth mentioning. New York,
Chicago and Cleveland, however. have
sewed several new patches 70 their old
garments and are hopeful that they viii
stick
With practically no changes IN the per
sonnet Of the leading teams, the question
simply resolves itself down To the propo
sition Of whether these players win i'm
prove over their 1900 FORM Ciueinnatfs
chances are much brighter than some
critics are willing To admit. due 10 his
very fact. Last year the Reds broke
lot of new men into the game. and they
demonstrated that they were Of National
league calibcr That they should play
STRONGER game this year is admitted
BY baseball students.
piftshurg ean hardly expect 70 do any
better than she did last year and wheth
81 she wins the pennant again viii de-
pend largely on the Improvement or fail
ire Of improvement shown by the other
clubs Chicago has Q team Of veterans
and many Are predicting that the team
Is dine for a slouinpdown, even If John
ny King, who used TO Be called the
brains af the Chicago works IS back
ia the lob. steinfod Tinker, shcekard
and Schultz showed LAST year that they
81 least are gettinv no better. and It'll
would not be surpr sing II tile veteran
twirIers came united this season
New York pins her hopes for a better