The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-12
The
FAVORETES
THIS YEAR
Also the DOpeSterS Pick
Athletics for Winners
Again This Season
Special By United Press.

DpcNldi ~ GHALGu Ffe%S
New York, April ~ Six months Of
undiIuted Joy for tho baseball fan. III
other words the 1911 baseball season.
opened today in both Of the biz
leagues.
Today begins what bids fair to be-
the most propitious year the national
game has ever known. Baseball has
grown 50 tremendously big and il now
conducted on such a comprehensive
and businesslike basis that 1t ii pref.
ty safe to predict that every season
win be little better On the whole
than the preceding ole. Knowledge
Of this fact prompts President Lynch
Of the National and President john
son Of the American to predict that
1911 will set new record in attend.
ance.
A remarkable feature Of the season
now opening is that the Chicago
Cubs, who won the National League
pennant with ease last year. are not
the favorites for the honor this year.
The short end in the betting is the
New York Giants, who finished Sec
ond in 1910,
A symposium Of views Of thirty well
known sporting editors In BIG league
towns found "a pinning their faith 20
New York and only three iii Chicago.
OF the three who picked Chicago.
two were Chicago scribes. Three also
touted Pittsburg for the flag. In tile
American league 29 Of these writer's
selected the Pittsburg Athletics to
repeat, while one lone dopester look
ed TO Detroit for the winner.
It is easy enough to see Why the
Athletics should be such a unanimous
choice, for the team showed last sea
son that it is still coming. but it u
difficult to see why tile Cubs should
run such bad second to New York.
1t is probably because the Giants
made such strong finish aud the
Cubs went down to such inglorfous
defeat before the Athletics in the
worlds title games.
The failure Of the Cubs to repeat
however, may be nredicatad on only
one basis-a fall down on the part
Of several Of the old stars. The Chi
cago team that takes the field today
is practically the same team that has
won four Of the last five National
league flags. Manager Chances com
bination has proved unbeatable in the
National league. SO that the only way
It is likely to lose this year viii be
for the hitherto alright machine to
blow or for other teams to exhibit
strength.
Those who are pessimistic regard
ing Chicago. put the proposition this
way: There Is more likelihood Of
veteran team becoming
erealy than that the Giants. the Pr.
ates or the Cincinnati Reds will not
strike swift and deadly gait and
maintain It to the end
It is differences Of opinion that
make horse races and the same holds
true in baseball National league
followers generally would not regret
% see some other team than the Cubs
cop the bunting for otherwise the
Of the National league re.
gaining the worlds title is about as
bright as the Alberta orange crop.
The team that Connie Mack turned
lut last year would, III the opinion Of
line experts out Of ten, trim the Cubs
learly as often as they could get TO-
sether. And this IS the team that
,onnie Mack. If fortune goes well win
lurl against the National league vim
lers again.
When Mack was asked for the line.
lp for his opening game this year. he
eplied "Take your scoreboard Of
he first worlds series game last year.
'ut oldring ~ place Of stfuhk ana
'ou will have IL" This means that
he crafty Mr.. McGinIcuddy Is stand
rs pat with vengeance. It is true
hat he has added a couple Of pitch.
rs in Russell and collanore but Is
oubtful is they viii 40 more Than