Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-04-15 | Page 7 | American and National Get Away to Flying Start

aMERICAN MERICAN AND NATIONAL GET AWAY TO FLYING START RT AT GAMES i N W EASTERN GROUNDS resident Wilson and Many Federal Officers See Opening Game at Washington 4 t t t t t t t t f t t i t t NATIONAL LEAGUE LEJ t LEAGUE it At Chicago Chicago 7 St. St At St. St LoUI Louts St. Louis S 6 CM- CM LouIs Louls 2 cago 7 13 InninGs i 4 At New York New York 16 At Detroit Detroit-Detroit I 1 e Cleve- Brooklyn 3 3 4 land 5 At CincinnatI Cincinnati 2 At t Washington Washington-Washington 7 9 New ew York O. O c 1 At Boston Boston-Boston 0 PhIladel- PhIladel f t At 2 j 3 t t Boston O. O f t t t t t t t t t t t t t t i- i t t t t t t s EW YORK April 14 For For the baseball fans throughout the country this was as the most memorable day of the year ear the day for which they d 1 waited waitea six sL long months the day of the opening of the big league season air ir weather veather greeted the thousands who gathered in baseball parks in the thet t t and the west to welcome old favorites and new faces on the diamond l the disputes and nd legal entangle entangle- of the winter were temporarily rown irown Into the discard so far tar as the was concerned nt at the signal I play ball In accord with ancient the great game received lal tal lal indorsement b by President Wilson Wilsonn n Washington in tossing the first all AJI l upon the diamond while Mayor in Now No York and other othor oHI- oHI In various cities performed aim aim- ir r functions f President Tener of the National eague attended tho the opening opening- game of ot oto 10 o 0 New York and Brooklyn clubs at athe athe athe he Polo grounds here The leagues league's resident was as in an nn n optimistic mood I fc feel J that this race will be bo the oscat wo we have ever tou fought ht he said Our ur strength Is jwell matched Bosn Boson Bos- Bos on n and New York of course have Ine me clubs while St. St Louis and Chicago 1 live ave ti fighting teams The Phillies 11 o the greatest pitcher in America In ln Grover Alexander o and that counts Cincinnati will fool tool a lot o of folks has those boys out there and will put up quite quito a tight ht to get in tho the first division