Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-14

Baseball is the life! Everybody, il
would seem, is singing that song to.
day, for this is the big day, the
opening day, of the year. Oh, yes
yesterday was also opening day
opening day for the Federal League.
Great crowd and all they had at
Baltimore was something to crow
over, but this is the real day in the
hearts of the fans.
G
The American League and the Ma
tional League are playing their first
games of the season today. Mann
moth crowds are expected to turn
out in each of the four cities on the
two circuits. Whether any one city
viii overshadow the opening at Bal
timore Is doubtful, for a throng of
q, 692 persons saw the Terrapins de-
feat the Buffalos in the Monumental
City. 1t was q glorious occasion, and
even the most rabid regular" viii
have to admit, but just the same.
the Feds and all, the great interest
of the human race is In the affairs
that occur in the National and the
American League this particular aft
ernoon in April.
c.
With the opening over tomorrow,
the talk will begin to drift to the
probable outcome of the battle for
tho obampioY, abiDo Ripbt off tba
reel, 1t would be most difficult mat
ter to get away from the Giants in
the National League, and it would
be considered entirely out of order
not to select the Athletics as winners
In the American League. The con-
tenders in the National are believed
to be Pittsburgh and Boston. AS for
Boston, we hope the Braves do we'll
for we are always delighted to see
George Stallings up with the lead
ers. Washington is supposed to be
the team that Connie Mack has to
beat, but do you know that Hugh
Jennings and his Detroit team are
being given much attention?
c.
II the dope goes right we will see
the Athletics and the Giants in an
other worlds championship next
year. On paper, the Giants do not
appear to be very strong, but Man
ager McGraw, 1t seems, just whales
victory out of them. The Athletics
n re- s11ralu tho class u, tho An,ar;no =,
League, but 1t must be- remembered
that baseball is a funny proposition.
Talking about picking the winners,
it would be only mere guesswork to
look outside of the Giants and the
for the winners. That both
may be beaten is also very true.
C
Frank L. Kramer finished his rae
ing career in Europe yesterday by
defeating none other than Bill Bailey,
our mutual friend of last year, and
Emil Friol, the Frenchman, in the
race known in Paris as the Easter
Prize. Kramer has had a most sue
cessful trip abroad and he will leave
next Saturday for this country. He
will arrive home on Saturday, April
%, and he will attend the monster
dinner to be held in his honor that
night at the Kruger Auditorium. The
dinner committee has arrang-
ed for several features for that eve
ming and Gus Troxler has written an
song for the occasion. So
far, about 500 tickets have been pur-
but there will be room for
1 900 at the dinner With such a
sterling fellow to honor, the banquet
hall should be all too small for the
Kramer is wonderful attn
lete and he has done a lot for New
Jersey. He is worth every attention
that the citizens can bestow upon
him, and therefore the dinner on the
of the month. should go