Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-14
GOSSIP OF THE OPENING

He OPENING
I the field with both teams at his heels
Apparently the jumps had had real eXper-
fence at officiating, because he certainly
did run.
The Rotary and Lions Clubs we're espe-
cially prominent. The Rotary used huge
! imitation baseball ms its feature and when
! ii was opened numerous toy balloons
| airing the slogan, Rotary Backs Jack,
| We're released and they soon were hoat'
| ing in the direction OF the Speedway. A
| large expensive floral baseball design
/ was also brought forth from the imlta
| ton baseball and presented b Manager
Hendricks amid the clicking OF cameras
and the applause OF thousands
| l.. Strauss & Company presented a
! beautiful horseshoe floral design TO
Hendricks and the team and Jack imme-
/ diately draped Il around his neck
The Lions club gave Inhelder Douglas
| Baird a be rlbboned bat, and later the
club sent its banner to the winds at
tached to q cluster Of colored balloons.
Manager Clarence Rowland of the Co
| lumbus team was not forgotten in the dis
! tributlOn Of flowers and he was called
| from the dug-out 20 receive a fine bou-
quet from Gus Showalter and II. {. Bar
ringer former residents Of Columbus,
who have turned HOosier boosters, but
not without kindly feeling toward the
Ohio capital
Members Of the A1trusa Club a WON
en- organization, presented basket OF
flowers to Governor MCCray. Buried In
Il was the ball That was to start the
game. The Governor then tossed the
! sphere to Mayor Jewett who demon
strated his college baseball training by
! shkpting over a fact one for perfecJ
The rag raising preceding the game
was In charge OF a squad Of marines from
the local recruiting station. Players. ma
rines, club officials and boosters marched
to and from the flag pole. While the uag
was being drawn to its place. the banu
played "rbe Star Spanged Banner" and
the crowd quickly arose 10 its feet and all
hats were doffed.
Judges OF the decorated car competition
of the parade were r. G.. Mcclure aud
Mrs Otto Abels. These trophies were
awarded to Or. Mary Westphau and MT
Renchen.
First parade prize for membership was
won by the Rotary club. with a score OF
1925. The American Club captured sec
ond honors.
II any one did not have his ill Of fun
1t was his own fault. There was enter
taiument to go around double.
Owner Smith had a busy and pleasant
day. He didn't miss a thing and was
found In every squad OF marchers dur
ing the ceremonies at the park he was
overwhelmed by the grand turnout and
enthu Sasm. and said he would not trade
places with any OF the big league own
ers. They don't even approach this. Kind
of loyalty and enthusiasm any place IN
the country" he said
The Indians felt they simply had to
win to show their true blue appreciation
Of the cty's interest In their work, and
no group anywhere was happier than
the team when Sticking sent the winning
run home in the ninth.
Hits into the crowd in deep left field
went for two bases under the ground
rules Her8og and RehS had the range
! In that direction and forced the fans out
of their chairs by their long drives.
with visiting runners on third and
first and only one out in the third frame,
| a hasby double play. Sticking to Schneider
to Covington, snufed out the Columbus
| hopes
RUDE Lutzke handled the situation at
third base In a capable manner.
In addition to hitting the ball hard,
Rehg covered left field in big league
style.
Danfor6th struck out ten batsmen. He's
hard to beat when~i form, but it would
have taken Mathewson in his primo to
have stopped the Indians yesterday
/ Catcher Dick Gossett and Shortstop
Pechous of the Senators had a run-in
Il
Their run-in was excusable because OF
the tenseness OF the situation before the
screaming crowd. DEBATE took Pechous'
place In the Senator lineup and Dixon
went behind the bat for the Indians. 1t
was GOssett's first time to be banished
from a game in his long career.
| Pug Cavet was awarded the valuable
gold watch donated by Leo Krauss to the
/ Indianapolis player doing the most eff
! fective work in the game In six of the
nine innings Cavet did not permit a Sen
ator to reach frst base and bGA for a
| bad throw behind him he probably would
have made it a shut-out Cavet drilled
in q willing manner throughout the train
| ing trip and his mates were happy ia
see him crowned with the opening day
victory. There were other Tribe stars
of course. particularly Rehg, Sticking and
| COvington, but there was only one watch
1t was a splendid gift by Mr. Krauss
and the reward was greatly appreciated
by Cavet and all the other players.
Though not tho fault of the ball park
officials q number of fans who partici-
pated in the parade found their seats oc-
cupied when they reached the park. The
seats were rushed by others despite the
protests of the ushers, and itAWas beyond
the power Of the secretary ~ keep some
of the reservations for the proper per
sons. However, nearly every one was
satisfied after the game got under way
Thomas J. Hickey, president Of the
American Association, selected Indian
apolis as the proper place to witness an
opening day game and he was present
in the parade and at the ceremonies and
game. He spoke in glowing terms OF
the Hoosier enthusiasm and attendance
and predicted that the city and league
would enjoy a record season. There
were three other. A. A. openings SEIZED
uled yesterday, but Hickey picked In
dianapolis. Wise old Toni
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