The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-13
SENATORS TR0UNCE
ATHLETICS BEFORE
NATIONS EXECUTIVE
RooseveIt's Opening Pitch Wild;
Vice President Leads In.
auguraI Parade
LON WARNEKE STARTS OKAY
Error in 18th Gives Cleveland
Victory Over Detroit After
Hurlers' Duel
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON. JR.

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The grand pageant of baseball has
begun its six-months' parade through
America attended by crowds only
slightly smaller than those of year
ago and with a lot of very unpleasant
weather to account for the decrease.
Nearly 100000 fans, ranging from
the president Of the United States
down to the humble holders of bleach
err tickets. saw the five major league
getaway games Wednesday and the
displays OF fine pitching that went
with them. The total was some 10000
lower than the 1882 opening-day at
tendance.
Opening day still Is to come in New
York, where 10000 or more are ex-
pected to see the world champion
Yankees open their new season
against the Boston Red Sox; in Bos-
ton, where the Braves face the New
York Giants, and in Philadelphia,
where the aspiring Phillies tackle the
equally hopeful Brooklyn Dodgers.
With clearing weather predicted, all
three delayed openings were due
Thursday.
President Among rams
President Roosevelt, assuming his
new role as the nations first fan, was
one Of the $4,000 who saw the Wash
ington Senators under the manage
ment OF Joe Cronin give their first
demonstration of their threats to the
American League supremacy OF the
Yankees by setting down a makeshift
team OF Philadelphia Athletics, to l..
Vice President Garner led the pa
rade to the flag pole then the presi-
dent officially opened the season with
a wild pitch as he tossed out the first
ball.
Cronin. led the assault on Tony
Freitas, Conine Mack's surprise pitch
ing selection. He smacked three
singles in four tries while General"
AL Crowder pitched himself out of
trouble several times. and, with the
aid OF Alphonse Thomas. held the AS
to six hits.
Two four-hit pitching performances,
a five-hit job, and one brillinat 13-
inning mound duel turned up in the
western sectors Of the two major
leagues, where warm. spring-like
weather gave the proper touch to the
openings but fans in two cities failed
to respond.
Only 10000. fewer than expected.
were on hand at Detroit where Clint
Brown and Tommy Bridges battled on
the hill for four extra innings before
an error turned the tide and gave the
Cleveland Indians to triumph.
BRIDGES gave Cleveland only four hits
in Il frames. but In the 18th Gerald
Walker dropped Cissells fly, and at
ter two were out and TWO on base the
Tiger hurler cracked and allowed
three STRAIGHT hits for as many runs.
Warneke Starts Okay
Lonnie Warneke. young ace OF the
National League hurlers last season.
was one OF the four-hit moundsmen
as he started the Chicago Cubs along
the right road toward their second
championship IN the elder circuit by
shutting out the st. Louis Cardinals 3
to o. After a bad first inning War
neke pitched near perfect ball while
the Cubs clouted Dizzy Dean for three
runs in the second frame.
Pittsburph's Pirates. considered the
most serious threat to the Cubs. got
the benefit OF the five-hit twirling
lob, with Bill Swift doing the elbow
ing, and defeated the Cincinnati Reds
4 to I.
Eddie Durham, cX-Bostonian. ana
Joe Heving. up from Indianapolis.
combined for the second four-hit
game. and with the aid Of Red Kress
and Al Simmons gave the Chicago
White Sox 4 TO victory over the
st. Louis Browns The days smallest
crowd. $500, saw this game. Kress
batted In three runs while Simmons.
who came to the Sox from the Ath-