Out for pennant as baseball opens with shifted power
Sixteen teams prepare for the new season with postwar reorganization and star players back from service. Boston, New York, Brooklyn and Chicago lead the American and National leagues as rosters reshuffle, war veterans return, and managers promise title runs despite gaps at second and third bases.
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Fred Mitchell
Red Sox Set for Another Championship Race
Edward G. Barrow asserts the Red Sox enter the season with confidence and the club has proven championship ability. He notes no need for elaborate detail as the team’s deeds will prove themselves to Boston fans.
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Barrow Prepares Sox For Openers With Mays In Pulse
Barrow has his men ready for the season opener as Carl Mays shows peak form and Babe Ruth trails in left field. Mays is pegged as the best gamble for the mound while Ruth’s arm still needs polish for pitching duties. Ruth shifts to the outfield to try for early impact with his bat.
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Red Sox and Yankees Open Season at Polo Grounds
City braces for a huge turnout as the Red Sox visit the Yankees in the season opener at the Polo Grounds. Huggins may start Thormahlen against Boston, a move seen as challenging the champions by left-handed power. Both clubs aim for a flying start as they collide in a clash expected to draw massive crowds.
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White Easy Victory For Fitzsimmons In 12 Round Stoppage
Charley White of Chicago proved no match for Eddie Fitzsimmons of New York in a feature 12 round bout at the Grand Opera House last night. Fitzsimmons won by knockout count in the 10th round, with White saved by the bell after a knockdown. The preceding rounds saw White gain little advantage and the bout end as a poor ring contest.
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Braves Display Major League Power at Brown University
The Braves visited Brown University in Providence on April 22. About 700 spectators watched as the major league team defeated Brown 14 to 2 in nine innings. The visitors treated it as exhibition while Brown gave good effort against the professionals.
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Braves Win Behind Maranville In High-Scoring Exhibit
Maranville starred with entertaining stunts as the Braves piled up runs on Brown. Kelley, Holke, and Smith led hits. Peckham and Nelson also contributed two hits apiece while Brown errors aided the scoring. Final: Braves 7, Brown 4 with Northrop facing five innings for Brown and Keating, Eteson sharing pitching duties.
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Yale Baseball Narrowly Loses to New York Nationals 4 3
Yale fell 4 to 3 to the New York Nationals as Cox the left hander pitched well for Yale. The Collegians were hurt by errors that aided New York's seven hits. Batteries Causey and Steele, McCarty, Cox.
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World travel to baseball as Moriarty foresees
In a 1950 poem by George Moriarty the American League umpire envisions baseball thriving worldwide. He imagines Cuban, Japanese, British, Parisian, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Chinese and other fans embracing the game, with foreign stars competing in international duels across oceans.
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Boxing, baseball, and fighting news from New England
A collage of sports notes covers George Stallings Braves and Robinsons boxing, Dempsey Willard talk, Pershing training in Paris, and local athletes heading to Jersey fights. Mentions Tom Robson Malden, Jack Sheehan, Jimmy Johnson, Benny Leonard Willie Ritchie, and the Mercury Foot meets.
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