The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-13

New York. April 13-The umpire's
cry of play ball" will resound
throughout the major league circuits
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 National and American leagues
are in fine fettle and ready to be-
gin the championship struggle. That
the fans" are likewise ready and
eager for the initial games goes with
out saying.
The club owners. managers and
others interested in the business end
of the natio al game predict that the
present season will be the most pros
porous from financial point of view
that the game has ever known. Their
prediction is based largely on the
steady increase in population of the
United States and the amazing in
crease I'm the baseball population. III
the forecasts are reliable nearly 100,-
100000 persons will pay their way
into the ball parks Of the big and
little leagues this summer.
National League Changes.
Radical changes in team compost
tion and managers this year have
Increased the uncertainties Of the
pennant race: In the National league
the baseball fan finds that Philadel-
phia is under an entirely new owner
ship, with Horace Fogel as president
and Charlie Doom as manager In
Coveleskie and Corridon were releas-
ed by Philadelphia to Cincinnati in
Exchange for Pitchers Ewing and
Brennan. Corridor was later releas-
ed by Cincinnati to st. Louis, togeth-
or with Oakes and Higgins in ex
change for Beebe and Storke. Storke
died recently in Newton. Mass.
Pttsburg remains practically un-
changed from last years club. which
won the National league pennant and
the worlds championship. Catcher
John King. who refused to play last
season, has returned to the Chicago
team were the release of Del Howard
and the acquisition of Beaumont, last
season with Boston
The Brooklyn club has William
Its new manager. Fred Lake, former
of the Boston Americans. is
now at the helm of the Boston Ma
tiopal league club. The most impor-
tant change in the Boston team was
the exchange of Becker to New York
for Herzog and Collins. st. Louis. as
before mentioned, has secured Hug
gins. Oakes and Corridor from Gin
and O'Hara from New York.
Cincinnati has added Pitchers Beebe
and Coveleskie to its team and New
York has added Shaw from st. Louis,
Becker from Boston and Willie Keel
er, formerly with the New York Am
erican 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 lineup are Lou Criger,
last season with St. Louis and Harry
wolter, who was secured from Bos-
ton.
Hugh Duffy. Chicago's new mana
ger. brought with him from Providence
Blackburn to play shortstop, and at
the same time released the veteran
George Davis and Jake Atz. In Bos-
ton Patrick Donovan succeeds Fred
Lake as manager. Washington's new
Is James McAleer. former
of the St Louis Browns.
Manager McAleer has braced his in
field by the acquisition of Elberheld of
New York.
At st. Louis Jack O'Connor has sue
ceded 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 be noted i'm the
Cleveland club Is the decision of Ma
poleon Lajoie to play first instead of
second base. Philadelphia will make
the race with the same team which did