Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1917 — “Batter Up”, Cry Through Major Circuits Today. [ARTICLE]

“Batter Up”, Cry Through Major Circuits Today.

' l< Bat6ar Up” will 'be the cry which will issue forth from the voices of eight major league umpires today, for today is the day of all days to the bleacher bugs and the followers of the great national pastime. The opening of the major league season is here and the sixteen major teams, judging from weather prospects, will get into action today in the first lap of the pennant race. Fair weather with low temperature is the prediction of the weather sharps. The White Sox open in St. Louis and the Comiskey pets will not be back to the south side again until April 19. The Cubs open at their northside part with Callahan’s pirates. The games scheduled for the first day are: ; National— Pittsburg at Chicago. St. Louis at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. N. Y. at Boston. No game, snow. American— Chicago at St. Louis. Cleveland at Detroit. Washington at Philadelphia. Boston at New York.