New Britain herald., 1922-04-11
American League

| American League New York in Washington. Philadelphia in Boston. Detroit in Cleveland, St, Louis in Chicago
 New York, April ll,-Once more baseball comes into its own. For the past month, news from the southland has drifted north, stirring up interest in the coming pennant races. Tonor- row the majors will take to their home diamonds for the opening clash Of the big time circuits. It seems only d few weeks ago that Johnny Raw lings. misfit baseball star. completed the famous double play which beat back the New York Yankees and gave the Giants another worlds champion ship, yet the mad whirl of the flag races is once more on us.
 The baseball suffering south has been the victim of its annual milk ing by the various big league out fits which are once again on familiar soil and ready for another hectic battle right down to the October stretch.
 While another year has rolled by,
 it's still the old cry Beat New York" in both leagues. The New son are picked to repeat and 1t seems son. are picked to repeat 1t seems as a sthough nothing but flock Of mira clcs will prevent these teams from "cashing in.'
 Interest still Keen
 Interest in the coming races seems to .bc as keen as ever. Training camp attendances were not up to those of former years, the one ex- ception being the Rnppert and Huston Babe Ruth" Circus. The Babe still can pack 'em in no matter where he goes.
 However, training trip attendancef were affected by cold spring in the South, and because most of the South and Southwest, particularly Texas, has been milked dry for exhibition pur- poses.
 The lawyer and his office boy, the garage owner and his mechanic, the stock broker and his clerk are as Interested in what will take place at were just week ago. and year be- fore that, And they'll all be there, with their sister and brothers. You can't keep good sport down.
 Whole Nation Interested
 All over this vast country next Thursday morning millions of eyes will be wandering down the little by, Bancroft, Baker and Heilman hit the day before.
 Another cycle of the schedule wheel brings the first National League openings in New York Phila- delphia. Cincinnati and St. Louis. while ,in the American league Wash ington, Boston, Chicago and Cleveland drew the opening plums.
 The schedule makers came to happy choice when they selected the first opponent for the worlds champ. ion Giants. The Brooklyn club which has been d most pernicious foe ot the Harlem men for two years, will help the champs of the universe tc make the fur fly on the Polo Grounds.
 The Giant-Brooklyn rivalry now is as intense as that which existed be- tween the Giants and the Cubs for many years. And in the last twr years Brooklyn fans have had much opportunity to eXult and they art boys who know how to do it. Ir 1920, Brooklyn defeated the second place Giants of that year, fifteen games to seven, and in 1921, Me- Graw's first worlds cham pionshil year in sixteen. he lost the Brooklyn series, twelve game to ten.
 Tanks in Washington
 The Tanks will open the season down in Washington, with the presi- dent, members of the cabinet aud lot of idle congressman and lame ducks looking on. They probably will be severely tested in their first series with Washington. The Senators, from all account, are one of the most inn proved teams in baseball this year, and lot of folks predict they will prove the dark horse in the Amer- NoIi lSh 6 uN lliol oilloli. Ilu6sIhb hlIil- self says he has as much respect for Washington as for any team in the league, and says they probably will play great ball for the first two months. After that he thinks the Senators will begin to drop to their proper level. But that remains to be seen.
 PhilIicS at Home
 For some odd reason the Philadel- phia Nationals open at home for the second year in succession. Last year the Giants opened with the Phillies in MT. Bakers chicken coop; this spring the Boston Braves generally recognize ed as a real team, will pry off the lid in yQuakertOwn.
 Last year the Philadelphia fan looked to the Athletics with hopeful eyes only to feel the bitter disap- pointment of former years. This spring the Phillies look as though they may get somewhere, and the Quaker City is giving most of it's attention to the rejuNcnated pupils of the baseball manager Wilhelm.
 Cards Meet Pirates
 The two leading Contendcrs of the West, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates. will meet each other right off the bat in St. Louis. In 192e Pittsburgh swept the Cardin- als right of their feet in the first two series, but this is another year. The other National league opening in the West finds the Chicago Cubs lined up against the reconstructed Cincinnati Reds.