Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-13
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become fixed feature of the annual
event the major league baseball sea-
son of 1921 will open tomorrow after
noon on the circuits of the National
and American Leagues. Incompassed
nv the blare of the bands, the snap
ming of flags and the wierd toss by
city or government officials, selected
to throw out the first ball of the year,
the players of 16 teams will flash
away on their six months pursuit of
pennants the winning of which en-
titles the victors to battle in the
worlds Series, the pinnacle of base
bali.
Weather permitting, the schedules
will bring together in the National
League: Brooklyn at Boston; New
York at Philadelphia: Pittsburgh at
Cincinnati and st. Louis at Chicago,
while in the American League Cleve-
land plays at st. Louis; Chicago at
Detroit: Philadelphia at New York
and Boston at Washington.
Each April within the memory of
the past four generations similar
scenes have been enacted without
losing any part of their thrill or
effectiveness and tomorrow base
ball parks will be thronged with the
same type of enthusiastic fans who
have witnessed the opening games of
past years. Following the world war
the popularity of baseball appeared
TO leap forward with a fervor little
anticipated by either player or mag
nate and there is little indication that
the national game has reached the
zenith of its flight.
Record breaking crowds have wit
messed the various exhibition games
during the southern training trips
and advance sales of seats for tomor-
rows initial flag contests clearly in
dictate that the baseball fan has in
creased in number since that October
day when the Cleveland Americans
drew the curtain across the scene
wherein the Brooklyn Nationals fell
before the prowess of iris Speaker
and his brigade of Indian battlers.
Despite the many changes in both
the playing personnel and managers
of clubs baseball authorities look for
ward to another banner year in in
terest, attendance and closeness of
the pennant races.
Big league baseball has become an
institution in this country for the
history Of the National League dates
back to 1876 and tomorrow's games
win mark the opening of the 46th
consecutive season for the senior
major league. Raising it's first PEN
nant in 1900 the American League
contests will inaugurate the Junior
associations 22nd season.
During the period of As years In
which various teams have fought for
National League pennants those rep
resenting eastern cities still ldentlhed
with the organization have won 20
championships while western CLUBS
have captured II. Chicago leads with
II remnants, Boston is second with
nine and New York third with eight.
In the American League Boston and
Philadelphia have each won six pen
nants giving the east total OF IL
while the western clubs have accum-
Mated nine. five for Chicago three
for Detroit and one for Cleveland.
The following compilations show
the dates and places of the opening
games; remnant winners of previous
seasons; managers of the Is clubs;
and other interesting baseball data:
National League
Opening games, Wednesday, April
IL:
BROOKLYN at Boston.
New York at Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
st. Louis at Chicago.
Return opening games, Sunday,
April IT: Boston at Brooklyn.
Thursday, April 21--Philadelphia at
New York; Cincinnati at Pittsburgh;
Chicago at st. Louis.
American League
Opening games, Wednesday. April
fICleveland at st. Louis; Chicago
At Detroit; Philadelphia at New
York: Boston at Washington.
Return opening games, Thursday,
April 2-St. Louis at Cleveland; De-
troit at Chicago; Washington at Bos-
ton: New York at Philadelphia.
| rennant Winner in Previous Years
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn, $3.50, 1899, 1900, 1916, 1920
ASeW 1OTk, o-1ooo, 1907 4oV1, i''o'
fl1, 1912. 1919, 1917.
Chicago, 11-1s76, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885,
1856, 1906. 1907, 1908, 1910, 1918.
Pittsburgh, 1901, 1902, 1908. 1909.
Boston. 9-1S77. 1878, 1888, 1891, 1892,
1853. 1897, 1898. 1914.
Philadelphia, 1--1915.
Cincinnati, 1-1919.
St Louis, 0.
Detroit, 1-1SS7.
Baltimore 1884. 1895, 1896.
Providence, 2-1S79, 1884.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland. 1890.
Chicago, $500, 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919.
Detroit, 3-19O7, 1908, 1909.
Boston, 6-1903. 1904, 1912. 1915. 1916,
ms.
Philadelphia, $500, 1905, 1910, 1911,
Ms, 1914.
St. Louis, O.
Washington, 0.
New York, O..
Managers
AMERICAN
cleveland, iris Speaker.
New York, Miller Higgins.
Chicago. VIM. Gleason.
xDetroit, Ty Cobb.
4St. Louis, Lee Foil.
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