El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-13
Bic LEAGUES OPEN THE SEASON;
SOME FEDERAL STARS LOOM Up
Bobby Groom Pitches Great Game For Browns and Nc
Cornell Wins For Cubs; Kauff Fails to Star; Both
1915 Champions Win; Walter Johnson Twirls
Grand Ball and Senators Defeat Yanks.

ECORD crowds attended the open
ing Of the big league baseball
~ season in eight cities on Wednes-
DAY afternoon and the American ma
tonal game is away to a good start on
what promises TO be the most success
ful season in the history OF the sport
The various teams didn't play exact
y according to the dope on Wednes-
day, but il wouldn't have been base
ball II they had. The fans had an idea
that iris Speaker was a whole team
but he couldn't win for the Indians over
the Browns because Bobby Groom, an
ex-Federal Finger, was mighty stingy
with the hits he allowed Fohrs team
sIuEgers Didn't Slug.
An then the Yankees. with their high
priced sluggers. Magee and Baker,
failed to win from the Senators. But
they have Walter johnson to blame for
that The great Senator pitcher was at
his best and he had some great sup
port in the batting line from Morgan.
II took IL Innings, however, to decide
this game, the only one which went
over the regulation distance.
Anderson, who was a Federal league
star with Buffalo. was hit hard In his
first two innings as a Giant finger and
was replaced by Stroud, who did badly
in the final inning and enabled the
Phillies 70 put over the winning run.
We FIND no mention Of Benny Kauff
breaking any fences but then Alexan-
der was pitching. which may have had
something to do with the sensations
failure to star.
Braves, 81 Dodgers, 1.
- The Braves beat the Dodgers in the
opening game Of the National league
season at Brooklyn, 8 TO ]. A large
crowd witnessed the contest despite the
cold weather. President John X Tener.
secretary Heidler and Barney Dreyfuss,
Of the Pittsburg club. were among the
spectators. Timely hitting won for the
Braves, Magee being especially prom
inent at the bat Rudolph was invinci-
BILE except in the fourth inning, when
the Superbas punched double and two
singles for the only run. Rudolph
famed four and Cheney five.
PhuIiez. .; Giants, 4.
Bad pitching by stroud in the ninth
inning gave the Phillies the victory
over the Giants in the opening game OF
the season at Philadelphia, 5 70 4. With
two out in the home teams half Of the
ninth and the score tied, Stroud gave
stock a base on balls. The latter stole
second. and advanced TO the plate on
two Wild pitches by Stroud, ending the
game A home run by MerlSle was a
feature.
Cubs, :; Reds. !.
Toney's wildness coupled with ragged
fielding by the Reds at critical times,
and some exceptionally timely hitting
by the Cubs. enabled the Cubs to win
the opener at Cincinnati by a score or
to / before a crowd that filled every
available seat at Redland field and
overflowed into the outfield-
Cardinals. p Pirates, I.
The Cardinals defeated Pittsburg in
the opening game Of the season ut st.
Louis in a pitchers battle between
DOak and Kantlehner. by a score OF
10 l. Errors were responsible for the
runs made on both sides. The winning
run came in st. Louis's half of the
ninth. Long popped to Schultz: Bethel
singled. stole second, went to third
when Wilson threw wild over second,
and scored on the squeeze play, Horns