The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-15
aAT SEASON
IoP3ENSVITH.
b Bic LEAGUERS
r;,.rs. Cubs Score Smash
l !!ss First Victories; Sem
'' s,ors Repeat History
GEORGE KIRKSEY
BY 30 Staff Correspondent

o, GEORGE kikNoE
BY p1ass Staff Correspondent
,.rr YORK. April Is. CUP.
NV o,yairs were forgotten,
~hOE" Elected and the trouble
aasnsSS | 81 work-a-Gay life over
ant WOE ,r.os,rrday. More important
OoSeo S'r r,,s NJ hand-the open
5aSDf$s' ,5r 1896 major league
,s %ssriv 2O7.OOO persons crowd ,r.Nyo..
N 's,,; wav into eight major
d 'a'" r,rk< and thousands OF
ras'' ,r"m coast to coast eagerly
A'. met - me first returns from the
iHa I,,,,. battlefront. 1t was one
as y~7 mos, successful opening
Ia. :, baseball! history. and au-
BY, m !. for the return to peak,
iis % nrosprrity Of the national
a :; ,,y o. baseball fans which
luz INFO the tlag-bedecHed
1o -, ,gmr from all walks of life
'a. a, f'' TO plain citizen, ureh-
~ ,"J immigrants, foreigners
IL ! INV The days No. l fan
ino 'Prssidrnt Roosevelt, who
i.S an, the first ball at Wash
''y" ~ and then sat through a
, y};nr pitchers battle which
a ,r" the Senator's beat the Yam
,'y r. . davis largest crowd, a.
,.t ."| smmed the Polo Grounds,
go 90. me New York Giants trl-
a ..as.5 over the Brooklyn Dodg-
Nj Among this gathering
~ me DAYS saddeSt fan, Babe
o1,, who momnfully watched an
n ~.r;rg aamr from the spectators
\. of the fence for enc first time
,.uJ ~ Tse, Il was the first time
% o. c,arS he was not in 4 major
80 Uniform on opening day
~ ~ n me huge crowd were Gov
a.,,J e Hoffman OF New Jer-
= Mike Jacobs. John Heydler,
,ner National league president,
nd four japanese fans VINO
-mIdn', understand why Ruth,
n greatest player Of them ALL
asn'; in the game. :.
The TWO champions, the Detroit
rgrrs and Chicago Cubs, betting
sSorirpS TO retain their lawels,
s,ys5 smashing opening day VIC
Sr;ss, The Tigers. behind the l.
f. pirching of Schoolboy Rowe,
E,r;ed the Cleveland Indians be-
70 1920 at Cleveland, 80.
Crs,sing out five home runs
nj Irving Dizzy Dean off the
ro,pJ. the Cios beat the Cardi'
rsk before 1000 at st. Louis
III Frank Demaree hit tive
ows runs. and Billy Herman
,b5y Har,nett and Chuck Klein
I, each. Herman led the Cubs
,st barrage on Dean, McGee
I,aser and Ryba, getting three
p5IsS and TWO singles IN hVt
INES at bat for a perfect day
- Durocher. Cards shortstop
80 had perfect day at bat, get
irs four for four.
The million dollar" Boston Rec
box hammered out a ga victory
u, Connie Mack's pathetic Attn
rtrs before a crowd of 29, lot
J. Boston. Jimmy FOXX, one OF
be four players Tom YawkeI
bod, from Mack last winter fol
4p0,gO. tarred for the Red SoX
Ftnk triple. double and single
Hssley Ferrell kept the AS IL
Us we'll scattered and struck on
men.
Lefty Gomez lost Il heart-break
b game, an exact duplicate o.
b opening day game he lost
bar ago. when the Senators oea
b YankS. 10. before a crowd o.
Loco al Washington. The Rec
FaI beat Gomez III last year
Eenlng day game, 10, scoring
= winning run in the 9th. Th'
eE4tOrS also made their winnnl
n N the final inning yesterda.
Travis single and Reynolds
AOSN. Buck NewsOm let tn
aASs down with four hits, shar
with SchoOlbOy Rowe tn
" best pitching Performance
NE American league.
u Simmons, the $4,000 out
ede: bought from the Whit,
y, broke into the lineup OF tn,
e;.l champion Detroit Tigers
=. nate 4 double in his first tim
Dat. Hank Greenberg, one o
Years most stubborn holdoutS
o'e IN the Tigers two winnin;
~ With double in the first in
E'otlHg three runs in the Stt
chicago White Sox won frOr
~ Louis Browns before.
."Ht Of $1,000 at Chicago. Ra
EDS reief pitcher, won his ow
rF With Il double. Bell an
,s1'an Of the Browns and Pie
We White Sox hit homers-
circuit clOUtS made in TN
Istcan league.
,ASSaoush they collected II hit
Dsorge Earnshaw. the Giant
" able to down the Dodgel
M n .Aey put over a three-ru
y y u the Sth. Poor suppOi
~, NV lai Schumacher out of tn
= and Dick Cofrman, Amer
h [Ssle eaStOf who relieve
received credit for the vi