The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10
TOPICS on THE DIIWONp
our Teams Are Baek with and We 4
Await Next Thur~sla, Inpa tIeDtly.


tmpati-ntiy The pennAni Ta.e~ hegin
on that tay the HIEhlahder- Op"n'Ig the
season at home anal he Giants In Boston.
some person sail the other day. either In
Jest OF ignOran"e that baseball was 20
Der cont noise For anybody that prefers
II three card monte will he found Pu'e'"r.
but the millions Who love baseball are ali
prims-i 60 storm the gates newt Thursday.
Df the. sixteen hig league teams for this
season the strong ones ~ last year are stu
strong several ot tho eakrf Onr- hUIe they
have strengthened and perhaps have "a
certain extent. white two or three look 20 he
quite ~ weak a. last wear nnd again fRied
TO rnish a. OT near ~" bottom IN ~"
cds-iant endeavor TO strengthen ~ j. -triA-
ina fac, that teams strong In all but ons
position 20 along for season after season
without icing ahi~ - bring the one Weak
spot up - the standard nf the othst~
Perhaps the most notable instance ct th,-
10 the Piit-burg ,iub. which - -tul dJi'io "a
over the first base situation
Bransnsld Nsalon. 'iii ant Ah-'eiu az
some og the nr-i basemen y ho have playei
With the Pirates since Jakr Becsiey'- da,.
BTanzhel,i for some reason or other Nh- let
20 4! SHARPE and llvnn are hsh'!hs
u oht for the pla," ht- ear ~ EnuIl
be- hard to mud bet er heidins hT~i ha-e-
man than sharpe, aud " he can NJ -" or
batter. he Will til a long ieli Van, Tor me
nanss o. nnish one. two. three. a. the
have been doing. IL j. diricult 10 -.a v herein
they have -uner-si much from not hHNihS
man ~ urH' Up to requirement.
40 far ~ can be Judged. he HiTti,ndcI::
are stronger in the boN aud h"hind The nat
than at any time since Their "Nl~teme.
! though the Increased strength hehind The
| proves .s good "a he ever wa- " ~ no
! team wall have better has k-iop. "-IT.' lnnr
one one ,spthn.. o' T, f. Nv oTE .a,t,.ld !. -
: better hating and base running '"nbtna-
I ton than u ever has l'e.n 1,l' ih@," D. .
lcal l. the l.f' side % 10" irfield,ip - The
mArkl That 10 perunsL' lils-' ,on h1 '
Z and Gardner make ,Las~ enough to- INV,
! BODY on the Il gh' side but more hiifHg aud
! moro stesdine,~ are r'-','i"'l H' -h"r. hud
f, third than those two po-i'lous - cor
. binGtiOh have been SUPPLYING Au-'n
may improve a. y hitter Knight W~s -Ipw
the same effective work 80 short = Do" d.i
the latter part Of last season. and -" N"lnv-
stsr Foster may turn ou' to -" net ih"
man needed AZ short WITH ~" 'rrr"r'
arrangements y hi'h IAN b." MAD" "I'N ''"
/ shortsiop aud third base material fH' ont
look while uncertain ~ not dis nura klnE
, Another 'lIb wht'h J. not altogether o.
sa~- ~ regard 10 The ~hor'-iop pp-' :
Cleveland The talk uow - ~ go i'nf
lAioi" over to thai place ,nd pHl'Inf ",ll
back ~ first Turner has gone I" 80 90
base aud another Turner Tor -'u-' .~ not
something 10 bs found ever daN ...
The Giants ever ~in's W. t'rHN trough
them into promIusn"" have he@U -tronS Ir
The boN There - probability ih"' iN'
team WtIi 10 stronger Than ever 30 ~" p'.
hts wear TINS - - ~. tu-'' OF 'h" ''I.1-
hiiirv of MltheNsou. che continued t.H-
/ GToysu,..nr r., ts krnk-,I fpf ftua AuIe- 3..s
| ,hanu..s Of " ilt-.' beng Hbls Co bear 'ns
. hur,i~n with more eudurar'e han lH-' Ncfr,
Improvement on The part OF tut'.ai!, me
getting needed ontrol. the Toss bI..tv ~
Raymond taking thnS- NOR" SERIOUSLY
: and the Chanss Of u good man or ~" b'iht
! recruited from the re"'ou"r-
. How left field 10 U'Bv"d - sonnet hfuE On
which a good deal depends ioi 20" "ifa{-
place iu.F noW and be- brings b" uuhlHy
Of speed on whi"h Mc'ir@w aN- 80 wI,h
lie bostons - PLAYER Who always ar
ps---ed polo Grounds pSTou- isvnFsblyI
80 r'h y. y ro.d -'iI Gsldsr though S-ing N
,ISht neld he dldn't ae' a chance - show
Vhat be could do In the rnn ~ ih" Poo
there Is a good deal ~ Interesting history
IN connectton With tie Fo'" ''touhdr snm
dd Eddie. Burke in the days when The
sTranRsment Of the stands VAS different
some by the lights aud shadow AZ -
prssen, Tom b",p- oi9 ~ D, sSn;,,,r
and HAIRY MrCormiCk have played y since
/ HuTke'a time Burns had seen his besi
day- when be ioined the Shn l,,., bIsn
probIem we'll Merte- Sas one 81 the best
inen that particular range of torri'ory ever
pennant since it -sparated it-.if from hirr.
certain Waiting players cover Ihs zoe
Is sST so sG Frsd c lar snd Jimmy
SSsSiard but they are above the ordinary
| In Judgment Of iiy In lis and covering ground
ON the subject 81 outneldsr- It h the
fashion to compare thO-e ~ the past and
q fef the p res FTen Andy Leonard %
down the list. Including Melch, Johnston,
S Ssssr h eSssn " ths Paat are :"
shoN how much better they Mere than any
lmodern subnrban pichets Those we're al,
l much gree ter than little Tommy Leach7 ~
anything Leach 10 an even hettsI outnelder
sTsat third 6ssaman. Leach noe only
| covers an Immense auonnf OF ground. oot
ss hs HSSs s sn hsmsS ne ss.
q setting under the os,l, runs and 1,t, make;
and b a sure catch. when y Is vitality
nscessAFy Tor hin 90 make a sensational
s s.Ssr q sSs. , s1sr q S.ssS and he VII make
just ~ many % thsts csi . SGrins the
Important ths OCCASION.
Leach saved The. day for the Pirate. n
the FRY. ss@s with the Detroit. s,o last ia a.
TSeTsfSr. he la. nerve, Ho~syeL. so far
wa made last ys@T and had Red murray a.
a:sS re S csIs. and s Ts:.. N S FHs
EIsld, some Pirate hsmmsrrSd q. : ,srri Tin.
Pirates AnOtheT inning could mot have
been played, ss a violent storm VAS thee IN
over from aisht' jun ped for 'be saIi vih
one hand and pulled " down out o. he
iis. se .S bloom r'Sa and
iet Nooae lie torrent Thai vas an sp,S
play and with . se,fing - dramatic ~ anv
baseball hiss known
s1eepserhase stewards Grant IIceNses.
| At a meeting ~ the stewards ~ 'hs