The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-22
Two CLUBS END
FIRST week WITH
CLEAN RECORDS
1917 Champions Of National
and Red Sox Win All Games
Played.

New York. 1917 champion OF the Ma
tional League, and Boston. runner-up
last year in the American League,
went to the fore with clean record in
their respective leagues in the opening
week Of the 1918 major league baseball
season, which was marred by unfavor-
able weather Twenty-Seven games
were played and sixteen postponed.
The Giants took three straight from
Brooklyn and one from Boston, and
the Red Sox scored three victories
each over Philadelphia and New York.
The National League champions
found Marquard easy on opening day.
The SuperDas fought hard throughout
the series, however, batting out Tes-
reau and Demaree. after their rival
borough players had commanding
lead, but were stopped by Anderson
and Sallee. Jess Barnes, in his debut,
blanked Brooklyn Wednesday and An
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 ten in
nings before the Quakers scored the
extra run. Moran's men batted Mar
guard hard in Saturdays game with
Brooklyn, the southpaw's second de-
feat Of the week.
Schneider Has one-Hit Game.
Schneider. Cincinnati, held Pitts
burgh to one hit Tuesday. but the
Pirates turned the tables the next day
by scoring seven runs in one inning off
Reagan. Mathewson's men took the
rubber Thursday by a sensational
ninth inning rally, which netted four
needed runs.
ST. Louis pounded Alexander for
nine hits. totaling seventeen bases, in
the opener with Chicago. Vaughn
pitched the Cubs to victory Thursday.
Bad weather interfered with both
teams during the week. Yesterday.
with Alexander in the box. Chicago de-
feated Cincinnati, while cold weather
caused st. Louis and Pittsburgh to
rest.
In the American League Boston beat
Philadelphia three times. Ruth dis
posed of the Athletics with four hits
in the opener, Mays BANKED them with
one hit. and when Leonard weakened
W" tUt Gnu vi HIS 6dlIC IiiS tSdIli-
mates came through with ninth in
ming three-run rally that sent Connie
Mack away disappointed. Friday the
Red Sox made holiday by taking two
rames from New York. Bush held the
Yankees to four hits in the morning
end errors lost the afternoon contest
for New York. Mays scored his Sec
crd victory of the week over New Horn
Saturday.
Cleveland PLAYED only two games
ard won both. Coveleskie pitched the
indians to victory over Detroit in de-
laved opening game Thursday, and
Morton defeated St. Louis Saturday.
Washington broke even in its four
gam. Johnson was ineffective against
New York, losing the opening game
and being charged with defeat Wed
nesday, when he pitched the last four
innings of twelve-inning game. Mog-
ridge received credit for these vic
tories. although he was batted out in
the first game. Gregg of Philadelphia
held Washington to three hits Friday.
but the Senators put over the only
tally of the game.
Gregg Of Philadelphia held Weshing-
ton to three hits Friday, but the Sen
ators put over the only tally of the
game.
Split Fifty.Fifty.
st. Louis and Chicago divided two
games, the Browns hammering Row.
lands world series pair. Cicotte and
Faber on Tuesday. Williams held ST.
Louis to four scattered hits and no
runs Thursday. Rain yesterday again
prevented Chicago and Detroit from
playing, and ST. Louis outslugged
Cleveland. each team using three pitch
crS.
Detroit lost its only fame with Ty
Cobb absent because of illness. Phia-
delphia suffered four straight defeats,
three Of them by a one-run margin.
The batting of the New York Ameri-
can team for the week was remark
able. The Yankees made fifty-ni
hits for team average Of .2S6. Mas
sey of the Boston Nationals in six
times at bat Wednesday made four
singles and double: l.. Magree of
Cincinnati made three singles and two
doubles the same day in five times up.
Gedeon of the st. Louis Americans
made a triple. double and two singles
Tuesday The Chicago Americans
stole seven bases Thursday against St.
Louis.
The Weeks record in each league OF
games won and lost, with runs hits,
errors. men left on bases and runs
scored by opponents. including the
games of Saturday, April 20 is as fol-
lows: