The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-11
BIC LEAGUES
OPEN SEASON
WEDNESDAY
Philadelphia AlhItllcS and Now
York GIanls Picked for
psHnant Winners


"Wednesday afternoon sixeeen MAJOR
league bah clubs, composed Of attn.
letes trained 10 the minute viii
start another ealnpsigh. lasting until
October ~, Every season for many
years past il has been predicted that
this would prove The greatest IN the
II story of the game, both as regards
the PLAYING al better and more up-to-
date baseball. and In to Increased al.
tendance Figures And MI these pre-
dietIons haze come true Therefore.
the season which Is now hut a day s
distant, should easily prove the great
est IN the history oi the game
II Is perhaps queer fact but
nevertheless true. that the real dyed
In the wool baseBai FAN OF today Is
one 81 the tastes ligars IN an thu
world ny lnis Il not Inferred that
the enthuslat who Follows the great
national game of America Is high
er liver or anything Of that Sort.
Far from il But the baseball en-.
thuslast Is the man who is always
looking Toward 10 tomorrow and
whal the outcome of ihe game" will
be-
Take, for instance, the opening of
the season throughout the circuit al
both major leagues Wednesday af-
fernoon. Every baseball fan ia the
country viii be on hand 10 watch
the bg doings and from then on,
day by aav. Will not miss keeping
track OF a single game. Along about
the middle OF the season when the
teams have squared off and begin
10 show their real elias the fans be-
Gin 10 figure way off In the distance
as 10 the probable winner Of the
worlds championship When the
two leaders finally 40 get together
thousands and thousands OF enthus-
lasts daily watch the outcome Of the
battles, and when the series Is fin.
ally brought to close these same
fans keep on talking baseball.
fhey talk and talk and argue, go
ing over every game chat was played
during the past season. telling IN
their own way how this and that
game was l0st of the great plays
that were pulled off and SO on.
When they begin t otire of this dope
the prospects for next season are
brought up for discussion, From
day TO day they nre out low their
respective clubs are 10 be improved
and what this and that player Will
do to strengthen The team BY so do
ing they manage to pass away many
idle moments, and there Is never a
day that they are not wishing for
tomorrow and for the time to fly By
In this way the winter season soon
training season starts
Then the fans try to get line on
the players eagerly deyonring every
Sine Of dope, JIM fact every word
garding the men working IN the
Southern camps. Soon IL is time for
the squads 10 start north, and then
w thin 4 short time the season is on
once again and every one u happy
Just now every one is aniously await
ing the opening OF the 1871 season.
and most OF the wise fans have fig
ured out right now pretty well as
10 the outcome OF both the ational
and American league races
Athletics Should Repeat
liz the American league this year
when the Philadelphia Athletics are
there II hardly anything
further 10 say. That the Athletics
will repeat for the championship or
the American league this year ap.
pears almost certain Manager Con.
ME AIacks outfit has the class and
everything else that goes to make mp
a winner HIS pitching staff which
was the best III he business last
season III either league, will again be
intact and, what's more, there will
be d valuable addition lii the person
Of Lefty Russell who should help
greatly especially In ease any OF the
veterans show sgns Of decay
The Athletics have a grand trio OF /
pitchers In Plank Bender and Coombs |
and then there Is Ce Moran who is
not 70 be forgotten Aud along with |
The great hurting staff the Athletics I
have one of the best bunch OF hit. /
.ers and also fieiders Ia the game to-
iag which fact Was declsIVely proven I
ast fail when Iae Chicago cubs We're
soundly tronnced FOR the worlds
championship It's almost sure
thing that the Athletics viii repeat /
h their league and it's also very
nearly safe 20 say that Mack aud his
players Will again capture the worlds
championship
The race for leading honors IN the /
league thisyeaf shuuld-prove
ar more interesting than III many
seasons past for the reason that
here IL little 10 eAovse DeUween four
u five clubs M.ny believe that the
Sew York Giants Will be on top in
october while there are Just as many
'thers that are confident the Chica.
70 Csabs viii come back. Some
ay The Cubs never went back Now
here IN Pittsbnrg that also must be
ounted in while the Cincinnati ont
i this year looks stronger than ever
before. and Clarke Gif8tiths tenn
+ by no means 70 be passed up as
iaying no chance for the flag