The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20
ATHLETICS AND
 PILLS BASEBALLl
 KINGS FOR \ DAY
ArnOvich Homer Beats Bees - Walters Score
 ShutOut on Birthday
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY Limited Press Stan CorrespOndentl

United Press Stan CorrespOndentl
 New York, April 2O-(U.P1-The baseball season is on and Philadel- phia rules the baseball world for one day anyway. M
 Presaging year of surprises the Phillies and Athletics, last years cellar teams, won their opening games and today hold undisputed sway in the major leagues for the first time in baseball annals. But by nightfaIl both teams will share :heir No. l berths with others.
 The rest of the clubs play their openers today. With fair weather forecast, approximately 224,000 per- sons are expected to see today's seven games. The Phillies and Bees, who played a doubleheader yester- day, are idle.
 Today's games and probable crowds:
 American League
 Washington at New York-50, 900
 Boston at Philadelphia-15,000. Cleveland at Detroit-38, ,000.
 Chicago at St. Louis-15,O0O. National League New York at Brooklyn-40,00O. St. Louis at Cincinnati-36,000 Pittsburgh at Chicago-30,000. Big Crowds Evidence that baseball is in for highly prosperous year was furntsh- ed by yesterdays two openers. A to- tai of 66,063 attended the games 33,OOO at the Athletics Senators at Washington and 33,063 at the morn- ing and afternoon games between the Bees and Phillies at Boston.
 President Roosevelt threw out the first ball at Washington and did not leave until the last man was out in the hour and 45 minute game. Stellar work by a rookie battery team, Al Williams from Atlanta and Earl Brucker from Portland, enabled the As to win 4-3 in 10 innings.
 Brucker, 30 and a former man. ager, doubled in the tenth of Joe CaScarella/ to send in Bob Johnson, who had walked, with the winning run. Williams, big, strapping right handler, relieved Edgar Smith, an- other rookie who grew wild, in the third inning and held the Senators to 1 hits in 2-3 innings to win his major league debut.
 The Phillies positively kicked over the traces, even fig it was against the Bees, by winning two games, 2-1 and To. They won the firStI game in II innings on a homer bys outfielder Morris Arnovich. Waynd LamaSter, who came into the gamd as 8 relief pitcher, received credit for the victory.
 Bucky Walters outdueled DannJ MacFayden in tense pitching bat tie to give the Phils the second game. The Phils winning run cam& on an infield error, Leo Norris sim | gle and ninfield out. Wally Berger, Bees hard-hittinl outhelder, fractured a finger work ing out before the second game, am was unable to play. He may be idl a few days.
 Improving
 The outlook for the World Cham pion Yankees was brighter today Joe DiMaggio, sensational outfield CT who had his tonSil and adenoidI removed Friday, left the hosp' yesterday. The operation was tended to reliev the pain in [ Maggio'S throwing arm.
 T expect to be playing in weekS," Di Maggie said. First BaSeman Lou GehriG, wh( has been wearing splint on painfully bruised finger of his lief hand and out of action for severa days, will be in action against thu Senators today, protecting his con secutive game record now at l,s0a He hasn't played a full game in week.
 In 8 last minute effort to bolster their reserve strength the Chicago White Sox purchased Infielder Lo, Berger from Cleveland. He'll be used as utility man. Detroit also mad( 8 belated deal, buying Outfieldel Babe Herman from Cincinnati. Nov that Herman's in the fold, only tw( holdouts are left, Pitcher Red Ruff ing of the Tanks and First Base. man Dof Camilli of the Phillies.