Arizona republican., 1914-04-10
b|G BASEBALL SHOW STARTING
 IN THE BRUSH
Clicking of TurnstiIes and Yell of Pop Nender Soon to Be Heard Where the Sticks Grow - Three Ringer Affair Now
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N,ptNlui lp iIt lNtpulfilCdll.J NEW YORK. April g." Score cards' Peanuts, five a bag" Get the correct batting order" Cigars, { cigarettes and chewing gum"
 The old familiar spiels will be ] heard again in the major league cities when the greatest baseball show on earth" opens next week for 1 the season of 1914.
 The big show is to he a three ring affair this season. if the confi- 1 dent predictions made by the Fed eral league promoters are fulfilled. The American and National league magnates intimate their belief that 1 1t will be the same old tWo-ring ex- hibition with a side show as an add 1 ed attraction.
 { The baseball public seems inclined to credit the Federal league with possessing big league qualifications. The new organization certainly has shown itself to be a husky infant and the way it has trundIed over major league territory and tagged the major league players has rather caught the fancy of the fans. i With an utter disregard for the very elements of superstition the l Federals have decided to open their first season on the thirteenth day of the month. The cu1tain-r raising stunt will be staged at Baltimore where the Buffalo team will line up against | Otto Knabe's Terrapins. day or two later the other teams of the new league will get under way
 In the Federal league there is no dope in the way of past perform ances on which to base a prediction as to the outcome of the pennant race. Consequently all such predic- tions and forecasts could be little better than guesswork
 A slant at the Johnson and Tener combinations is sufficient to start the ,calculating machines a-rattling. To begin with, nine out of every ten of the fans probably pick the Athletics to run away with the American League flag and the Giants as the winners in the National League race There is no denying that so far as the Athletics are concerned the dope Hooks good. although the Washington team, with the great Walter John ison doing the bulk of the tvirling, may upset the beans
 The chances for the Giants to romp in winner this year are con- ,siderably lessened by Shafer being out of the game. The Pittsburg Pirates are generally picked to give the Giants q hard tussle for the rag With Konetchy. the former Cardinal star, at first, Viox at sec ond. the wonderful Wagner at short and MOWrey at third. the Pirates ap
 pear to have a combination that will make the Giants step some from the
 first tap of the bell
 With Shortstop Heire Wagner and Pitcher Joe Wood on the hospital
 list the Boston Red Sox will start the season under q serious handicap.
 When the two stars are again able
 to play the Red Sox doubtless will give a good account of themselves
 The Brooklyn Superbas, under the
 management of the veteran Wilbert
 Robinson, are being touted as a real surprise package Robbie" has had
 the experience and it will be up to
 him to show the Brooklyn fans what
 he knows about creating a winner.
 The White SOX rooters expect the
 Callahan crew to keep well up
 among the pennant contenders. The
 early recovery of Ray Schalk and | f .I,. .Io, H.
 of Hal Chase and the return to form of Big Ed" Walsh form the basis
 for their calculations. Without the
 services of these brilliant perform
 CTS it is hard to figure the Sox in q the running.
 With new president, a new man.
 ager. a new captain and q new sec
 ond baseman, the famous old Cub
 machine has become thing of the
 past Hank ODay has succeeded Johnny Evers as manager and Bill
 Sweeney is expected to show the
 goods in Evers' old position at sec
 ond base.
 Charley Herzog has a likely look : ing bunch of Cincinnati Reds and
 may be able to land his team in the :, first division. The loss of Chapman ] who is out of the game nursing an { injured leg. is likely to handicap the ! Cleveland Maps at the getaway. q Though nearly shot to pieces by ] the desertion of players to the Feds ! the Philies have a number of pro- ' missing youngsters who may be able