The New York herald., 1922-04-13

expensive infield was not entirely SO
of an outfit reputed to be worth il
very wild heave by Art Nehf helped
Brooklyn Dodgers by the tight score
Mayor John f. Hylan was engaged
to furnish all the impressiveness pos
sible 1t was also expected that he
would throw the first ball into the box,
but while his Honor posed for several
pictures in the attitude of heavinb the
pill he did it for the pictures only. He
took several feet of Photographic
windup, which will be used later 70
foil the crime wave. But ths first ball
really was tossed out by Hank O'Day.
The Mayor. flanked by Charles A.
Stoneham and Judge Francis =. NC
Quade. paraded across the field just
prior to the signal for play. The pro-
cession moved from the center field gate
to field box. where .he Mayor was en-
throned during the game. AS the SER
ried ranks OF Hylan. Stoneham and NC
ouado passed up the field the band fur
nlshed the flourishes and ruffies awarded
to the burgomester by virtue of his rank
The whistling Of the lads in the bleacher
seats furnished an obliEato that gave
the martial fife and drum corps effect.
squire Sbbets Loses Dime.
Charles Hercules Ebbets. the good old
Squire of Flatbush was to have ap-
pearcd in the parade. He would nave
marched but for a rather tragic mlshap.
Just before the band signaled the star.
of the procession Mr.. Ebbets dropped
4 dime. The parade moved on while
inc for II Harry M.
Stevens helping in the hunt. The dime
has not vet been retrieved Mr.. Stevens
tried to console Mr.. Ebbets with the as
surance that some honest lad would nnd
the dime and restore 1t to its rightIui
owner. but the Squire remained just
trifle skeptical.
over 10000 turned out to see the
Giants open and get closed by the Dous-
crs, despite the fact that it was not quite
baseball weather While the mouse was
literally papered there were plenty OF
cash customers The multitude started
10 gather early and the place was hail
Allied when the Giants burst into the neid
and started TO practice. 1t was nearly
o'clock when they opened the gate lot
the auto trucks and Uncle Wiloert Hon,
inson rumbled heavily across the neIo
followed by the Dodgers
Tho crowd was composed largely oil
home folks. and was vociferously inter-
csted in the worlds champions. Wnen
/, looked like a ninta inning raliy tne
bowling of the customers shook Coo
s.an.s R,uff. But lust os it appeared as
though the Giants might pound their
wav through Dutch Ruether. the south
nav who used to roam the dill pickle
fields adjacent to Cincinnati, steadied
down and the Giants were stopped IN
their tracks.
II was close squeak for the Dodgers
that ninth. 1t was so nerve rackins
that the buckle OF the equator whicn
Wjlbert Robinson wears for belt
broke under the strain and several OF
the Brooklyn roo.ers bit chunks out oil
their seats.
The Giant hitting nonors must go TO
Meusel (variously called Irish or lsa-
dore MeuseD. who drove homer INTO
the right field stands and gave the
Giants their first run with the 1irst
homer Of the season. Bob Meusel OF
the Yanks. own brother to Irish or fsa-
dore. sat In the Pest Box with his wife
and watched the antics of the Giant
member Of the family with mild inter-
est. Bob Meusel Is brother exile OF
Babe Ruth. and having no place else to
20 sits in the Polo Grounds waiting his
restoration to citizenship in Organized
Baseball.
to bat at the Polish Grounds opening
and the first one was a ball for the in
formation Of those who are collecting
vital statistics. Andy High. the young
shortstop of the Dodgers, was the Sec
ond man ur and the first man to be hit
by a pitcher. Nehf hooked over a swift
one and 1t caromed off Highs head.
rolling toward third base. When High
realized that the ball had struck him
A. ycl.v .vtA xxfo~
the first man TO get base on balls
The crack on the head seemed to do
High so much good that Robbie is
thinking OF having all of his men
heaned from time to time. Beauty
Bancroft. the first man UP for the
Giants. slammed what looked like
a certain safe hit at High but the
shortstop whose pan had been caressed
by an incurve made an almost impos-
slble stop and threw the Beauty out at
the bag At this juncture the Dodger
nfield looked like a million dollars
while at other moments as the game
proceeded 1t looked like thirty cents.
First Double Play.
The first double play executed by the
Giants celebrated infield came in tho
second inning. Neis got his base on
balls. Schmandt reached first on the
first Offfcfal Safe hit at the POLO
Grounds. Raz De Berry poked one
over to Bancroft who passed the pill to
Rawlings who in turn passed It to
Long George Kelly and the loyal fol-
lowers Of the Giants gave vent to their
delight over performance which they
hope to witness frequently as the season
progresses.
The first error OF the season was
committed by Ivan Ivory Olson OF the
Dodgers. IL may not be the last The
first man hurled out of the Pest Box
was Tzzy Kaplan. That is to say II is
tho first time that he was hurled out
this year.
The first run came In the third in
ring and IL was scored by Uncle Wibert
Eobinson's nephews. Olson. the human
Billiard ball. got his base on balls and
was forced by Andy High. Johnston
lobbed what looked like the start OF a
conventional out toward Beauty Ban
croft. but the Beauty was standing with
his legs arched In imitation of Hans
Wagner or the Brooklyn Bridge and
the ball rolled so far into center field
that High reached taird and Johnston
reached first.
This nishap seemed TO get Nehf on
edge High was sncaking a little lead
off first when Nehf made left hancsed
-feave TO Kelly. Now Kelly is big
oaough target for anybody 10 shoot at.
hut Nehf missed him completely and
elc ball rolled over toward the box
where Mayor Hylan was impersonating
civic virtue and casting reproachfil
rlanccs at his neighbor. Sam Koenig.