Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1921, Page 30

SPORTS. - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 192L SPORTS. Record Crowd Sees Red Sox Defeat Na tionals, 6-3, in Opening Game of Base Ball Season SCENES AT SAM JONES BIG FACTOR IN TRIUMPH OF BOSTON Johnson Is Pounded and Erickson and Zachary . Also Fail to Check Visitors Before Distin- guished Throng Including President. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. - IGGER and better than ever, as the circus posters used to tritely B put it. was the inauguration yesterday of another base ball season in Washington, the twenty-first in which the capital of these United States has been represented in the American League. Never be- fore has a crowd of such proportions as that which filled every seat in the spacious inclosure at 7th street and Florida avenue and overflowed into the aisles and beyond the temporary benches in the outfield wit- ‘hewsed a sport event of any nature in this city. Never before had such a large number of distinguished persons seen an exhibition of America's best leved pastime. There was plenty of stirring band music, the peanuts were fresh and a lot of 'em double-jointed, the pop was cold and the weather almost ideal. Everything was perfect, everything but one—the This is another day, and it may be| that the sting of defeat will be for-| live long in the memory of th who presented stationery engraved | management, to many scores Brouwny ey home-town gang got licked by a crowd of fellows from Boston. The score was: Red Sox, 6; Nationals, 3. HERE’S THE BAD l gotten with the tables turned nusgl RE'S B NEWS afternoon, but the scenes attendant by Uncle Sam to gain admittance and | L the hundreds who filed through the| Re upon the opening of the campa [ - =5 last gate on the left as guests of the smmontn not the of wall flowers and tree- mention Elownn oncol ulcoomcsccesl eerncse oy al ot e ety 35 1 o [ o 0 o 4 ¥ 14 birds who viewed the proceedings P.0. A from afar. 9 1 Titled Personages in Profuxion. S They saw presidents, vice pre i | 0.2 o dents, secretaries, senators. repre- ARl sentatives, admirals, generals, movie 1240 men, cops and. oh, yes, bail players, | oo in great profusion. ! o b 10 They saw Warren Gamaliei Hard 00 1 0o ing, President of the United States of x 3 o America, throw out the first ball, | sa el while the cameras merrily click-d, as: Dol 9 2 11 1 Vice President Calvin Coolidge, same | ;iatin oy hi,lh, Datted buil. address, and Eyron Bancroft johnson,| fiattel for Ericksoa i seventh, president of the iation which 1 0011 06 Promotes the contests, sat close b $ = © 000 03 = They v Calvin _Griffith, | ¢ [JUeeose it Vitt, Jones, Collins, Shar resident of the Washington club, !y e s MCioirY Lostér, Colling, march with Gen. John J. Pershing and | \o framg e P enoky 1o Vitl; Shamks the athletes. headed by a band, to|nis. Left on bases-Bowton, 7; Washington centerfield, where the leader of Ater- Juacs, 1. ' Hite— O Eric ica’s armed forces in the world war |%n. oft "Johuson, B in four nks. | hauled on the ropes that Rowtel oy | miigs: of Zachary 4 . tas i T Glory to the top of the flagstaff as | o5 P gve, Blickon (Menosky). - Struek the ~musicians (union) blared or|arv, 17 by Jomes, . “Wits shecnr 3o b7 Zach- pounded industriously on their instru- ments and the mass of humanity., struck patriotic postures with its col- lective thatch uncovered A They saw George Florian McBride, | €cision by the fact that during that director general of the local troupe of , Périod Barney had been subjected to Performers. presented with . some |4 barrage of nine alien hits, good fou Posies from friends in the old home | four runs. In the sccond inning Moo town. Milwaukee, none of whom ever!Innis’ slow roller to Harris, & nest Yyoted for Victor Berger. and saw Vice bunt by Collins and singles by R, President Billy Richardson. the out- and Jones gave the visltors a tally o gf-tows but by no means siient, mem- | 2dd to that obtained in the e n‘;;:y(zemfi'r:ndt receive the celebrities |and, after safeties by Menosky and o S | Hendryx were nullified in the third unding. {by the Shanks-Harris-Judge double Having gotten that off our chest, it |play route, they registered another is appropriate to introduce here the |Pair of tallies in the fourth, when lamentable intelligence that the as-|Svirs DY Soott and Ruel preceded a semblage ales witnessed Waiter ey :xgo;o\l:’ lhre‘e-gly lout to left cen- er y Sai 5. Johnson treated with no more re-| AT Jones Much in Evidence. spect by the visiting contestants| qnis Jones erson, by th h: than If he had been an unsung nov- S ROT e wev el ing’ pitcher—Johnson, ¥_and_ Moriarity Umpirex—Mesxrs. Con- Time _of game—2 hours, inent hand or, rather, two ide at the business of pitching base' > Pro™ : s balls instead of the m. prominent hands, in blasting the e most Tamous of , .. or Washington fandom.. e his profession. It was quite dis- tressing. especially with two former teammates, Edward C. Foster and Miguel Menosky, taking such a prom- inent part in the proceedings. Edward's bat was responsible for the fnitial tally of. the pastime, scor- ing Oscar Vitt, who limped to third after soaking the sccond ball Barney pitched into the fringe of fans in right fieJd. HMe also per- used the right in skillful fashion to frustrate. the efforts of lotal bats- men, after an inauspicious start, and employed ‘both of them to excellent advantage in gripping a bludgeon with which to thrice ram balls into unguarded territory, thereby equal- ling the feat of the aforementioned formed valiant feats afield, not the least of which was the catch with one hand that he made of a ball Propeiled with great speed by Frank Willard Brower when the lafter ap- r-red as an emergency performer in the fourth inning, when McBride concluded to withdraw Johnson. Miguel Menosky and Sam Rice, who alone of the home talent was able to solve the Jones type of flinging with any degree of consistency. It was Rice who furnished the mo- tive power for the tally that put the i Nationals on even terms with their sin- The manager was influenced in his! opponents In the first inning—a gle to center, which Judge, Stanfey Sfolfies OF High-Grade. *30 %35 By all means see these beautiful all-wool 1209 PA.AVE. 1209 PA.AVE.N An Immense Stoc Spring Suits Blue Pencil Stripes, Tweeds, Herringbones, Worsteds will not complain about high prices. The assortment in single and double breasted is big enough to please any man. plendid Values ONE LOOK AND YOU WILL BE CONVINCED You must be satisfied or your money back if you say Stanfey, CloifesS VICE PRESIDENT COOLIDGE, One of the moxt interested spectators in the huge crowd. AMERICAN LEAGUE. W.L. Pet. W. L. Pet. New York.. 1 0 1.000 Athletics .. 0 1 .000 Ros 1 01.000 Cleveland q 01000 Chicago 1 000 Detroit GAMBS TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Bostan a¢ Washington. Athletics at New York. Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis. Boston at Washington, Athletics at New York. Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louls. Results of Yesterday’s Games. Boston, 6; Washington, 3. New York, 11: Athletics, 1. St. Touis, 4; Cleveland, 2. Chicago-Detroit, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. 000 Boston .... 0 1 Philad"phis 0 1 00 Pittsburgh. 0 1 .000 St. Louis... 0 1 .000 GAMES TOMORRO! Brooklyn at Boston. New York at Phila St. Louis at Pittsburgh at ( . GAMES TODAY. Brookiyn at Boston. New York at Phil 8t. Louis at Chica Pittsbuggh at Cing Results of Yesterday's Games. Brooklyn, 5: Roston, 4. New York, 10: Ciucinnal who-had collided with the first ball pitched to him for a safety and took on Milan's tapped drive ‘o the pitcher. Rice made second on Col- lins’ ineffectual throw to the plate, | and died trying to reach third after Lewis had iofted to Menosky. Don't know where Mike picked up_the arm he used for this heave. He never had it when he was cavorting in local livery. Griffs Gain Brief Lead. Shanks, O'Rourke gnd Picinich were responsible for the palr of markers chalked up by the Griffmen in the second to give them the lead for a brief period. Hank contributed a swat that scattered the chalk on the lett fleld foul line and netted three bases. O'Rourke sent him home with a safety to center, taking second when_Collins fumbled the ball, and scored on Picinich’s bingle over sec- ond. After Johnson lofted, Judge dropped a Texas leaguer into center, which sent Picinich to third. Then Milan again rolled weakly to the box. Rice started the third with a clean drive to right. He was forced by Lewis, who further gummed the game by getting in the way of Harris’ po- tential safety. McInnis robbed O'Rourke with a fancy stop and Fos- ter burglarized Brower- similarly in the fourth and collaborated with Stufty in cleverly effacing Milan in the fifth, in which frame Leibold grabbed Judge's drive out of a right field box. Rice followed with his third straight bingle and stole second, aid- ed by a wild pitch, but that ended the W, %40 worsteds and you v 006 | WALTER JOHNSON, JR., A counterpart on a small scale of his famous_dad. cffensive «forts of the Griffs, who were held heiples: by Jones over the | remainder of route. ‘ | | Erick and Zach Both Nicked. After hurling two scoreless frames in an impressive manner Erickson, | who relieved johnson, was nicked for | a run, really chargeable against Rice, | in the seventh. Jones led with the last of his_trio of safetics and ad- vanced on Vitt's neat bunt. Shanks here contributed the only noteworthy™ flelding feat for the Nationals when | ihe galloped up against the left field boxcs to snare Foster's foul. Then Menosky singled to center and Jones was enabled to score, when Rice fum- | bled in fielding the ball before Jones | had rounded third. i Zachary was on the job in the eigntn because Erick had been lifted | to let Ellerbe hit into a double play after Gharrity hnd received the only | base on balls issued in the battle. With two out Collins fripled to right and counted on Scott’s single over second. Foster and Menosky got to Jezebel for singles in the ninth, but were left. President “Nominates” Walter. Johnson practically was ‘“nomi- nated” to pitch by President Hard- ting. Waliter and Olaf Erickson hoth were warming up when the President tossed out the first ball. Umpire Tommy Connolly removed his protec- tor and was all set to receive the ball when the executive hurled it to John- son, by whom it was promptly pocket- ed.” The presidential throw, by the way, ‘was both strong and accurate, The fact that Johnson was soundly pummeled in the four innings he pitched is not regarded as’basis for apprehension by Manager McBride re- garding the pitcher’s prospects to suc- ceed in “coming " this year. Walter asserted after the game that he felt no {ll effects whatever in his arm, and Mac is confldent’ it is merely a question of time before his hurling ace will be able to muster the effect- iveness to again place him among the top rank of hurlers. “If Jones can wallop my stuff I guess I couldn’t have had much,” was Walter's only comament. Johnson's eldest son, a little shaver of four years, attracted considerable attention in a base ball uniform a couple of sizes too large for him Walter, Jr., is a counterpart on a small scale of his famous dad, even to the parental pigeon-toes. Rice Starts Theft Campaign. Rice did not defer starting to re- tain the base-stealing honors he earn- ed last season. Sam pilfered second base in the fifth inning. His inten- tions were guessed by the opposing battery, but Jones' pitch-out was so - *f OPENING OF BASE BALL SEASON IN THE CAPITAL. Gen. Pershing raising the Stars and Stripes to the top of the flagpole in centerfield, assisted by President Grifiith. wide it made Sam’s task easy instead of helping Ruel to flag him. Al Schacht or Jose Acosta will start against the Red Sox ih the second game of -the season this afternoon. Erickson and Zachary both will be available for service again tomorrow it necessary. Everett Scott yesterday participated in his 679th consecutive gzame, the Boston shortstop not having missed a | single contest played by his club since June 30, 1916.. The former record of 577 consecutive games, held by George Pinckney of the old Brooklyn team, was broken by Scott early last sea- son. [fil . SPECIAL SUITS Made to Camt Be Duplicated Under $35. ' W e Satisfy Both the Tasteand the Purse —you don’t have fo be an ezpert, you don’t have to be a shrewd buyer to realize the mindte you sese ¢ Mertz Tailored Sust that it is the equal in oppearance, styls, fit and fabric to suits at $35 elsewhers.. | (All photographs by National Photo Co.) Ban Johnson Prizes Score Card Used by President Probably the moxt plensed of all the throng in the ball park for the weason’s Innugural con- tent yesterday was Byron Ban- croft Johnson. It was mot the faet that Boston won, for as head of the American League Johnson supposedly ingstrictly neutrnl. Ban's exuberance was oceanioned by having ponsession of the score card used by Presi- arding which was pre- to him by the chief ex- re. on proudly exhibited this cherished memento after the close of the game and announced hefore departing for New York last night that he intended hav- Ing it framed and hung on the of his office in Chicago. Mr. Harding’s markings were neat and readily transcribable. It is doubtful if there have been many Presidents of the United States sufficiently versed and interested to keep an accurate ncore of a base ball game. Yo OINT == Grimes to Join Toledo. TOLEDO, Ohio, April 14—Infielder Roy Grimes, released by the New York Giants to Toledo, will report at Louisville today or tomorrow. Grimes was ordered to join Toledo at Chat- tanooga, but refused to do so unless paid « bonus of $1,500. He then was suspended. Dugey to Assist Evers. BOSTON, April 14—Oscar Dugey, coach, has been released by the Bos- ton Nationals to act as coach and general assistant to John J. Evers, manager of the Chicago Nationals. Dick Rudolph, pitcher, will take Dugeys place. ! Farrell Hits First Homer. Catcher Bob O'Farrell of the Chi- cago Nationals, made the first home run of the major league season yes- terday, when he drove the ball over the right-field fence at the Cubs’ park, scoring a man ahead of him. The homer was made off Haines of St. Louis, in the fourth inning. ‘Will Coach Allegheny. MEADVILLE, Pa, April 14. former star of the Pitts- burgh foot ball team,” has been named gridiron coach at Allegheny Collegé here. L Seen Our “SPECIAL” TENNIS RACKET IT'S A WONDER All Weights Fully Guaranteed $55.00 D. 1921 Tennis Balls, 50¢ o0e W. & i | | the question. President Harding throwing out the first ball. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, is seen at the right of the chief executive, and to his left are Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, Clark Grifith and George McBride. BLOW T0 DETROIT FANS Rain Prevents Record Crowd From Seeing Tigers and White Sox in Action. DETROIT. Mich., April 14.—Threat- ening clouds and cool weather greet- ed base ball enthusiasts here this morning, and gave anything but promise that the season’'s inaugural could be staged this afternoon. The Chicago White Sox and the Tigers, however, were prepared to open the race, unless play was entirely out of ed ®o pitch for Dutch” Leonard Dick Kerr was sl the visitors, and , was Manager Cobb's probable choice. There was great disappointment among the fans yesterday when rain | caused a postponement of the game. an opening_day They had planned new Tiger demonstration for the | manager. the like of which has never | | | 1 | { before been accorded the team. The local attendance record of 29,000, it was apparent, would have been broken under favorable weather con- ditiona. INDIANS OUTHIT BROWNS, BUT DROP GAME, 2 TO 4 ST. LOUIS. April 14—Lee Fohl's Browns made their five hits off Cove- leskie count heavily in the opening American League game here yester- day and downed the world champion Indians, 4 to 2. Despite their total of ten safeties, the Clevelanders did not score off Shocker unti] the ninth when they bunched three singles after Smith had hit for the circuit Sisler made a triple and double in four times up for the Browns. Stephenson, University of Alabama re- cruit subbing for Wambsganss, in- jured Indian second sacker, got two hits. Line-up: AB.H. 0. A. “St.Louis.AB. H. 0. A. ir 4 0 370 130 b3 110 0 143 £. 4 01 0 28 2 4200 J 030 L2 010 4243 013 4200 001 3151 080 1000 131 2002 0000 1000 0000 Totals....31 5 *Batted for Coveleskie in eighth. tRan for O'Nell in eighth, H L 3 5 ® ® ™ 0000000323 0103000 x4 Runs—Smith, Gardner, Tobin, Gerber, Sev- ereid and Shocker. Errors—Sewell (3). RUTH MAKES MORE HITS THAN ALL OF ATHLETICS NEW YORK, April 14.—Babe Ruth, home-run king. got a good start to- ward a great batling average yester- day, when the Yankees overwhelmed the Athletics, 11 to 1, in the American League inaugural. The swarthy slug- ger combed Perry and Hasty for five hits in five times up, his collection in- cluding two doubles and three singles. ‘Ward, used instead of Baker at third by the Yankees, clouted a homer and a single. All toid, the Yanks garnered eleven safeties for twenty- one bases, while Carl Mays granted but three blows. Only four Athletics reached first base. Line-up: ABH.OA. _N. AB.H.0.A. 4 0 273 Fewster, 104 .4 0 1 0 Peck'l 21 4 4 2 2 0 Rut 520 L4071 214 0 33122 000 3080 230 3021 223 2002 oo 2001 31 4 2003 1000 Totals.. 30~ 3 24 11 *Batted for Perry in re by innings: Philadelphia.... 0 0 0 io 2 03 Walker, Fewster, Peckinpaugi, Ruth, Pipp, Meusel,'Bodie, Ward (2), Schang 2), Error—Hasty. New York. 6 x—11 Runs—C. Jaay Another Pass for President. President Harding has received a gold pass for the games of the Wash- ington Colored Base Ball Association. The presentation was made at the White House yesterday by a delega- tion of prominent colored citizens headed by Judge Terrell of the Mu- nicipal Court. F ) s BasebEEEsses PR S