Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-19
THAT'S THE W-A-A-YP
THE BALL SEASON OPENS AUsPICloUsLY.
The Attendance Was Very Large-No Game at Boston-New York Loses to Brook
 lyn-Louisville Starts a Winner.

Washington, April 1S.-The formal opening of the championship season of the National League and American Asso- citation of Baseball Clubs today was one of surprises. Some of these surprises were gratifying in their effects, while others were sad in the disappontments. The one of these which filled the hearts of the baseball magnates with joy was when they learned from the five league cities where games were played the at tendance figures. It seems scarcely pos sible, yet is none the less true, that morei than 10000 persons paid admission to five baseball games this afternoon The smallest crowd1,was at Louisville, who played Pittsburg, to which game there was very near to 5000 admissions, and in the other four cities the figures reached upwards until they found their climax in the attendance at New York, where 25,- GOO people thronged the Polo grounds to witness the first struggle of the season between those old time rivals, the Giants and the So-called BrldegroomS rom Brooklyn.
 That these figures are a most success ful sign of the season in the history Of the national game' none will deny. Therefore the club owners are happy; and small wonder It seems too bad that the Bostons could not have opened their season on the same day, so as to swell the grand total However, today being a holiday in the Old Bay state, and as the Senators always put up stiff game against the Been Eaters, there will be a crowd at the opening game in that city tomorrow which will be qualification to all true friends of the game.
 The disappointing features of the sea- son are confined to the cities of New York, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Cleveland and St. Louis. The teams of these five cities lost the games they played This disappointment will most surely be short lived, however, for these five teams are recognized as among the strongest in playing strength, and as soon as they win a game or two their friends will readily forgive and forget all about their first fall down." In the seven other league cities these defeats of the five strong teams will cause no sorrow, for it will take a somewhat longer time for these to forge to the front and in the meantime the interest will be bobbing about in the neighborhood of what is known as the intense state of the game.
 No Game.
 Boston, April 1S.-The Boston and Washington baseball clubs were origi- nally scheduled to open the league season today in Washington, but as today was holiday here the game was changed till tomorrow. These two clubs will open the season here tomorrow.
 At New York RH E New York ........0 O2OO2-4 ' 2 Brooklyn ...........2 0 1 0 0 0 IT 13 2 Batteries-Rusie and Farrell; Kennedy and Grim Called on account of dark ness
 At Baltimore R H P Baltimore .......0 0 1 0 0 0 0-6 1 Philadelphia ....0 0 0 0 0 o 0 2 5-7 IS 2 Batteries-Esper and Robinson; Taylor and Clements
 At Louisville H R D Louisville ......I o 0 o 6 2 O-11 8 Pittsburg ........0 O 1 0 0-2 8 Batteries-Inks and Welch; Kelder, Hart and Knslow.
 At Cincinnati RH D E Cincinnati ......1 o 8 o 1 4 Ox-10 13 3 Cleveland .......1 0 0 o 0 3 O. 8 13 Batteries-Dwyer, Parrott and Merritt; Sullivan and Zimmer.
 At St. Louis H R E St. Louis. ......0 1 1 0 8 0 2-71 10 2 Chicago ..........1 0 2 o 4 0 o 0 3-10 12 Batteries-Breitenstein and Peitz; Grif- fifth and Kittridge.