Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1913 — Tomorrow is Opening Day With Major Ball Leagues. [ARTICLE]

Tomorrow is Opening Day With Major Ball Leagues.

In the big cities where major baseball teams are located the season opens tomorrow', Thursday, April 10th. The youthful fans employed in offices are now’ conning up excuses to offer to bosses that will permit them to witness the opening. In Chicago the Cubs will open with the St. Louis Cardinals. It is planned to present Chesty Johnny Evers, the Keystone King, new Cub manager, with a chest of silver and to present the team with a big floral diamond, six feet long arid four feet wide. A band of fifty pieces will play while the preliminaries are Y>n and Mayor Carter Harrison will throw out the first ball to be used in the game. It is possible that the “opening” will be witnessed by two or three local fanatics, although today’s rain and the weatherman’s forecast are almost enough to discourage the stoutest baseball heart.