Sport: Play Ball!

Tuesday last the National League unlocked its gates and started its turnstiles ticking off the thousands. The following day the American League umpires announced " Play Ball " for 1923.

Sporting prophecy is chiefly valuable because of the contingent " ifs " which are a ready aid to conversation. Each year the scribes and the prophets, the managers and the elevator boy scan the situation with professional care and announce their choice. General consensus this Spring places the preliminary laurels on the high priced, if not otherwise elevated, brows of the New York teams...

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