The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-16
|HUCCINS' men
TAKE OPENER
$4,000 Fans Witness Get
away Tilt at Washington
Red Sox Win.

April 1O 4ulIl60u a
thousand fans gave American League
baseball a great opening in this city
this afternoon despite the absence of
President Wilson, who had been ex-
pected to throw in the first ball of
the season. The President could not
attend, as usual, and Louis Brownlow,
District Commissioner, took his place.
There was plenty of patriotic en-
thusiasm everywhere, and it came to
climax when a great American flag
was raised while band played THE
Star Spangled Banner and the play
ers, in military formation stood with
heads barred.
There was an grafton in support of
the Liberty Loan, and then a huge
Caproni biplane flew over the field
dropping miniature Liberty Bells
while the spectators cheered Justify.
The attendance and temper of the
audience made it apparent that the
Washington public wants baseball
despite the war spirit, which is no.
where so pronounced as here. Uni
forms were everywhere and officers
and men enjoyed the contest keenly
AS far as the baseball part of the
program is concerned the Yankees
won because Walter Johnson, the
Senator's mainstay, had bad day
and bad days are scarce with him.
He was found for II healthy hits by
the New Workers and gave five bases
on balls, something altogether I'M
usual.
Frank Baker, Walter Pipp and Ell
mer Miller were the heroes of the
I
in three runs with two lusty hits,
and Miller had three safe drives, one
of which was turned into a run.
The Yankees f1elded f1awlessIy,
while the Senator'S work was marred
by two misplays, both of which fig
ured in the run getting. Higgins had
his men on their toes throughout,
and his team looks much better than
any Yankee team seen here in years.
Higgins surpriser the fans by hold
ing out Ray Caldwell, his big right
handler, and sending George Mogridge
to the firing line. 1t was explained
that Caldwell has not had enough
work. He pitched only five innings
in the eight-game series with the Bos-
ton Braves, and the bad weather of
last week kept him from rounding to
form. Mogridge pitched well until
the fourth inning, when a rally by the
Senators drove him to cover, and AL
len Russell finished the game. Russ"
was wild, but the Senators got but
one hit in the five and one-third in
| nings he was on the mound.
The Yankees went to scoring in the
| first inning, the great Walter having
no terrors for them. Gilhooley rolled
| out, johnson to Judge, but Miller
| singled past Foster, raft flied to Shot
| ton for the second out. Walter Pipp
| beat out a slow roller to Morgan, and
two were on. Baker lined a single
yer second, scoring Miller, and when
Foster fumbled Bodies rap Pipp scor-
ed. Peck ended the inning with a
grounder to Judge.
In the third Pratt dropped a Texas
Lacquer just out of Morgan's reach,
and Pipp singled to centre, stopping
at second. Baker singled t6 right,
Pratt scoring, and one a bad return by
Lavan Pipp also scored and Baker
took second. Bodie sacrificed, Baker
getting third, but Peck's attempt at
a sacrifice fly was too weak and Frank.
stuck to third. Hannah popped to
Foster.
The fourth was the Senators big
inning. With Foster out, Milan walked,
Shanks singled to centre and Judge
to left, filling the bases. Morgan hit
to Mogridge and Milan was forced
at the plate. Lavan scratched a hit
through the box, scoring Shanks.
Then Ainsworth shot a single to left,
sending in Judge and Morgan, and
took second on the throw in. That
blow took Mogridge out of the game.
Russell walked johnson, filling the
bases again, but Haitian went out,
Pratt to Pipp.
The Yanks' last runs were manu-
featured in the eighth by Hannah,
GilhoIiey and Miller, and the Sena-
| tors were never dangerouS