The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-22
Giants and Red Sox Lead
Majors With Clean States
Sixteen Games Postponed in Two Leagues Account of
Unfavorable Weather-Athetics Show Mid
season Form and Lose All

New York, April 21.-New York, 1917
champions of the National league. and
Boston, runner-up last year in the
American league, went to the fore
with clean records in their respective
leagues in the opening week of the
1918 major league baseball season.
which was marred by unfavorable
weather Twenty games were
played and 16 postponed. The Giants
took three straight from Brooklyn and
one from Boston, and the Red Sox
scored three victories each over Phila-
delphia and New York.
The National league champions found
Marquard easy on opening day: The
Superbas fought hard throughout the
series however. batting out Tesreau
and Demaree after their rival Bor-
ough players had commanding lead.
but were stopped by Anderson and
Sallee. Jess Barnes, in his debut,
blanked Brooklyn Wednesday, and AM
derson shut out Boston with six hits
Saturday.
Philadelphia took the opening game
from Boston, but was overwhelmed
Wednesday, IA to 2, when Herzog
Joined the Braves. The deciding game
of the series Friday went to 10 innings
before the Quakers won. Moran's men
batted Marquard hard in Saturday.
game with Brooklyn, the southpaw's
second defeat of the week.
Schneider of Cincinnati held Pitts
burg to one hit last Tuesday, but next
day the Pirates scored seven runs in
one inning OFF Regain. Mathewson's
men took the rubber Thursday by a
sensational ninth inning rally
st. Louis pounded Alexander for nine
hits, totaling II bases, in the opener
with Chicago. Vaughan pitched the
Cubs to victory Thursday. Bad wealth
err interfered with both teams during
the week. Today, with Alexander in
| the box, Chicago defeated Cincinnati
while cold weather caused st. Louis
and Pittsburg to rest. There were only
two games scheduled.
POOR ATHLETES
| In the American league Boston beat
Philadelphia three times. Ruth dis.
posed Of the Athletics with four hits
in the opener Mays blanked then
| with one hit, and when Leonard weak.
ened toward the end of his game, hi.
teamamtes came through with a nintl
| inning rally. Friday the Red So,
made holiday by taking two game.
| from New York. Bush held the Yam
| KEGS to four hits in the morning ant
errors lost the afternoon contest fol
| New York. Mays scored his second
| victory of the week over New York
| Saturday.
| Cleveland played only two games ant
won both. Covaleskie pitched the In
dinas to victory over Detroit in a de,
layed opening game Thursday, ant
4 Morton defeated st Louis Saturday
Washington broke even in it's foul
games. Johnson was ineffectiv,
against New York. losing the opening
game, and being charged with another
defeat Wednesday, Greg of Philadel
phia held Washinton to three hits Fri
! day, but the Senators put across tn,
only tally of the game.
| ST. Louis and Chicago divided tw'
| games, the Browns hammering CT
cote and Faber on Tuesday. Williams
held st. Louis to four scattered h4
and no runs Thursday.
| Rain today again prevented Chicag
and Detroit from playing, and St. Loui
outslugged Cleveland. each team us