The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-10
YANKEES PLAY
CONNIE MACK'S
NINE TUESDAY
Pirates Face Sharp-Shooiing
Pitchers From st. Louis
in Opener
GIANTS BRAVES CLASH
Chicago Cubs to Get Away T.
Flying Start against
Cincinnati
GIANTS BRAVES CLASH
BY BRIAN BELL
Associated Press Sports Writer

The abb these don count w.
gone with last years major league
uniforms the clubs have worn II
their spring junkcts through the
south and west and the time haa
come to think Of serious things.
Everything Washington and Bos-
ton do today will be used against
them ard the other II clubs OF tho
two leagues place themselves IN
responsible 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 bail and
the fireworks can start.
The Senators. bcsct by injuries,
may need all the presidential help
they can get in their advanced open
ing. Their opponents, the Boston
Red Sox, have everything 70 gain
and nothing to lose. Even Their
friends have picked them to finish
far down in the second division ard
if they can play themselves any
where near the top of The sccona
tier. they will be regarded as get
ting somewhere. Washington, or
the other hand, has received some
championship support, slight but
encouraging to Bucky Harris and
his associates. Few have consigned
the Senators to the second division.
Flying Start Important
As the long grind starts tomor-
row for all the National League out
fits and six of the American league
standard bearers, managers are im-
pressing upon their athletes the all
vantage of a flying start.
Last season the Athletics played
the first part of the schedule for
fun and the rest Of the race III 4
vain effort to get even. As was the
case last year, Connie Mack's Phil
adelphians meet the champion New
York Yankees al the gun.
The stand pat Yankees. who have
found the going hard in their spring
games, have advised their friends 10
"-vait until the season starts" The
friends have waited and the cham
pions must now put up or shut W.
Manager Higgins pitchers arc
ready. He will learn if he has
enough Of them.
Connie Mack offers an old base
ball act in brand new setting when
he presents Ty Cobb and Iris Speak
er on the same club. lie will also
know il his pitchers are as good as
he thinks.
Pirates Meet Cardinals.
Pittsburgh. defending its National
league title, is sure to see plenty e
pitching in its opening series. The
Cardinals may have their faults but
pitching is not one of them. The
Pirates think well of their sharp-
shooters. too, and the Cardinal
Pirate mix-up should leave no doubt
that the season has started.
More than a baseball game will be
the National league opening i'll New
York where the Giants and Braves
clash. The two clubs are filled with
players who have worn the colors of
both Rogers Hornsby, Eddie Far
rell. Kent Greenfield and Zach Tay-
Tor will try to show McGraw that he
was wrong while Larry Benton and
Frank Hogan, the probable New
York battery, came to New York
from oston.
Cleveland and Chicago. longer on
pitching than in any other depart
ment Of play, are fairly evenly
matched on the basis of their train
ing records and the early pitching
may reduce the hitting to mini
mum.
The Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati.
will try their hardest to get away
to flying start in what they re-
gard as pennant wear. while Jack
Hendricks will have his first chance
to prove that his team has been m
derrated by the critics.
Hope For Better Weather
Detroit and st. Louis, playing
this year at Detroit. will hope that
the Michigan weather is more rea.
sonable than the Missouri elements
encountered last year when i
seemed for a time that the season
could not be opened within week
of the scheduled start. Only onc
game was played in the first series
Of 1927 and that failed to reach {
decision. Manager Moriarty is de-
pending on Whitehill to southpav
his team to commanding place and
will give him his first chance at the
outset. Dan Howley will have his
fingers crossed on the st. Louis
bench.
With Brooklyn's great pitching
staff only waiting to see the whites
Of the Phillies' eyes before they
shoot, Burt Shotton's batsmen will
be given an early initiation. Several
Of the new Phillies will be playing
their first major league game to.