The evening world., 1914-04-15
WIN Three Of lie Four Teams
Opening With Victories, New
York Seems Well Planted on
the Baseball Map This Year.

are entitled TO . share Of the credit.
II tAsy 20 along as well AZ they have
started they'll draw as big = crowd
- any team when they open the new
ban park. From the scores in the
FEDERAL League to date II looks very
mueh - II the newcomers are play
inc major league ball.
twas . queer sort Of an opening
for the two championship teams.
0iaats losing by 10-1 and Athletics
By -. But. a. we say on our bowl
iag alley. Lucky D." A poor start
ofoso brings . good finish.
NNE Of the most interesting
~ things about yesterdays game
In the Polo Grounds. TO me. was
~ line Of conversation directed at
Manager Frank Chance when the
Hlghlaodsrs were well IN the lead
asa surely winning and the Athletics
W9o muahng everything and hitting
Into the sky.
-oood boy. Chance: you're the
sAaapr'
Hey. Frank. you're there this
sob. Frank. have q heart"
i Wa frank" all along the line.
. a91 evefy fan trying to get In IA
W0oqP remark. No doubt some Of
t1oaA DaSt :eight. were sayinS TO their
a1moS1ng friends: "As I said TO
ynak Chance to-day. Frank, ! think
200 havo . good chance TO get the
eeanant. Old boy. you've got some
toeA THE year,"
Aew different II was last year!
IT, weren't calling him frank"
nNErTY cold weather for base
bah. A whole lot OF people and
whole lot OF remarks to the
e0sct that the First Of May was Just
aboat ~ right time to start . base
han ssasoa IN this climate.
Tsll that TO the maguates. Seventy
thousand baseball fans saw the four
New York and Brooklyn teams In
action yesterday. Seventy thousand
0poCtators bring quite neat little
Pile OF money to the various box Of
Aces.
TACK DOU0HERTY wires us this
important piece Of sporting news
= from Pittsburgh: Mccoy pack
taG the house at every performance.
--D0U0HERTY."
0ougharty fails to tell whether
Mccoy II knocking EN- OF their
ssa4s'' or not. Battling Nelson, Jim
Cogeott, Young Corbett, Jack O'Brlen
al the other real actors never
a ss;d|,';S: a. :;s'RIp'''ns us with this
WGader u Mccoy Is "sprlnging q
1eoologus" yet? He ought to be
49, 70 cay something with a punch
0UesttoR: Who's the GUY pho put
t$s esy IN 1cCoys
TACK JOHNSON In to have a new
trial, the Court OF Appeals hav-
m reversed the decision OF the
bowsr court. under which johnson
was ssntsaced to pay a fns OF 81, 900
anA spend . year In jail.
Although johnson IL not q sweet
sooatsd violet In matters of morality.
vsey few people ever believed that he
was rightfully convicted on the
charge brought against him. lie waz
70 . certain extent the victim OF pop
uiaS ciamor. He did other things
that were far from sstimabie. and
nobody wished him an overburdening
smesnt Of good luck whom he was In
Amer Ill Johnson doesn't deserve
all ~ blame that has been heaped up
on him. He was q big, uneducated
ao0gA living from hand to mouth fol-
Ta0rA lucked about the boxing clubs
and compelied to fake and frame
holes In order to get any bouts at all
Thsn came the chance with Tommy
Burns, and an unexpected opportunit,
e eeess the heavyweight title. fol-
Burns didn't make him fake.
H beat Burns. then was given q
ehanDe against Jeffries. who wal
1gaGDod out Of Q six-year retirement
70 - him. The outcome Of all thii
No. Q gPeat fortune tossed into John
ooob hands. In few months he be
oamA. iastead Of q wandering pugilist
. World'e champion with over [
hunlyed thousand dollars In the bank
- many racing autos ~ he wanted
ana Q Tremendously hattertng powe
20 aotrsat attention wherever he went
IT. little wonder that all this turne,
The unlettered negro's head. and tina
Johnoon made q fool Of himself Il
many weys- Better men than Johnso
ni0tt have Gone the same thing. an
without attracting q tenth Of the at
tsettou that was centred on his ssca
3 = doubtful that Johnson win re
tNUn 70 this country to stand trii
A8z1A. even though he may feel gu.
q ao4uittal. Until he escaped I
Fronce he was constantly In III
hAo1e Of those who took his none
aWo0 on every sort of q pretens
Nov. In Europe. he 10 living the cas-
life an1 ~ can make ~ much none
ott1er boxing or showing as he eve
Hn6s1B Anasisa.