Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-12
MAJOR LEAGUES START SEASON
TODAY AND BRING JOY TO FANS
Weather Man on the Job With Plenty Of Sunshine and
Grounds Are in Fine Condition Local interests Chief
" With the Giants and High|anders- Big Crowds.

to say that many New York fans
doubt the managerial ability of Hal
Chase. They say that a man who
once deserted his team and brought
about his own elevation through the
medium of d~isorganizing cliques, Is
not the MAI to hold a team together
throughout an entire season. The
Highlanders look strong, especially
In their batteries, and have a lot of
pepper, but 1t is feared that a hard
row is ahead of them.
Already the word has gone down
the line that Comiskey's White Sox
must be watched closely this year.
Duffy's men have done wonderful
work In practice and there is a feel
Ing abroad that this is the White Sox
year to finish we'll to the front.
Comiskey seems to have picked up a
wealth of good new material, so
that his team should be we'll forti-
fed at every point. Corhan, at short,
looks like he would create as much
talk as the harem skirt.
Hughey Jennings, at Detroit, says
the Tigers are going to do what the
Cubs did last year; come back after
their reverse and carry off the flag.
Jennings Is known as a great mana
ger but If he beats out Connie Mack
this year with his somewhat doubt
full bunch of Tigers, he may well be
called the greatest manager. Jen-
nings has lost Tom Jones from first
and Matty Mcintyre from right field
and their ~uccessors look to be men
of only mcdfocr1 upiffty.
| Cleveland fans are r~efrafnfng from
making any predictions, as 1t is
realized that nearly everything de-
ponds on how Maguire's big string
Of young pitchers turns out. Ma
guire will have to rely almost entire
ly on youngsters In the box. as joss,
Falkenburg and Young are all tot
tering. Several OF the Cleveland
youngsters showed we'll toward the
close OF last season, but a long grind
ing season. when the whole circuit
has learned a pitchers stock in
trade, is 8 different proposition.
Few experts pick Cleveland for the
upper berth
The easiest thing in the world to
do is to pick the most probable occu-
pant of the last place In the Ameri-
can League ace. Bobby Wallace's
luckless Cardinals have a warranty
deed to the ground floor and If
there were twice as many teams III
the league, the same condition would
prevail. II the Cardinals have a
single strength, 1t has been conceal
ed up to date. T~wenty-nine of the
baseball writer's referred to, con-
signed the Cardinals to the cellar,
but one writer, determined to have
his joke, doping st. Louis to beat
out Washington.
If st. Louis does turn such a trick
there will be one manager ready to
jump off the Washington Monu-
ment. He is Jimmy McAleer, pilot
of the Senators, who actually has
visions of the first division this year.
The vision Is not new to McAleer
but 1t is painted In more glowing
colors this year than ever before.
In Johnson, Washington has one of
the grandest pitchers that ever kick
ed on a decision. There are several
other good men in McAleer's band
but On the whole the team seems to
lack unity and Conference" to bor-
row from the rhetoric.
The Boston Red Sox are sure to
be heard from, although their work
last year was disappointing. The
Red Sox used to be known as the
speed Merchants" but they seem
to have lost this characteristic.
Manager Donovan has been gradual
ly dropping out of the managerial
armament and it is up to him to do
valiant things this year to prevent
his effacement. With Jake Stahl
quitting the game and Lord and
Mcconnell traded to the White Sox,
Boston will have to build up a new
inleld this year. Once in a while
you will find a manager who will
tell you that this is no snap.
All in all 1t looks like a merry
race with many a thrill between now
and the time the flag falls.