Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-14
BALL SEASON
OPENS TODAY
NATIONAL AND AMERICAN Ira
QUE TEAMS START IN RACE
FOR SUCCESS.
Risks on Outcome Of Games Are TX.
ira Hazardous.

NEW YORK, April 14.--BIg doIngs
today on the ball lots OF the National
and American leagues.
Providing tight skies prevail ev-
erywhere, eight umpires win each
toss out new white ball." eight
umplres will each In his finest voice
cry play ball." and In eight cities
the sporting writer's will chronicle
that the. game was on. Al least
these three quotations have done
service from time immemorial and
there is 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 to
the hopes OF several million fans.
In the National league. Plttsburg
will DO the attraction at 81. Louis,
Chicago at Cincinnati, New York at
Boston and Brooklyn at Philadelphia,
while In tho American, Cleveland viii
'Ssart the ball rolling" another quo
tation whose age commands respect.
in Detroit. st. Louis In Chicago, Boa-
ton IN New York and Philadelphia ia
Washington.
What will the end be7 Call around
in October and the answer will prob
ably be ready.
Never at the opening OF a season
has II seemed more hazardous TO
venture an opinion on the outcome
than this year. In the National lea
que this is due to the fact that the
return OF Catcher Johnny Killing has
made the three-time pennant-win-
ming Cubs again intact aud the doubt.
more or less general except in Pitts
burg. as to whether the Pirates can
again maintain the steady gait they
set last year. gait that landed them
Unexpectedly in first place.
In the American league the rapid
development last year OF Phlladel-
phia and Boston and the hard tussle
that Detroit had TO repeat for the
second time her pennant perform
anee, makes the picking OF a cham
pIonship team this year the merest
guess work.
About the only thing that does
seem assured Is that the first dIvis-
ion teams In each league will not
differ materially from those OF last
year Plttsburg. Chicago. New York
and Cincinnati again look TO the GER
tainties In the National for the up
per tier, while IN the American, De-
trolt. Philadelphia and Boston APP
pear reasonably safe. with either
New York or Cleveland having
good chance to wrest from Chicago
her berth Ia the Apper division.
As stand-patters the pennant pos
slbilitieh in both OF the big leagues
have Joe Cannon beat to a pulp.
In the National, practically no chang
- appear IN the lineups OF the lead
ing teams. while Detroit. Phlladel-
phla and Boston in the American
haven't found enough new blood
worth mentioning. New York, CHI
cago and Cleveland. however. have
sewed several new patches to their
old garments and are hopeful that
they viii stick.
With practically no changes in the
personnel OF the leading teams. the
question simply resolves itself down
to the proposition OF whether these
players will improve over their 1903
form. CineinnRti's chances are much
brighter than some critics are will
ing 20 admit. due 20 this very fact.
Last year the Reds broke a lot OF
new men into the game aud they
demonstrated that they were Of Ma
tional league ealiber. That they
should play a stronger game this
season Is admitted by baseball presi-
/ danfa