Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-04-04
BASE BALL SEASON
IS NEAR AT HAND
Teams Of Various Leagues Round.
ing Into Shape For Long Grind.
Local Boys Preparing.

The big league base ball teams are
about to wind up their period of spring
training in the South, and to wend
their way northward.
Some very interesting exhibition
games have been played in order to
give the players a chance to get their
batting eyes, throwing arms, and base
stealing legs, in proper trim.
Not the least interesting among
these has been the series between the
New York Nationals and the Wash
ington Observation-Disclosures in their
respective leagues.
The fight for world base ball hon
ors between these two, last Fall, is
still fresh in the minds of the sport
ing world. Possibly, there has never
been more popular champion than
the Senators; nor was their contest
for premiership surpassed for real en-
thusiasm and colorful setting; thus
despite the fact that scandal arose
just prior to the series, which caused
Ban johnson, president of the Ameri-
can League, to advise cutting out
fthe 1924 big baseball event.
The Senators went wild. The whole
country rejoiced with the capitol peo-
pie, and it is safe to say that there
were plenty of good sports in New
York who preferred to see Washing
ton cop the flag than for any other
club to do so.
Still, New York's defeat was not
swallowed with gusto by either the
fans or by the players. Washington,
generally the cellar club of the
League, was hard to recognize as
leading the bunch, and, no doubt, Nc
Graw and his diamond artists felt as
it they were beaten by second divis-
ion rather than by champions.
So, when the two teams met this
spring in friendly test Of early
strength, there was still some of the
old spirit of the 1924 battle still left.
When the Giants emerged a winner
by majority of games, they felt as
if they were, in measure, avenged,
and their trip home took upon it
somewhat the character of a return
ing of victors in something more than
a practice game.
These two teams now look like the
class Of the big boys, and it would
not surprise the fans to see them a
gain contending for the much coveted
bunting this year.
The champion Orioles have made a
sorry showing in their trial events
down in Florida. It seems as if every
club they met was able to take their
measure, and they were beaten by
teams in lower, higher, and their own,
classification. Cincinnati beat them;
and Reading showed them the way
home.
Whether this is an indication of
weakness or of slow approach to
adequate condition will be shown later
on. The last game they played they
revealed some of their old form, and
it is possible they may round to in
time to get off to good start in the
long grind of the seasons schedule.
The Maryland Colleges are booked
for games today, and some line may
be gotten on their strength. College
teams, as a rule, are weak in the
pitching department, and they also
do not show very great strength in
batting, due to the infrequency of
their games. To acquire good bat
ting eye a player must face the pitch
err constantly. His eye becomes train
ed to the course of the ball, and his
arms learn how to swing. Since most
colleges play no more than two games
per week-except when on trips-the
lay off between dates effects the hit
ting.
All the State colleges are reporting
strong aggregations; but as usual,
they are playing everybody except
STRENGTHENS WEAK EYES