New York, Apr. 18.
President Roosevelt will open the 1938 Big League baseball season today by hurling the first ball at Washington where the Senators will clash with the Philadelphia Athletics The world champion New York Yankees will also be seen in action today when they will appear at Boston against the Red Sox, who just failed to make the first division last year.
While these two games are the only official league fixtures for today, there will be a full programme in both divisions tomorrow, The Yankees will celebrate the Occasion by starting off with the season's first double-header, again at Boston, Other American League encounters call for the Chicago White Sox to entertain the Detroit Tigers, runners-up in last years pennant race; the Senators to clash with the Athletics at the Capital; and the Cleveland Indians to be at home to the St, Louis Browns, cellar champions,
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