New Britain herald., 1928-04-10
BASEBALL CLUBS LOOKING
 FORWARD TO OPENING DAY
President Coolidge to Start Curtain Raiser by Throwing First Ball in Washington - Athletics Meet Cham pon Yankees in First Game-Pirates Scheduled to Face Good Pitching From Cardinals - Giants and Braves to Clash in New York-Other Games.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 The alibi, these don't count has eon. into the discard with last year major league uniforms the clubs have worn in their spring lunkets through the south and west and the time has come 10 think ot serious things.
 Everything Washington and Bos- ion today will be used against them and the other "A clubs Of the two leagues place themselves III re- sponsible position tomorrow.
 President Coolidge will start the curtain raiser with no chance that he will be battcd from the mound for he has to throw but one ball so the fireworks can start.
 The Senators, beset by lnJurles' may need all the presidential heip they can get in their advanced open ing, Their opponents, the Boston Red Sox, have everything 10 gam ana nothing to lose. Even their friends have picked them to finish far down in the second division ana if they can play themselves any where near the top of the second tier. they will be regarded as get tine somewhere, Washington. on the other hand, has received some championship support. Slight put ancsuragins to Bucky Harris and his associates. Few have consigned the Senators to the second dlvlslon.
 As the long grind starts tomorro" for all the National league outiits and six Of the American league standard bearers. managers are im- pressing upon their athletes the ad- yantages of a flying start
 Last season the Athletics played the first part of the schedule TOT run and the rest of the race In a Haih effort to get even. As was the case last year. Connie Mack's Philadel- phians meet the champion New York Yankees at the gun.
 The stand pat Yankee. who have found the going hard, in their spring games. have advised their friends to wait until the season starts The friends have waited and the cham- pions must now put up or shut up Manager Huggins' pitchers are ready. He will learn if he has enough of them.
 Connie Mack offers an old base ball act in a grand new setting wher he presents Ty Cobb and Iris Speak CT on the same club. He will aist know if his pitchers are as good q! he thinks.
 Pittsburgh, defending It's Nationa league title, is sure 10 see plenty O pitching in it's opening series Th' Cardinals may have their faults bu pitching is not one of them. The Pirates think full we'll of theil sharpshooters too, and the Cardinal Pirate mix-up should leave no doub that the season has started.
 More than q baseball game vii be the National league opening il New York where the Giants anc Braves clash. The two clubs arr filled with players who have worl the colors of both. Rogers Hornsby Eddie Farrell, Kent Greenfield ant Zach Taylor will try to show Me Gray that he was wrong while Larr. Benton and Frank Hogan, the prob able New York battery, came t New York from Boston.
 Cleveland and Chicago, longer ol lnent Of play. are fairly event. matched on the basis of their train ing records and the early pitchin may reduce the hitting to mini mum.
 The Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati will try their hardest to get ava to a flying start in what they re gard as a pennant year, while Jac Hendricks will have his first chanc 10 prove that his team has been un der rated by the critics.
 Detroit and St. Lt lis, playing thi year at Detroit. will hope that tn Michigan weather is more reasona ble than the Missouri elements en countered last year when it scene for . time that the season could nc be opened within a week of tn scheduled start Only one game wa played in the first series of 1927 an that failed to reach q decision. Man ager Moriarity is depending o Whitehill to southpaW his team to commanding place and will give hi1 his first chance at the outset. Da Howley will have his fingers crosse on the St. Louis bench.
 With Brooklyn's great ptchin staff only waiting to see the white of the Phillies' eyes before the shoot, But Shotton's batsnen wi be given an early invitation. Sever al of the new Phillies will be playin their best major league game tomol row.