The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-12
OPENING CROWD ALL
RIGHT; CONTEST NOT
r. B. Ward Is Disappointed by
Defeat of Tip Tops in
First Home Game.
OVER $1,000 TAKE IT IN
Two Walks Off SpatOn in First
Develop Into Only Runs Of
DaN-Camnitz Tight.


opinion of President Robert v ward, one
Of the rare species Of baseball magnate
who puts principle before pelf While
more than fifteen thousand enthusiasts
were on hard to swell the Golfers of the
energetic Tip TOP boosters tho tailend
Pttsburg club handed the Brookfeds
coat OF whitewash on their inaugural home
appearance, and despite the cunning arm
of the great Tom Seaton won out by
score of . to q
Outside the sad circumstance Of All un-
favorable getsway--and that Of course
only when viewed from strictly local
standpont--the dedication of the new
steel and concrete plant of the Ward
brothers at the old home Of the Brooklyn
Nationals was indeed most tremendous
success. The welcome afforded the new
outlaw cause compared favorably with
the earlier greetings Of the greater city
20 both the New Yorks and the champion
Giants. Whether the effervescence was
due principally 70 idle curiosity remains
for the future to unravel.
II was an opening. though. of which
the Federal League may we'll be proud.
One should not Judge summer they say,
by one swallow. Neither should the merit
Of a baseball league be determined in one
game. Yesterdays play was garnished
here and there by extreme excellence. II
was not on the whole of that high type of
competition which the general public has
leagues. But one often will see much
worse baseball in the most refined circles
OF the great organization.
Certainly the Ward brothers surprised
their patrons with the magniticence, COM
fort and equipment Of the new home of
the Tip Tops. Not one detail either IN
construction or management was over
looked The expected crush did not ma
terialize to test the resources of special
police, but these interstate military men
bore their spick and span uniforms a.
grandlc as the newly arrayed ushers
and venders--or the Pittsburg Rebels. for
that matter. The only discordant not.
TO the harmony Of uniform was presented
by Bars military band 1t cannot af-
ford to buy new uniforms every tim,
y plays. The French hussar effect OF
its regalia would have been tho last
word in harmony had the gold braided
vestments been as spotloss as those so
conspicuously surrounding the music
makers. The band. however. confined its
discord to uniform; the music was sub
dued but faultless.
The ceremonies were confined to "A nag
raising and a parade Of the two teams
around and across the field Of play. The
Brooklyn team behind tho band and
three officers of the Interstate Military
Police bore Old Glory to the gigantic
steel flagstaff in centre field where
the colors were set ~ half mast in honor
OF the valiant dead from Vera Cruz
President James \. Gilmore nanked q,
either side by Robert l. and George c
Ward. with Ed Hanlon. Borough Presi.
dent POUNDS and one other less illustrious
10 lame, poined in the limo Of march Il
was the little band Of Federal League
promoters that hoisted the silken colo,e
Ihen Borough President Pounds stepped
INTO the pitchers box. actually broke 4
hnarp curve across the plate to Land
and the Federal League season of Iali