Show Baseball Openers Expect to Draw By International Some or more Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans today forgot their worries and woes to concentrate or on 01 baseball as the national pastime got into full swing for the 1941 season Games were scheduled in eight of the major league cities with the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics expected to draw the largest opening day attendance Approximate Approximately y persons were to see the Yanks who got away to an early start toward the pennant with a 3 0 victory over the Washington Senators in a single inaugural performance perform perform- ance at the nations nation's capital yes yes- Although cloudy weather was forecast for the New York area with the possibility of showers in inthe inthe inthe the afternoon another b big i g crowd was anticipated at Ebbets field Brooklyn for the Dodger- Dodger Giant clash St. St Louis invading the lair of the World Champion Cincinnati Reds was expected to equal the Giant Brooklyn-Giant opener for the top at attendance in the National league Nearly was the crowd forecast at Redland field Cincinnati where where- e c cloudy 1 Iou o u d y weather prevailed Showers were in prospect at Cleveland where the Indians and Chicago White Sox Sax were to tangle before possibly The possibility of rain however was no damper at Chicago either for a National league tussle there between the Cubs and Pittsburgh was expected to bring out at least fans The turnstiles elsewhere were set up to record the following opening day crowds Detroit at St. St Louis cloudy weather Washington at Boston fair Boston at Philadelphia fair Ford C. C Frick National league president and Will Harridge head of the American circuit meanwhile predicted that the 1941 season probably would be one of the most financially successful successful suc sue in recent years They pointed out that people are turning to baseball to forI for- for I get the war and other troubles Frick saying If the United States is not involved in actual conflict I think nearly every club in the majors will do a land office business this year NEW YORK WASHINGTON Rizzuto 4 0 1 4 3 0 4 0 4 1 1 3 4 0 4 0 4 1 3 0 4 0 2 0 4 2 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 7 4 0 4 2 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 0 3 3 0 9 1 3 3 0 11 0 2 2020 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 5 Leonard 2 2100 1 0 0 01 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals Total 33 6 27 14 Totals 28 3 27 11 New York Oil 3 Washington H. H 0 Summary Errors Errors Error Rolfe Travis Runs batted In tn In-DIMaggio DiMaggio Rus Russo o Keller Two- Two base hits hits Dickey Dickey Russo Three-base Three hit DiMaggio Stolen base base DiMaggio Double plays plays Russo to Rizzuto to Sturm Russo to Gordon to Sturm to Gordon to Sturm Bases on balls balls Oft Off Russo 3 Struck out out out-By By by Leonard 1 Hits Oft Off Leonard 6 In eight Innings off g Of W Chase Chae 0 In tor 1 Losing n pitcher pItcher t Leonard Umpires UmpireS UmpireS-MCGoWan McGowan Summers and Quinn I |