San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16
Walter johnson Scores
10lst Shutout as Fea-
ture Performance.
BOSTON SCARES YANKS
Ekmlse Blanks Champs Un-
til Ninth-Big Favor
ties Show Up Well. 4

greatest outdoor spectacle-the 1924
baseball reyue-was presented amid
typical settings yesterday while nearly
q quarter million spectators appl1uded
the efforts of old stars and new.
President Coolidge performed one
of the most pleasant duties of the
Chief Executive by "chucking it over
the pan" at Washington. He so i'm
pressed Walter johnson that the vet.
Gran Of the iron arm responded with
the best hurting performances of the
day. Against Philadelphia he pitched
his 101st shutout and increased his
string of strikeouts to more than 1000.
The Washington team won by a 40
score.
kenesaw NJ. Lands, commissioner
of baseball, attended the National
League opening at st. Louis where, in
Il heavy hitting battle, the home team
illustrated the famous phrase, won
in the NINTH" defeating the Chicago
Cubs, q to ,.
Ban johnson, president of the
American League, sat at Boston where
the New York worlds champions
proved their steel by winning the
hardcSt-fought contest of the day,
TO l from tine Red Sox.
. A group of show girls supplied an
appropriate dash of Broadway to the
Giant opening at New York where
more than 1900 people-the largest
crowd of the day-saw the maligned
Brooklyn Robins defeat the National
League champions in Il close game, 3
to >.
Dignitaries Turn Out.
Mayors and dignitaries of other
cities tossed baseballs in the general
direction of the plate while bands
played and crowds that exceeded 20
900 in most places cheered their eff
forts.
Old favorites started well. Walter
,Johnson's feat at Washington was
rivallcd by George Sisler, the great
st. Louis American manager, who,
after a seasons layoff with defective
vision, yesterday batted 800 and was
largely responsible for his teams 4
to-3 victory over Chicago. He fielded
fifteen chances perfectly.
Babe Ruth did not hit home run
but he started the Yankee rally in the
ninth inning that brought his team
from the rear and won the game.
Cy Williams, the National League
home run king, tuned up with three
singles.
Harry Heilman, American League
champion batsman, started with an
average of .666 and Rogers Hornsby,
his National League rival, chalked up
400. Ty Cobb batted 1888 and saved
his teams game with sensational
catch.
Lu Blue, Detroit first baseman,
made the only home run of the day,
giving his team 4-to-3 victory over
Cleveland.
. The St. Louis Americans, with
seven runs, and the Boston Nationals,
with sixteen hits, were high in each
department.
Shawkey VS.. Ehmke Battle.
Although Johnson's four-hit game
against Philadelphia was the best
pitching of the complete performance,
Bob Shawkey of the Yankees held Bos-
ton to two hits in seven innings, UNI
til removed for a pinch hitter. How
ard Ehmke, who opposed him, al
lowed the worlds champion sluggers
only five hits, two of which came in
the ninth.
The Phillies and the Braves played
TO an eleyen-inning tie in Philadel-
phia, the score standing q TO when
the game was called because of dark
ness. In the ninth inning jess
Barnes went into the box with the
bases full and none out. He retired
the Phillies after one run had crossed
the plate, but this run gave them the
tie.
The Reds defeated the Pirates in
Cincinnati, q to >, before record
breaking crowd of almost $4,000. The
Pirates took the lead with a four-run
rally in the sixth, but. after a strug-
gle, the Reds recovered, tied the score
in the eighth and tailed the winning
count in the final inning.
Twelve ticket scalpers were taken
into custody at Navin Field, Detroit,
at the opening game, police said. The
men were held until the game was
virtually over and then released.
About 100 tickets were confiscated.
The men admitted charging as high
as SO for RESERVED seat tickets. police
said. and one claimed he had made
$500. The men were released, nc
cording to police, because of the diff
Guilty in obtaining convictions.