Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-04-11 | Page 8 | Thousands See Opening Games, despite Weather

Thousands See Opening fAfll Games, Despite Weatherl One American and Two National League Con tests Postponed on Account of Wet Grounds; Both Champion Teams Are Defeated. I $ NEW YORK, April 10. Tudor adverse weather condition and with a. cor- responding effect on the fans, the playing seasons of the Xatlonal and g . American leagues opened today, the nation's chief executive, Vt'oodrow fi Wilson, honoring the pastime by his presence at the game In the na- ; P ,ll2.nal ('PU1- Only one game of the American lengue was postponed i that of Chicago at Cleveland, but In tho National league It was really only half i an opening, ns wet grounds necessitated the postponement of two contests 7 . those of Pittsburg at Cincinnati and St. Lrfnii.s at Chicago. iti In. tho .National league, the lowly Boston Braves put It all over the champion 7 d rort Glnnta ' an S to 0 game. Tesreau and CraudnU were hit hard, but? Hub Perdue, despite the raw winds, pitched a remarkable gnnio for Boston, hold- Ing the Ginnts batsmen 'to two hits. t jtl Brooklyn took a Hwcct revenge on Philadelphia for yesterday's whitewash. tt defeating the Quakers on their homo grounds. 11 to 'ji In tho American league, Mack's ex-world's champions won over tho cham-i plon Kcd Sox by a score of 10 to 'J. The game was remarkable for tho numbcrl if of pitchers brought into action, each side 'trotting out three. $ k,J Frank Chance's New Yorks, as he insists on calling them, with the P. h.lt out of the game, wore defeated by Griffith's fust flying Senators, Z to 1. KothJ Johnson and McConncll went the entire route. 8 igh ..r J'011!8 ,l?ok lls gum K from Dotroit. the veteran Mullln ami his opponent.'' Wcllman. pitching gilt-edged ball. V, a,