New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
GIANTS FROLIC
TO VICTORY AS
BASEBALL BOOMS
play Havoc with Brooklyn
Team as Season Opens
Before Big Crowd.
MAYOR mitchell IN
HIS HAPPIEST MOOD
Throws Out First Ball, While
resreau. Doyle and Some of the
others Do the Necessary Rest.
r, HEYwOOD BROUN.

By REDWOOD BROUN.
Tho Giants are one full game ahead
-, The Braves. with only 10 3to so. In
=, unneutral press Of slien cities Nc
c,.v's men may be ranked all the way
,ovp TO fourth place, but as far as
Nav York papers 60 they took the lead
{, ,bs race when they defeated Brook
,,,nths Polo Grounds yesterday by 4
..,,. ~ is 20 8 in the opening game Of
-. National League season. The New
v,,t team seemed TO be ready, and so
"a the public, for more than $4,000
,,-,ons saw the struggle. Best Of all,
y. weather vas in the pink of pre-
psredness.
Under the strong sunlight there
,,ssmed a sign in deep left centre
r.;,b read: Buy The Tribune to-mOr-
-ow morning for the inside story of to-
s,v. game" The reader should get
n. penny back. There was no inside
.. tho game. and If there had been
,,-rv Dovle would have knocked it out.
r,rry made 1--WE hits in five times up
,,d his teammates added thirteen
more.
Tesreau a Power in the Box
I, vas good hitting even against
Brooklyn pitching.
Jeff Tesreau was batted safely only
~ times. Unlike Matty, jeff has o
,bilitv 10 le, up. Sometimes he pitches
s,rd. and then again he pitches harder
The bigger his lead the better ne
otebed. and 20 the closing innings ne
vas at hrs best. for Of the last SIX
men vino faced him three struck out.
little while ago we read base
Bsl ESSAY by Simeon Strunsky. and we
had intended 60 steal and paraphrase
one Of hi. cu.cnces for the crisis OF
ne game We had planned to say: "He
Boo,ed tho entire strength Of his 1.-the,
magnificent body through his light ann
n'o the ball
Tesresu'- pitching is wet enough TO
.gstify -he rsc of "DOur." but there are
o'ber reasons why it would be lmpos-
sble 10 -ay anything like that and get
away with it A great pitcher IS Jef,
brt there +, nothing in his work 10 IN
spire fine phrases. lie has good spit
ban. BAT ho lacks romance. Worst or
al there was no crisis.
resresu was scored on'in only one
inning and those runs came after two
we're out. FNcept for a tumble BY
Fletcher he light have pitched a shut
ol'
Mayor Throws Out Bail.
Nsyor Mitchell threw the first ball,
but the second. third, fourth and sue
eeeding ones were pitched by Icsreau,
vho did much better than the city's
executive. JEFF used slippery elm, but
,he Mayor nut nothing on the ball.
Richard Kiusella. the scout, watched
Mr. Mitchcl closely and complained
hat he clipped his swing Of at the
elbow
The Mayor is q highlander. which
Is about all that can be said for his
pitching. Any one Of the three players
whom Wilbert Robinson sent TO the
mound could do "a well.
At that McGraw should buy couple
O. Brooklyn pitchers before gong
South next season They are great
things for batting practice.
IN Ceylor'S isle. according 70 the
hymn, "eyerv prospect pieases and only
man is vile Outside Ot the SuperDas
there was nothing much the matter
with the Polo Grounds yesterday.
Henry Fablau's tJrtle-back diamond,
which rs nine inches above sea level at
the highest point and less At the edges
i fine and green Harry Stevens's tur-
te-back peanut veLdcrs also are NICE
and white and the fence Is radiant "!th
new and instructive lgus.
Thus you may learn: "n 1914. Burns.
" T., caught 526 flies. Iangietoot
Grand Rapids. caught 0,0OOOOO.OOO.'
IN the old DAYS a man might Int one
home ruu and then retire on the va
nous premium given by advertisers
This year the slugger gets only soX,
unless he steers his drive true enough
% mt sign u deep left field where an
overland automobile awaits hlm.
When the game began there we're
about 25.000 persons present, but not
70 many when the long struggle came
70 an end. Bot though the game was
not Of the best. there was plenty OF
enthusiasm among the crowd. Matty'
Of course. Was checred as were the
other veterans. but Jim Thorpe re-
'eNed more applause than al tne
ohers. The home run is still the
snortest route TO the heart Of the ian,
and Jim's brand of Kill or cure slug
ghg is bound 10 be popular The play
sis did not get all the applause; not
ulle was reserved Tor the Mayor.
The 7th Regiment Band, when
played before the game. made a grave
enor in marching the Mayor IN Just
oeiore the beginning Of hostilities For
some reason or other the bandmaster
selected Scotch hornpipe instead OF
sone-step.
The Mayor paused before entering
ne stand and shook hands with Matty:
How are you playing these days
asked Mr. Mitchell
! can't seem 20 get putting right
answered the pitcher.
ny THIS time an iron ring Of camera
uen had been formed about the pair
sna pictures we're taken Of Mitchell
'nSklng hands with Matty, of Matty
MAKING hands with Mitchell, and so on
lIfough all the possible combinations.
Is said that being Mayor of New
sV'k cuts into mans time not lit-
-, out there must be some mistake
OOet that. Mr.. Mitchell waited TO sec
e 1isntS make all their sixteen runs,
~ lld he leave the park until the last
y me Superbss had been retired in
ninth inning.
IyOFne ~ a Rcrul4F