Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-04-05
Framing on a Sleepy Guy.
Baseball Season Opens
in the West on TUESDAY,
Pacific Coast League Begins Play Tomorrow;
Major Leagues Will Start on Wednesday, April
ID; Forecast of Pennant Winners at Present
Time Is Doubtful; Big Season Predicted.

bets for the 1920 season. She has re-
tanned most of the ola pitching staff,
and practically all Of the outfield. The
final standings Of the teams at the close
Of the season last year follow:
Vernon. 613; Los Angeles coo: Salt
473; San Francisco, 472; Portland, AS;
Seattle, 365.
Vernon Big Bet.
At the close of the season last year
Vernon, and the st. Paul club, winner of
the American association, played a
series of best out of 8 games at Los
Angeles. and Vernon won 5 to st. Paurs
4 games.
With playing schedule of 154 games.
the National league baseball season of
1920 will begin on Wednesday. April II,
ana close on Sunday, October 3. The in
itial games of the pennant race have
been arranged as follows:
Boston at New York, Philadelphia at
Brooklyn, Pittsburgh ut st. Lonis. and
Chicago at Cincinnati. The oi<'r half
of the circuit will have opening games
on Thursday, April %, with Cincinnati
at Chicago. st. Louis at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia and New York
at Boston.
The American league will also open on
April IA and close October 3. The sche-
dule shows a restoration of the 154 game
chart which ws< curtailed last season
because Of the war. The four western
clubs will open in the west. while the
clubs of the east will inauguarte the
season at the eastern end of the circuit.
Opening games are listed as follows:
Detroit at Chicago: st. Louis at
Cleveland: New York at Philadelphia.
and Washington at Boston. Boston is
scheduled to close the season before the
other clubs. The final curtain for the
Red Sox will be rung down on Septem-
Der 2S. A double header, with Wash
ington. billed az the opponent. is sched-
nled for that day. The following day
New York will close it's season at Phil
adelphia. The last Of the western clubs
to quit for the season will be the Sena-
tors and the Athletics, who meet at
Philadelphia on October 2.
Showing Up Well.
The White Sox and the Reds, psnant
have an excellent chance to repeat their
performance again this year. A num-
bcr Of the other clubs of the big leagues.
however. have been showing up well in
exhibition games at the southern train
ing camps. and possible pennant win
ners for the 1920 season may not be
singled out until the season is well
under way.
Because Of the fact that the war has
assumed place in the background.
baseball will come to the front this
year stronger than ever. Returned serv-
ice men are more enthusiastic than ever
over the great American game, because
of their war experience with baseball.
One of the toughest features of army
life abroad was the drudgery and drear-
mess of life back Of the front. Those
who were fighting along the line had
all they cared to handle for the mo-
ment until the armistice was signed,
but those back of the lines had none
Of the excitement that goes with an
attack at dawn or comes from making
quick dives into shell holes.
It was necessary, however, to main
tain the army morale back Of the fight
ing front at all tin,As in order to put
through the proper sort OF training for
the new comers on foreign soil, and to
see that adequate supplies were fur
nished the line.
Baseball Morale Builder.
In the building up and maintaining
Of this morale baseball played . big
part In the war, 40 it was one Of the
soldiers chief recfeations from the time
he landed at Z baseport until he was
under fire.
The fields, Of course, were not mod
ern and up to date but merely stretches