New-York tribune., 1903-05-01

= - soc nil have his dav'. was ignorant Of
-be Toe1-ervte Baseball Club. The adase. however
certainly applies 70 the way in which that CLUB
had its day yesterday II was the opening OF the
,1r,,e season on the home grounds. and the local
team won from Washington by a score Of to =
L indeed was glorious occasion not only IroIn
the point view Of the great NUMBERS OF once
roys and old rooters bat from that Of the hackers
II tbe 1ocal team II any one should say that the
national game is not once more popular he WouIo
probably be considered poor judge OF tlle orill
n baseball affairs. The small BOYS have peen III
he erzsp Of the baseball craze for some weeks,
and the grasp is becoming stronger every tune tle
1ooa1 baseball players make hit The popularity
Of baseball is easily proved by these same 4aus'
sSr year few OF them had more tnan one aunt OF
,,o1e who conveniently got sick and needed them
- nome when there professional oaSeoall
--,,a scheduled 10 ne played here. Now most oi
these hoys have many aunts and uncies whose
1hvsical condition is perpleXing because one uaS
thev are well and the next they are near dea'h
door When these considerete relatives are very
sick the boys are bent seeing game
There were no pumps among the floral decora-
tions on the grounds Devery. by his presence III
r1e Erandstan6. made amends for this oversight.
Politicians were there i'm force, and one Of the
-rosr conspfc15ous was Big Tom" Foley Of the
7-ou-+1 Ward Many looked with disgust at the
sandwich and lemonade men. The sandwich man man
reminded them OF the free lunch counter "hlch
vas far away. and the lemonade brigade brought
visions 81 them Of schooners Of beer. There were
enough diamonds the shirt I 1nts Of the polu-
,isrs "a start fair sized jewelry store 1hefe
are three kinds Of diamonds. II is said Whlch most
politicians know much about-the diamond mat
-Ji-rers the ace Of diamonds and the baseball
diamond
7. ms perfect cav for the sport The sun was
strong and q gentle breeze blew across the stand
i-5sr strong enough to make II cornfoTtaple- me
,5.,5 is NOT vet completed there being deep hoi-
fozr spao., on the broadway side in back OF hfst
- where the POND is Yet 10 be filed in Thls
hollow space Is about sixteenth OF the heio' anu
when il fs filed in the grounds VIII ne me laIseS'
50 randsoraest baseball grounds in the world
When hall vas hit in this space which IS seVeidl
80 5eener than the other part Of the field. II
counted for two bases The grandstanos were
,,;.71,lr roofs but seemed remarkable no" the
Grounds could have been put in such good conolton
for the oneains In less than a month ana d
,-,1< The diamond has been sodded, and was
great relief the glare Of the sunnakea olrt OF
the ou7feld The whole field VIII ne sooaeo as
60, sz r0ss5ble Outside the grounds the fakirs
----tarad in force and each spectator entered
r. grounds he received 4 small American flag
7 Ms bout S:25 2 m. when Bayne with his 69th
Regiment hand escorted the players onto tAe dla-
,r,r5 II was found necessary for the men to
5-ese a . hotel near by. as the clubs dressing
- have NOT vet been built When the men
,-r7,e marching on the field 70 the tune OF a pa
--io+i, song the spectators rose as II one anu
.,,7 ,lrrfl the band stopped playing The oecora-
-irs of flags and bunting Ola the STANDS ano oleach
=. .75a7 70 the impressive sight As on all open
Ing dsvs spectators brought horns and whistles
I'D IN the bleachers cowbells were numerous.
49,. ,he game was called there were fully fifteen
,l,,,,sa,d people present. remarkable numpeT.
,.gi5sr,rr that the rapid transit road will not be
-,1ere5 this season. and that the spectators hau
10 come on surface lines
:7-esi,7e7- Ban johnson Of the American League
I'D .,,a honor OF throwing the first ball me nome
- ,,-e5 themselves TO be a swift lot OF players
-. tho Ae5, work Of the Washington team was
slso good The most notable player 10 De nllSseu
- 50. local side vas Fultz. who. IL was announced
would play McfaTlai4d 'o0h HIS AN'
held il I'm G creditable way
The T,eyervites began their first inning by MAKING
one --,n Davis was first the bat but his nard
,i1 went 10 Robinson and he was put OUT al llisI
Keeler sent q hit 10 left ana got 10 Secoiu ol
F2z-au-s tumble McFarland's hit was caught p3
E7orsrsor7 Williams came next, and sent ont d
rg-o haceer. tallyng Keeler. Camel was me thl'u
man TO be car ught cut. In the second inning liie
local added another Tdn TO- 70 rs lesa Co1rtny
made 2 neat sacrifice Townsend y toIli9T
s- 5 T, us 1Eere the next two TO be put cut
,7-e r15rs were made In this inning the Deverytes
rCo-e5 two nor runs. Davis got 10 Irs on 4 nlSe
s,r6 1sc NcFSarland bunted but Davis was forced
thiTd by Drills quick {hro% 7 KeeIST Nc
Farlan5 tailed Cancels long ny CaSgHk p ~ -
Robinson. .CoTroys hgn hit was caught ny FNoo-
IN the seventh inning the local team. team made sEQ
nm Cougllin. hrst for Washington 10 fhe nt pal
m&Ge TSi nj fo courtney. forcing out Denont but
Coughiin tailed on 1he play SteG T so I3oS
irso2 fouled 70 camel For New-York Davis S ,a ana
h~eer walked 70 first CoIgnln vas i,ut & oIt ,,t mn
camel was hit and got TO first This MED me
a4d KeeIcr an6 courtney's hy vas handed nicely
hy Deiehaty In me me- eigaih Pg gof @ to rst on
Tnun by Davis and scored on Ryan's me MT Inc
xEw-YoRK WASHINGTON
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