New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
Major General Barry and
Admiral Mayo, With
staffs, 10 Occupy Boxes
PROBABLE LINEUP
Bv W. Q. Mcclellan

The Yankees ard the Red Sox will
open the American League season Of
lai9 at the Polo Grounds this after
noon. With the weather man predict
tx fair and warmer,' free lists sus-
pended. and multitudcs jammlng the
tox Office. the opening promises TO be
;,n @uspicious one. Robert Moran,
resident Of the Board Of Aldermen,
/ rnresouting the municipality, will
th~aw in the frsE oall. Major General
larry and staff viii occupy a box, while
Admiral Mayo, commander of the visit
Ing fleet, will occupy another with his
stafr. "Gobs" from the fleet TO the
number of 700 viii be present and 200
baseball fans from the Irish 69th Will
attend.
1t will be old home day for the faith
full Yankee fans who have always
iiecked to the Polo Grounds at the start
OF the season with visions of an Amerl-
Can League pennant to come at the
finish. The ranks of these fans have
heen augmented. and once again they
will lift their strident voices roofing
tor the lond delayed yankee year"
Miller iuggns, the secretive man
aser of the Yanks, is reluctant TO say
is st who will pitch for the New YORK
contingent to-day, but it is highly prob
allie that George Mogridge, the stauneh
southpaw, VIII start. fd Harrow proh-
;biy win start CARL Mays
Godie MAY Re Missing
lhe Yankees Will begin thelr cam
paign with considerable confidence ac-
ouned during the spring training ny
constantly heating w the nfeokl$N
Nudgars, They probably viii he, W'tn
Nut the service ~ ths ieNNNhshh's
Ping hoie, een'feneidef ana eHs'S' w
lnnpus aieng cha laeine Neast iing
Is anxious 10 start, hut he Ia Just con
Naieaeent feem q ease er mNmps WHEN
ranetered him speeehess and forced MN
"a diet tive aeenifihg experiences "hieh
haVa made Ping q mere shallow W
what he used TO BE-
samuel Niek, the young Southern
Lacquer. viii play right field and come
to bat hrst for the Yankees. Halas,
who was to have started is still VIC
tim of the dread vharleyhorse. Lamar
viii occupy Bodies place IN the field
end at the bat unless lIuggins should
suddenly decide to shift George Duffy
Lewis. the Beau Brummel of the big
leagues, to centre field.
With the possible exception Of Home
Run Baker, "Murderer Row. as a
section of the Yankee batting order
is called by its loving friends, looks
ready for highly successful season.
Baker has not been out tor great
deal of work this spring, so Vt is not
vet certain that his club has the same
vailop and his eye the old brightness
TOR picking the ones to murder.
Peckinpaugh, Pipp, Lewis and Pratt,
however, have shown spring signs. of
being ready for the slaughter of
number of pitchers. The Yankee pen
nant hopes are pinned to their ability
to club some games out by main
strength early in the season They
have the pitchers to hold almost any
team in the league fairly safe:
roster who is liable to mess all calcu-
lations for the Yanks in their first
series This is Ruth, the Wrecker, the
irresponsible Babe who just naturally
knocked into smithereens the world S
record for home runs during the spring
series. Ruth connected for just six
home runs in two games. which is
Harry Frazee's idea OF getting himself
fully prepared for d successful season.
l. seems now that Ruth will be fix
turc in the field for the Sox, Manager
Barrow figuring that bat that can get
that many home runs should be work
ing as constantly as possible.
Ruth, the Annoyer
Ruth will annoy q great many pitch
ers this season and for some seasons
TO come. 1t happens that the Yankees
= nave the only man that can cause The
NWrccker any annoyance on their list
fThis is Truck Hannah, the teamster-
catcher, who has more than once talked
she Babe out OF a possible home run
by the sheer power of the eloquence
The acquired in conversation with
lnorses and mules
In the opening with the Red Sox
the Yankees will get a severe test of
the mettle in the team of 1919. This
series should show just how successful
Miller Huggins has been in his at