Evening star., 1925-04-15

All Ouu feature OIL the game cell
tered in the use of McNulty in the
eighth inning run-scoring bee by
Cleveland Although phis utility play
er hit a home run and crossed the
plate twice, his name does not carry
a playing position in the lineup. Both
his tallies were made in the eighth,
when he ran for Uhle and, after scor-
ing, took a regular turn at bat. He
then hit his circuit smash and re-
tired.
Three Pitchers Star.
Three creditable pitching perform
ances were turned in by Pete Dono-
hue of the Cincinnati Reds. Urban
Shocker of the New York Yankees
and Dazzy Vance of the Brooklyn
Robins. Donohue recorded the sea-
sons first shut-out when he BANKED
the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 TO 0, allow
ing but six hits. Among the players
who failed to penetrate Donohue's
fire for single was the champion
National League hitter, Rogers Horns
by VINO took four futile turns at the
plate.
Shocker was scored on once at the
Yankee Stadium by the champion Ma
tionals. who trailed Miller Huggins'
team, TO /. The premier long range
gunner of the Yankees, Babe Ruth,
received returns of the game at the
hospital, but his teammates proved
that absence of the master clouter
had not rlade them forget the home
run habit. A round-trip hit was made
in the sixth by the rookie outfielder,
Ben Paschal, and another by Bob
Meusel in the seventh.
Dodgers Make Double Steal
After being scored on in the first,
I ssx.t-1. 4
the Phillies, and the Dodgers brought
home a 3-to-1 triumph, clinching the
| game with a double steal. Vance
allowed only five hits.
| Like the champion Washington
team, the National League title hold
/ ers were forced to start the season al
the foot of the ladder. A four-run
| rally in the third was responsible for
! the defeat of the Giants at Boston, but
the McGraw brigade went down fight
| ing in the ninth and failed in an at.
tempt to tie the score only by the
proverbial whisker, when Walker, car.
ryipg the equalizing counter, vas tag.
ged out at the plate. Both Frisch
and Groh, who had been laid up for
several days with injuries, were able
| to play.
! The Philadelphia Athletics and the
| Boston Red SoX put on a fence
breaking exhibition at the expense ot
nine hurlers. Five homers were poleC
out as the Mackmen came from be
hind in an uphill struggle to win by
9 to s.
Detroit got away to a winning star
on one-run margin over the White
| SoX, 3 to 4, Leonard and DOYLE hold
ing the Chicago team to five scattered
! hits.
Pitcher Grover Alexander joined
the ranks of home run hitters as tho
Chicago Cubs took a decision over the
/ Pittsburgh Pirates, to 2, by scorine
six runs in the seventh frame.
Many Homers Socked.
Fifteen major league players gained
a one-lap start on Babe Ruth in the
home-run hitting contest as a result
of Babes illness. The days four ase
clouters were Miller, Poole and WelcF
of the Athletics, Flagstead and ]
Harris of the Red Sox, Paschal anC
MeuSel of the Yankees. Shelley of the
White SoX, Alexander and Hartnett OF
the Cubs. Jameson, Myatt, Speaker
and McNulty of Cleveland and VIII
lian1s of the Browns.
Jameson and Flagstead were the
king hitters of the opening day both
bagging four safeties. Iris Speaker
obtained two bingles out of six tries
while Sisler made three hits, but had
his most rugged day in the field with
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