The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-17
BIB. SEASON
 IS OFF TO
 BIG START
New Golden Era Started in Sports Home Run
 Fever Revived
(BY JACK HAND)

fAssCcioted Press Sports Writer)
 Baseball is back on the gold standard today with such pre-war glamor names at Joe DiMaggio, Bobby Teller, Ted Williams and Hank Greenberg in the headlines once again. f Mel Ott and Hal Newhouser were the only holdovers from the war time campaigns in the select circle, dominated by ex-GIs, that delighted 236,730 fans at yesterdays eight big league openers
 The first day of the 1946 cam paign, widely hailed as the begin- ming of a new golden era in sports, was a huge success both financially and artistically. Attendance show ed mere than 100 percent in crease over tEe 1945 figures and was the second highest in history.
 Home Run FeUer
 DiNdaggic, Williams, Greenberg and Ott revived the home ruin fever that has been running low in war time, and Teller, Newhouser, and Spud Chandler showed the boys some fancy pre-war chucking.
 Tt,e Newhouser- -Grsenberg team probably was the most eye-arresting of the lot. Lefty Hal spun a neat slx-hitter for his first opening day win but he needed Big Hanks line drive homer to get 2-1 decision for the world champion Detroit Tigers over Nelson Potter and the St. Louis Browns before the days largest crowd, 52,118.
 One-TiUo Punch
 DiMaggio and Chandler also pro- vided a one-two punch for the New York Yankees who appear to be headed back toward 'the heights. Jolting Joe's 400-foot clout with Tommy Heinrich on base eased the ace righthander along the way to a five-hit 50 shutout of Philadel- phia as Shibe Parks largest open ing day turnout, 37472, watched in awe.
 430-Fcct Home Run
 Williams, making his first big league appearance since l942, thrill ed President Truman and 30,372 Washington fans with a 430-foot home run, the longest seen at Grif- filth stadium in IS years. Tex Hughson sprinkled Il Senator hits along the route for 6-3 Boston verdict over Roger Wolff.
 Teller turned in the prize pitch ing job, a three-hit, To blanking of Chicago but the Cleveland fire ball artist needed belly-flop catch by Bob Lemon, another ex- GI, to save the game in the ninth inning. A chilled crowd of 20,l06 watched Teller win his duel with Specs Dietrich.
 The scores:
 American League
 Boston ~ 4011 010 300-6 II 0 Washington w 001 001 00l-3 Il l
 Hughson Wagner; Wolff, Hud- son (8) and Evans.
 New York ........ 003 002 00o-5 ' 2 Philadelphia .... 0o0 GOO 000-0 5 l
 Chandler and Dickey; Christo- pher. Fowler CD, Harris (9) and Rosar.
 St. Louis 100 900 o00-1 6 0 Detroit ........ 010 100 00x-2 6 0
 Potter and Mancusco; Newhouser and Richards
 Cleveland ....... 900 001 000-1 6 2 Chicago ......,.... 900 900 000-0 3 0
 Teller and Hayes; Dietrich and Fresh, Dickey (9.
 National League Brooklyn --...... OO1 020 000-3 10 2 Boston ..,. 100 III 10x-5 8 l
 Gregg, Casey CD and Anderson; Sain and Masi
 Chicago ............ GOO coo 004-4 6 l Cincinnati m 00l 020 900 3 II 0 Passeau, Erickson (8), Fleming '(9). Prim (9), and Livingston; Me- .Cullough (8), Sheffing (s), Beggs, 4l1cuoScI toj uilu lMuCl-~l
 Pittsburg ....,.. 001 220 010-6 II l St. Louis ..-.... 300 900 O01-4 g 1
 Ostermueller, Heintzelman (4) and Smith; Beazley, Dickson t4 <, 5Brecheen (5), Burkhardt CD, Don- nelly (9) and Rice.
 Philadelphia - 0o2 900 o2o-4 l New York - APO 900 11x-8 II l
 Judd, Mulcahy CD, Lopatka CD and Hemsley; Voiselle, Adams (8) !, .Trinkle (9) and Lombardi. TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE
 American League-St. Louis at Detroit; Boston at Washington; New York at Philadelphia.
 National League-New York at 6 ot Cirn1T1rafi- .