The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-04-13
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BASEBALL SEASON
OPENS TOMORROW
Major League Teams in
Good Shape for Initial
Contests

NH 49,
League baseball teams swing into
pcnnant action tomorrow with the
formal opening pf the 1890 season.
Bnsed upon tho form exhibited in The
spring training on southern diamonds.
the sixteen clubs o. tho National and
American lengnca appear TO be In
rxrelleHt physical condition aud
baseball prophets forecast close races
Tor the respective league flags na well
ns exceptional Attendance and finnn-
uini receipts due TO tile unusual In
terest In the game this year.
Eastern and western city clubs
share equally In the allotment OF
Opening dates In the National league
Boston plays ut New York while
Philadelphia will make Us initial np-
penrmnce az Br0okiNn. The western
ton clash with Chicago al Cincinnati
and PittsburE nt ~. Louis. The
American league schedule calls Tor
New York 20 open at Philadelphia;
Washington at Boston: Detroit at
Chicago and ct Louis az Cleveland
m" initial return contests are SGT
Tor April 20 when The order OF the
schedule VIII be reversed.
The games 20 be played In the Ma
tionul league tomorrow will inauRu-
rate the forty-finh consecutive sea
son for the senior major league for
the organization dates bach TO 1876
when the Chicago club won Tho first
pennunt. The teams of That city still
hold the lead FOR since 1879 chicago
clubs have captured ~ champion
ships. Boston comes second with
mine and New York with cighi. The
American league Will celebrate It's
twenty-first annual opening, having
started It's major career iu the spring
nf 1900. Since that date the %pennants
have been distributed among fou
clubs. Philadelphia and Boston each
having won six. Chicago five and
Detroit three. The schedule Of OPEN
INK games lists VI past pennant win
ning clubs. 1899 team managers and
the standing OF the teams nt the
close Of 1919 season. follows
Where clubs IBcgin i92O pennnnt
Races.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
! Opening games, Wednesday. April ~.
Boston at New York. chicago re-
Cincinnati. Philadelphia 1T Brooklln
pittshurg at 81. Louis
Return opening gamcs THURSDAY
April %.
New York at Boston; brooklyn at
I Philadelphia. cincinnati az chicago:
IT. Louis at Pittshurg.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Opening games. Wednesday. April a..
Now York at Philadelphia; Wash
mgton AZ Boston: Detioit at Chicago.
~. Louis nt cleveland.
Return opening games. Thursday.
April 20.
Philadelphia at New YORK; Boston
lat Washington, ChicIEo nt Detroit.
cleveland "a 81. Louis.
pcnnnm WinuinR Ciuh~ NJ Past Years
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago -l=1N5G. lNNO-l-2. 1855
t. ts0s-7-S. 1910. 1915.
B"ston-g-iS77-S, 1883. = . -2-3.
'1Nh7-y. 1914.
Sew York-S-iSsS-o. Isot-5.
nrooldyn-i-isa 1899. 1900.
1913.
.r%itt-burs -,-taoi-2-a. 1904.
Baltimore. g~-NIAg4-I-G.
iroNi deuc,- 1897. 1854.
Philadelphia i-tgi5.
Communications
Detroit 1-tSS7.
AMERICAS LEAGUE.
Philadelphia -b-i3Oe. 1908. 1910
Boston -G-iooa-t 1919, iol5-ic.
Chicaro- g - 100000, 1895, tel7.
1918.
petroit-g-Is07->-9.
Managers.
NATIONAL. LEAGUE.
cincinnati. Patrick Moran; New
York. John J. McGrpwi chicago.
Frederick Mitchell; '%tittshurg, Geo.
Gibson: Brnuklyn. Milbert Robinson,
Boston, George Stallings; ST. Louis.
Branch bicko,; Philadelphia. 'limord
e. travath
Sew
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
chicago. william Gleason; tlcNc.
luud. Iris speaker; Sew York. Miller
Huggius; Detroit Hugh Jennings; ~.
Louis. james Burke. Boston, Edward
7 barrow. Washington. Clarke Grinith