New-York tribune., 1906-04-13
BROOKLYN BEGINS BADLY
T7celUe Thousand Fans See Boston
WalIop the Superbas.

Brooklyn and New York fandom turned out In
force yesterday the white suited Superbas
win their first league game of the season. but the
enthusiastic Brooklynites doomed to disap
pointment, for when the game ended the gray suit
ed men from Boston had won by a score of to O.
The of the famous Young Cy'' Young
proved too much for the opposing team TO solve.
while a slashing home run by Bates. of Boston,
gave his team the run needed
At least 1900 persons found their way to Wash
ington Park to the game and welcome the
opening OF the National League season. Long be-
fore the gates were opened they began to gather
at the doors and pound for admission. At 80
o'clock President Ebbets ordered the gates thrown
open, and from then until the game began they
pouring into the bleachers and grandstand.
BY the time the game called there not
seat vacant. and the late corners had 10 line up
along the back of the stand
A strong west wind blew down over the field and
kept the flags waving and made overcoat COM
Portable. In a prominent seat in the front row was
a small boy with broad smile, bag of peanuts
and baseball vocabulary, almost big as himself.
Beside him was his grandfather whose teeth were
a little old for peanuts. but whose smile was Just
as broad Baseball is a game for young and old
and middle-aged, and all were there.
Some of those that did have the money to
get into the park found the overlooking roof of
holse convenient; others roasted on the fence be-
hind centrefeld while the tenants of large fiat
house the field derived considerable revenue
by renting out the windows to some of their neigh
bors from the other side of town.
While waiting for the game to begin the 23d Regi-
ment band played popular airs while some of the
spectators amused themselves by singing and
cheering. One feature that caused considerable
amusement the printing the sign board,
which announced that the Empires would be
Young and Conway. Young did effectual work in
the box, but had nothing do with the "empiring"
or umpiring either Emslie and Conway were the
officials.
Promptly at O'Clock the two teams headed by
the band lined up in centrefeld for the parade With
quick steps they marched to the front of the grand
stand where the crowd arose and greeted them with
a big cheer. Not wasting any time, the whole
twenty-four men seized hold of long rope that ran
through the home plate and the pitchers box AS
they pulled large new American flag slowly
furled itself above the roof of the grandstand Ihe
people beneath stood with barred heads while the
band played softly The Star Spangled Banner. AS
the strains died away another big cheer Went up
and then everybody settled down TO watch the pre-
liminary practice.
BOSTON took the field first for fifteen minutes. and
then another cry from the crowd announced that
the superbas were taking their places. Both teams
showed speed in the warming up practice that
nronised we'll for the game TO follow
At 3:90 O'Clock Emslie. the umpire, stepped out
on the field and Joseph N. Laurence. Superintend-
ent of Buildings and Offices in the Borough OF
Brooklyn tossed him cut a brand new ball. The
umpire stepped behind the plate and called 'flaay ay
BALI" Goode stepped to the bat ana the long hght
for the pennant was on, McIntyre pitched the
foul that went into the rightield bleachers The
bali never came back. Then Mcintyre sent three
more wide ones and Goode took his base. He
never got any further, for he was forced on
Tenny'S srounder to Hummen Ienny was out
stealing second and Dolan famed
From then on It battle OF the pitchers In
which the Boston man came off victorious He al
lowed only one hit in the entire game. That was =
two-bagger which Lumley drove along the third
base line. - - g..
Bates's long drive TO centre gave Boston her 1rst
rln The second came in the ninth inning. Brain
GOT base on balls but hit by Bates sent him to
second and he galloped home when Mcintyre missed
Bridwels grOunder. ,,. -
Afaloney, Of Brooklyn, distinguished himself py
getting a couple of long flies after hard runs NC
Tptyre struck out ten men. The score follows: