Show fV Yanks Get J ump on Baseball Race ace NewY orl ers With Potent Swatting Behind Russos Russo's Hurling By LA LAWTON wrON CARVER NEW YORK April 15 INS The The baseball season was officIally officially oui- oui daily on today with those pacesetters pacesetters pacesetters pace pace- setters of old ou out In front one front one up and games to go That would be the New York Yankees who took advantage of ofa a situation yesterday to steal the jump on the rest of the clubs dubs Playing in the days day's only game they turned back the Washington Senators before a capacity crowd of ot in including In In- eluding President Roosevelt atthe at atthe atthe the capital and at the same time offered at least a partial reply to those critics who wanted ta to know what the Yanks planned to use for pitching this this' season Marius Marlus Russo heightened the theatrics of the the occasion by hurling a three hitter that beat the veteran Dutch Leonard and his and the Yanks as a whole sandwiched enough extra base hits among their paltry half-dozen half blows to look something like the club that dominated the game for so long until last season There are games left on the program program between now and next fall and we are scarcely counting the Yankees in Far from it but they looked like a club headed somewhere al although although although al- al though a changed line up was utilized Gerry Priddy sat this one ane out due to a foot injury and Joe Gordon went back to second base giving first over to Johnny Sturm With that inaugural out of the way the rest lined up today as follows American league Washington league Washington at Boston Philadelphia at New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Chicago at Cleveland and Detroit at St. St Louis National league league St. St St. Louis at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Boston at Philadelphia and New York at Brooklyn Today's feature attractions were the American league tussles at St. St Louis and Cleveland In Inthe Inthe Inthe the former Bobo Newsome was to hurl for the Champion Detroit De De- f trait troit Tigers against the rejuvenated rejuvenated rejuvenated Browns while at Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land it was Bob Feller against I the White Sox St. St Louis at Cincinnati was to be the Nationals National's big noise inasmuch as those two clubs are expected to fight it out with Brooklyn for the title the Reds won for the second time in a arow arow arow row last season The Reds called upon one of their two aces Paul Derringer to start the thing right The Yankees planned to make it two straight if possible against the Athletics behind the hurling of the vet veteran ran of their recent boom years years Red Red Ruffing He was almost as much a favorIte favorIte favorite favor favor- ite to come through as were Newsom and Feller in their games From a a. a strictly sectional standpoint the Giant Dodger tussle at Ebbetts field ran second second sec see ond to none Th The Flatbush faithful faithful faithful faith faith- ful planned to storm Ebbets |