Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-14

NEW YORK, April 13-The umpire s cry of "play ball" will resound throughout the major league circuits to- morrow and the baseball season of 1910 will be started on the long six months pennant war. After many weeks of preparation and training in the south the sixteen clubs composing the Ma tional and American leagues are in fine fettle and ready to began the champion ship struggle. That the "fans" are likewise ready and eager for the initial games goes without saying.
 The club owners, managers and others interested in the business end of the na- tional game predict that the present season will be the most prosperous from financial point of view that the game has ever known. Their prediction IS based largely on the steady increase in population or the United States and the amazing increase in the baseball population. If the forecasts are reli- able nearly 100,000,000 persons will pay their way into the ball parks of the big and little leagues this summer,
 National League Changes
 Radical changes in team composition and managers this year have increased the uncertainties of the peunaRt race. In the National league the baseball fan finds that Philadelphia is under an en- tirely new ownership, with Horace Fogel as president and Charlie pooiR as manager in place of William Mur- ray. Pitchers Coveleskie and Corridor were released by Philadelphia to Gin einnati in exchange for Pitchers Ewing and Brennan. Corridor was later re- leased by Cincinnati to St. Louis to- gether with 0akes and Huggins in ex change for Beebe and Storke, Storke died recently Tn Newton, Mass.
 Pittsburg remains practically un- changed from, last years club, which won the National league pennant and the world s championship Catcher John King, who refused to Hay last season, has returned to the Chicago team. Other changes in the Chicago team were the release of Del Howard and the acquisition of Beaumont, last season with Boston.
 The Brooklyn club has William Dahlen, one of the league veterans, as its new manager. Fred Lake, former manager of the Boston Americans, is now at the helm of the Boston Nation al league club. The most important change in the Boston team was the ex- change of Becker to New York for Herzog and Collins. St. Louis. as be- fore mentioned, has secured Higgins, Oakes and Corridor rom Cincinnati and O'Hara from New York. Cincin- natl has added Pitchers Beebe and Coveleski to its team and New York has added Shaw from St. Louis, Becker from Boston and Willie Keeler, former ly with the New York American league team.
 Changes in American
 Many changes will be noted in the American league. Willie Keeler and Norman Elberfeld will be missed from the New York club. The new men in the Giants line up are Lou Criger, last season with St. Lotus, and Harry WOlter, who was secured from Boston.
 Hugh Duffy, Chicago's s new manager, brought with him from Providence, Blackburn to play shortstop, and at the same time released the veteran George Davis and Jake Atz. In Boston Pat rick Donovan succeeds Fred Lake as mdIdScr. Washington new manager is James McAleer, former manager of tho St, Louis Browns Manager Me Aleer has braced his mfeld by the ac- quisition of Elberfeld of New York.
 At St. Louis, Jack O'Connor has sue ceeded McAleer as manager. St. Louis released Hobe Ferris and secured Alb stein, last season with Pittsburg, to play first base. About the only change of consequence to he noted in the Cleve. land club is the decision of Napoleon Lajoie to play first instead of second base. Philadelphia will make the race with the same team which did so well last year and the lineup of the cham pion Detroit club likewise remains prac- tically unchanged.