The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-15
ny WILLIAM n. HANNA.

the Giants. for their part, wrenched
the baseball pennant season open yes
ierday with violence which was highly
productive From club which made
poor showing In the training season
they changed suddenly to a devastating
force in the first game OF the champion
ship race and laid waste the esteemed
Broohlyns. The ambitious Dodgers were
shattered at the Polo Grounds by a
score of Is to 3.
This severe drubbng-it. severity
hasn't been psralleled often on an OPEN
ing day--came with wholly unexpected
show OF strength by the Giants. hitting
strength which caused two Brooklyn
pitchers TO be released TO the bench in
no course of the game and a third TO
have To- submit to punishment before the
massacre Of the Brooklyns was over.
From an indifferent training season rec
ord the Giants burst into the actual
lighting a team transformed. They
played as n they had been concen-
rating their vim and spirit for this par
ocular occasion. for they had more of
riod combined and jumped away from
Tho Brooklyns the moment they got the
word to slip the leash,
Pessimists Prove Poor Prophets.
There were close to 1000 persons at
the Polo Grounds to see this National
League opening. Much pessimism has
neen about regarding the prosperity OF
his year IN baseball, but so far as the
first day in this city was concerned New
York made an impressive effort To dissi-
pate pessllnlsm. The attendance was
larger than last years, larger by a
fourth or 80. Whatever the rest of the
season may bring forth there was fully
as much enthusiasm per capita AS in sea-
sons past, FOR which conditions may have
been regarded as more propitous.
II was a one sided game and one
which as a combat had its interest eX-
tracted early because of the big lead
which the Giants established but inter
est in the players and in the plays was
up To previous openings in kecnnese
There was no apathy on the part of the
public at the start. Cheers for Mciraw
and Matty and Wheat and Robbie were
as spontaneous and volumnous as at
any other launching. and the roars
which greeted exciting action we're the
same old roars-with the throttes of the
throat wide open. SO much for Man
hattan's part in the seasons beginning
Three Brooklyn pitchers were unap
TO check the undated smuggling of the
Giants. These pitchers may or may not
have been In the best of ehape-if they
were they We're soon knocked out of
shape. The Giants struck "A swift stride
for their getaway. They splintered tine
Brooklyn pitching for eighteen hits. and
that is onsiderable handful for an April
I.taN las.N.
the eighteen hits and seven two baggers.
Two baggeB grew on nearly every
Giants bat The home run sprang full
panoplied from Fletcher's bat Two of
the two baggers were made by Larry
Doyle. Larry, laggard in 1914 with
the bat, went berserk at the 1915 open
ing and strung five solid hits across the
afternoon.
Great Day GinRers Up Giants.
Others who hour1shed extensively as
batters during the sun bathed afternoon
were Snodgrass l.obert, Fletcher and
Meyers. Tho Giants haven't had pref
or day since they foregathered in Mar
lin Al March's bleak beginning. Per
haps they were waiting for such
weather little OF which did they expert
"ncc At their training camp. II wasn't
deal baseball weather In warmth, hut a
fine day, and with the players less
cognizdut of the chilly tinge to the ali
than IN" spec tutOiS
Mayor Mitchell made the hest throw
..-,sr made by dlgnitary hurting out
I've H"w bali It wasn't his frst effort
~ nat function, ana Ma has benefited
by praHtire, As n new bail hurler TIA,
Now York Mayor leads nud others fol
low, From his box back OF the Giants
bench he Tipped tho ball straight TO Ties,
reaai aud with something more on II
man the Toner signature. Very good
r Johnny very good
Another who had sonnet hing on tn.
hall was JEFF Tosreau. whose name /,
Charles. He was Just as effective Al
JEFF PiefIer, whose name is Ed. waa not