Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
CUBS TO CLASH
IN FIRST TODAY
Chicago Nationals Pry Baseball Lid
With Slated Contest Against
Pittsburgh Nine.
WHITE sOx AT ST. LOUIS
Meet Browns in Home Park With
Fair Weather as Forecast
Crowd expected.


unless predicted showers inter-
vened, with a number of features
as added attractions to the National
league game between the Cubs and
Pittsburgh Pirates
Grover Cleveland Alexander, late
sergeant in the A Z. F., and prem
Ter pitcher, was to hur1 the first
ball
Music aplenty was on the pro-
ram, while all the players who are
in the service of the United States |
were to march carrying a big flag.
The flag, representing the men of
baseball in service, was to be raised
on the Cub park fagpole and i'm
mediate1y thereafter the National I!
race for the pennant of 1919 would 1
be on-if the weather fOrecaster's /
predictions were not fulfilled. The /
probable batteries are: |
Chicago and Killefer; !
Pittsburgh Cooper and Schmidt.
SOx VS.. Browns.
St Louis, April 23.-The profess !
sional baseball season is slated 70
open here this afternoon with the /,
st. Louis Americans opposing Chi !
cago. Davenport is scheduled to !
twirl for the locals and Williams !
for the visitors. The probable !
catchers Will be Billings for the
Browns and Schalk for the White
sox. Ideal weather was pre-
dicted.
Philiies VS.. Giants. !
Philadelphia, April 3.-Philadel-
phia and New York were sched- /
ID
baseball season here today. John /,
Coombs, former pitcher of the Phil !
adelphia Americans, was to make
his debut as manager of the Phil
adelphia team. {
A Liberty loan" march in whicn
the players of the rival teams were
to participate was to precede the
usual flag raising exercises
The probable batteries are:
Schupp and McCarty, New York;
Jacobs and Adams, Philadelphia.
Toledo, Ohio. April 23.-The
American association baseball sea-
son was to open here today Re
tween the Toledo and Minneapolis
clubs. The game was slated 10
start at $3.50 o'clock.
indianapolis, April 23.-Rogge
and Gossett for Indianapolis and
Hall or Griner aDd<Hargraves for
St Paul are the probable batteries
for the opening game of the Amer
lean association in this city today
A parade was 40 precede the game.
Louisville, April 30 - Mayor =
Smith of Louisville (Ky.) is on the
program to pitch the first ball of I
the 1919 American association
league baseball season here today
Following a flag raising the teams
take the field with Howard and
Hurn for Milwaukee and Davis and
Kocher for Louisville doing the
battery work. Umpires Freeman
and Hart will officiate.
Cleveland Detroit. |
Detroit, Mich, April 23.-Cleve-
land and Detroit are slated to clash
in the opening Of the American I
league season here today. Presi-
dent Ban Johnson attended the
opener which was marked by the
usual ceremonies, a parade and
flag raising, with an added feature
in a Victory loan demonstration
Coveleskie is slated to pitch for
Cleveland and Ehmke or Boland for !
Detroit. {
Red SOx VS.. Yanks. d
New York, April 23.-The worlds
champion Boston Red Sox opened t
the baseball season here today l.
when they faced the New York !
American team. A large delegation c
of sailors from the fleet now in 7
New York harbor are to be guests. +
The teams took the field with f
stronger combinations than a year a
ago, this particularly being true Of =
the local club During the training s
period which closed yesterday the
Yankees won a large majority of
the games played against the
Brooklyn Nationals while the Bos-
ton Americans had the edge over =
the New York Nationals in the
spring exhibition series. 1t
Morgridge or Shore and Mays or
Jones were slated as opposing c
pitchers.
Columbus, Ohio, April 23.-Mayor 4
Korb of Columbus will pitch the h
first ball Of the American associa- +
ton baseball season here today .
when the Columbus and Kansas A
City clubs meet. A parade will "
precede the game. Weather condi- i
tions were unfavorable early today. l
Cards Against Ciney. d
Cincinnati, Ohio, April 23.-The b
opening game of the National q
league baseball season was staged Il
here today with St Louis opposing \
=
The game was scheduled for 2:30 Il
p. m. with the usual ceremonies a
and enthusiasm, and in addition y
several fiiers from the Dayton
field were expected to per-
form stunts" over the field dur
ing the Victory loan demonstration.
Senators VS.. Athletics. Ia
Washington, April 23.-Washing- n
ton and the Philadelphia Athletics Il
were all set for going over the Q,
top" in the opening games of the N
league season here this Sc
Walter Johnson, the r
and Scott Perry, star of d
Connie Mack's staff will be the op- q
posing pitchers. R
In the absence of President Will St
SON who has performed the cere- o.
nony for several seasons, General r
oeyton c. March, chief of staff, So
will toss out the first ball High N
officials of the army and navy de- sa
oartments will occupy boxes and =
Indications were for an overflow q
crowd.